Equality and Anti-Racism 5/6

Aug 4, 20192 min read

Open Crisis Centers for Victims of Sexual Assault in the Periphery

Acute care centers are emergency centers that give initial care to victims of sexual assault. In Israel, these centers exist in...

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...

Jul 14, 20191 min read

First Pride Parade held in Netanya

Local pride organizations in Netanya, along with The Aguda- Israel’s LGBT Taskforce, requested to host the city’s first Pride Parade. The...

Jul 12, 20192 min read

Gender Segregation in Institutions of Higher Education

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), and the Israel Women's Network have...

Jul 4, 20192 min read

Police brutality toward Ethiopian Israelis

Pinning protesters to the ground, chokeholds, excessive use of force, a deafening scream, and behind-the-back handcuffing – these are...

Jun 27, 20192 min read

First Bat Yam Pride Parade

The first Bat Yam Pride event is scheduled to take place next Tuesday. The event is organized by City Council member Kati Plasecki-Morag,...

Jun 26, 20191 min read

Registered professionals must act in an egalitarian manner

Registered professions are those that require licenses, such as doctors, security guards, psychologists, lawyers, real estate agents, and...

Jun 23, 20192 min read

Police officer’s criminal prosecution for hate crime

An ultra-Orthodox resident of Jerusalem petitioned the High Court of Justice today, along with ACRI and the Public Committee Against...

Jun 23, 20191 min read

Prosecute officer who attacked ultra-Orthodox man

On June 23, 2010, ACRI petitioned the High Court of Justice along with a Haredi resident of Jerusalem and the Public Committee Against...

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 17, 20192 min read

Success: Gindi Real Estate Fined $270,000 for Discrimination

The Israel Land Authority (ILA) decided to impose on the Gindi Group real estate company to pay $270,000 in compensation after having...

Mar 13, 20193 min read

A hostel for homeless people? Not in Zichron Ya'akov

Recently, journalist Or Kashti published a number of articles on the struggle led by residents of Zichron Ya'akov against the...

Mar 10, 20192 min read

Discrimination Against Women in Budgets for Sports Teams

On February 18, 2019, ACRI submitted a request to the Be'er Sheva Administrative Court to join as an "amicus curiae” to a petition filed...

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 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...

Feb 11, 20193 min read

Does the Prohibition of Discrimination Law apply to the sale of apartments?

ACRI requested to join Supreme Court proceedings as an "amicus curiae" on the matter of housing discrimination. This is a request for...

Jan 29, 20192 min read

The Negev Coexistence Forum Cannot Be Evicted

The Supreme Court ruled today (26.12.2018) that the Be'er Sheva municipality must continue to allocate the public shelter for the...

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