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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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