Arab Minority Rights 7/8

Sep 3, 20192 min read

Israeli Prison Service Refuses to Translate its Procedures into Arabic

The Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) procedures and directives regulate the boundaries of IPS authority, use of force by prison guards...

Aug 29, 20192 min read

Military service condition to monitor polling stations revoked

Yesterday (28.8.2019) ACRI appealed to the head of the Central Elections Committee (CEC), Justice Hanan Melcer, demanding that he remove...

Aug 14, 20192 min read

Daycare budget discrimination in Arab localities

On 31.7.2019, ACRI appealed to the Minister of Social Affairs and the Prime Minister demanding the repeal of procedures and government...

Aug 4, 20193 min read

Is it okay to record in polling stations?

In advance of the upcoming elections, the public conversation is filled with debate over placing cameras and recording devices in polling...

Jun 18, 20192 min read

Success: matriculation exams in Arabic

Today (June 18th 2019), the High Court of Justice ordered the translation of matriculation exams into Arabic. The decision was made...

May 16, 20191 min read

Encouraging reading – for Jewish students only?

In recent months, two new and welcome projects have been launched by the National Library of Israel and the Ministry of Education: the...

May 13, 20192 min read

Entrance to Parks for Wealthy Only?

Will this year’s Independence Day be the last time that all inhabitants of Israel be able to celebrate in public parks? Interior Minister...

May 12, 20193 min read

You're brown - show me your ID

Profiling in Israel is humiliating and offensive: people, generally young, and nearly always Arab, Ethiopian, or Mizrahi, are targeted by...

Apr 3, 20192 min read

Establish the First Arab School in Nazareth Illit

Thirty-two Arab parents and children from Upper Nazareth, along with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Mossawa Center,...

Mar 28, 20192 min read

Increase in Arab Home Demolition Orders Since 2016

Over the past three years, since the government's decision to enforce construction violations more rigorously, there has been a...

Mar 3, 20192 min read

Palestinian residents of Jerusalem: No entry to the District Court

ACRI appealed to the President of the Jerusalem District Court today (3.3.2019) to instruct the security guards that they are forbidden...

Feb 27, 20193 min read

Political Disqualification Fest on the Backs of Arabs and Ben-Gvir

Petitions that seek to prevent candidacy divert the discussion to the fringe that lack political power, instead of addressing racism and...

Feb 25, 20191 min read

Halt Discrimination Against Arab Taxi Drivers at Ben Gurion Airport

This week we turned to Yaakov Ganot, the director general of the Israel Airports Authority, demanding an immediate end to the...

Dec 23, 20183 min read

Petition to HCJ: Repeal the Nation-State Law

Association for Civil Rights in Israel to High Court of Justice: Repeal the Nation-State Law The petition states that the law worsens...

Dec 10, 20183 min read

2018 - A Dangerous Year for Democracy

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) published today (12/10/2018) its annual position paper regarding the state of human...

Jul 26, 20184 min read

Summary – Knesset's Summer Session

ACRI offers the following summary of the central issues that we addressed during the Knesset’s summer session that concluded in mid-July...

Jul 24, 20183 min read

The Language that You Don’t Want to Hear

Raghad Jaraisy I was born to a family that loves language: my father is a politician, an engineer, and a bookworm, and my mother – a...

Jul 20, 20183 min read

Knesset Passed the Nation-State Bill

Discussions in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation was completed on Tuesday 18th July in the morning hours, and later on, the...

Jul 12, 20182 min read

Stand Up Against The Nation State Bill

The Jewish Nation-State bill sends a powerful message that the State of Israel belongs only to the Jewish People, all the while ignoring...

Jun 4, 20183 min read

Minister Galant’s racist statements about Bedouins

“The south is under attack, and not only from Gaza. The illegal occupation of the Bedouin is eroding Zionist sovereignty in the Negev,...

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Arab Minority Rights

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East Jerusalem

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Shrinking Democratic Space

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