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Dec 9, 20243 min read
Registration of Stateless Children in Educational Institutions in Beer Sheva
Israeli law, as well as the policies laid out by the Ministry of Education, states that every child starting from the age of three has...
Dec 1, 20241 min read
Equal Exam Accommodations for All Evacuated Kiryat Shmona Students
On November 28, 2024, we approached the Minister of Education and senior ministry officials with the demand (Heb) that they extend the...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Enrollment of Stateless Children in Schools in Lod and Be'er Sheva
Israeli law and Ministry of Education regulations guarantee every child the right to enroll in educational institutions from the age of...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
Discrimination Against Arab Students in STEM Excellence Scholarships
Ahead of the new academic year, the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology released a "Call for Proposals" for excellence...
Jul 2, 20242 min read
Discrimination in Scholarship Eligibility for Arab Students at the University of Haifa
On June 7, 2022, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a lawsuit in the Haifa District Court seeking a declaratory...
May 12, 20241 min read
Final Examination Relief for Special Education Students & Students with Challenged Learning
On May 13, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice against the Ministry of Education on behalf of three students from Kiryat Shmona...
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Provide additional leniency to Kiryat Shmona students during final exams
On April 7, 2024, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Ministry of Education on behalf of members of student councils and parents...
Mar 25, 20245 min read
March 2024 in the Knesset: Attacks on Freedom of Expression
The trends of silencing, harm to media outlets and journalists, and the intention to silence citizens who criticize the regime are...
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Extend Accommodation for the Evacuated Sderot Residents
The city of Sderot is located near the Gaza Strip, 2.79 km from the border, and was evacuated along with all the residents of the...
Dec 10, 20231 min read
Safety Deficiencies in Rahma Kindergarten
The Rahma Kindergarten is a state-run kindergarten in the Rahma settlement in the Negev, attended by approximately 100 children ages...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Thousands of Students are Staying Home Due to the Suspension of Transportation Services
On September 5, 2023, ACRI, together with the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, appealed (Hebrew) to the Ministry...
Nov 7, 20231 min read
To Renew the Student Transportation System in the Neve Midbar Regional Council
Since March 2023, the student transportation system of the Neve Midbar Regional Council has been sporadically halted due to budget...
Aug 31, 20231 min read
The Attack on Democracy: Monitoring Initiatives that Damage Human Rights and Democracy
The 25th Knesset and 37th Government: Monitoring Initiatives that Damage Human Rights and Democracy August 2023 Find the full paper here:...
Aug 20, 20232 min read
To Establish a Registry for Marginalized Children
Children and marginalized children - most of them are children of asylum seekers - are born and live in the country without being...
Jul 26, 20227 min read
Petition to End Segregating Educational Institutions for Children of Asylum Seekers in Tel Aviv
Today, Attorney Tal Hassin of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Attorney Haran Riechman of the Clinic for Law and...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
“Pedagogical Resilience” - A New Tool in Anti-Racism Education
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. To mark this day, we are pleased to present you with the...
Sep 1, 20212 min read
Enrolling Children of Asylum Seekers in Educational Institutions in Lod
On August 29, 2021, ACRI and the Clinic for Law and Educational Policy at the University of Haifa, petitioned the Administrative Court on...
Apr 25, 20211 min read
Modes of appointing teaching staff in the Arab education system
The Ministry of Education employs two modes of appointing teaching staff in official educational institutions: one for Jewish schools, in...
Apr 21, 20214 min read
The Need for an Arab Public School in Upper Nazareth
On October 28, 2019 nine families from Nof HaGalil (Upper Nazareth), along with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the...
Jan 18, 20212 min read
ACRI Appeals Ministry of Education Banning Specific Organizations from Speaking at Schools
Yesterday, in light of an upcoming Human Rights conference at the Haifa Reali School, Education Minister Yoav Galant issued an order...
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