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...
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Jan 25, 20213 min read
Landmark Ruling: HCJ Limits Police Authority
On January 25, 2021, the High Court handed down a landmark decision on our petition; the Court has significantly reduced the range of...
Sep 19, 20192 min read
Arabs Taken off Buses at Entrance to Barzilay Hospital
On September 11, 2019 the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. along...
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Start of the school year at the Al-Kasom Regional Council
On 2.9.2019, ACRI petitioned the Be'er Sheva District Court along with the Arab Education Monitoring Committee, the Council for the...
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...
Sep 3, 20192 min read
In the Height of Summer without Electricity
ACRI’s public hotline received reports of frequent and prolonged electricity cuts in Neighborhood 25 in the town of Rahat in the Negev....
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 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...
Jan 22, 20192 min read
Reopening Post Office in East Jerusalem
In early January of 2019, residents of the Sur Baher neighborhood of East Jerusalem discovered that their local post office was closed. A...
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...
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