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Reconnecting to our commitment to humanity, democracy, and equality: the connection to hope and our future.
The way forward out of grief and loss is unknown to us, but the protection of human rights is the one compass we have.
The War in Gaza
Military Attacks on Gaza's Designated Humanitarian Zone
Attack on Gaza, December 2024. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok On April 8, 2025, we approached the Chief Officer of the Southern Command...
4 days ago1 min read
Trump's Horrifying Plan: Transfer and Ethnic Cleansing
Destruction in Gaza. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok At a press conference with the U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime...
Feb 61 min read
Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...
Jan 152 min read
Issuing Identity Cards to Israeli Women Evacuated from Gaza
In early December 2024, the Association for Civil Rights submitted several petitions regarding the Population and Immigration Authority's...
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Visiting Permits for Palestinians with First-Degree Relatives in Israel
Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has not accepted applications from Palestinians in the West Bank for permits to visit their...
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Sweeping Use of "Combat Detention" in the West Bank
Since the outbreak of the war, all Palestinians arrested in the West Bank for offenses under security legislation have been detained in...
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
On 29.10.2023, we appealed (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner, demanding that the police stop photographing...
Oct 8, 20243 min read
One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Close the Sde Teman Detention Center
On May 23, 2024, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel...
Sep 18, 20243 min read
Confiscation of anti-war signs by police at demonstrations
On April 11, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice, together with two anti-war demonstrators, demanding that the civilians be...
Aug 25, 20244 min read
Repeal the Ban on Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Prisoners
On February 22, 2024, ACRI, Physicians for Human Rights, HaMoked and Gisha petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) demanding that...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Evacuees Eligible for Housing Grants Failed by the Bureaucracy
According to information obtained ACRI, the Ministry of Tourism has about 1,300 pending appeals by evacuees to recognize their...
Jul 24, 20242 min read
A Silent Takeover: Changing the Nature of Israeli Control of the West Bank
On December 29, 2022, the 37th government of the State of Israel was sworn in. Against the backdrop of the "judicial reform," the Hamas...
Jul 21, 20242 min read
End the Policy of Starving Security Prisoners
Following a series of testimonies by prisoners and their lawyers, including statements by representatives of the IPS and the Minister of...
Jun 30, 20242 min read
Protect the Rights of Hourly Workers Amidst Time of Emergency
Hourly workers are usually employed in occupations that require physical or public work, for relatively low wages, uncertainty and...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Repeal the Law Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Broadcasting Channels ("Al-Jazeera Law")
On April 4, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) to cancel the temporary order allowing sanctions to be imposed on...
Jun 20, 20245 min read
Developments and Warrants in the Criminal Proceedings at the Courts in The Hague –Questions and Answers
What are the courts in The Hague? Two separate courts sit in The Hague and are authorized to hear cases involving the violation of human...
May 23, 20241 min read
Take Action Against Those Harming Humanitarian Aid Trucks
On May 16, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the War Cabinet, together with Gisha, Physicians for Human Rights, and HaMoked,...
May 16, 20242 min read
Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza's Civilian Population
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel joined the petition (Hebrew) filed on March 18, 2024 by Gisha, demanding that humanitarian aid...
May 16, 20246 min read
Examining the use of "The Gospel" System, Used to Propose Targets for Military Attacks
According to various army publications and journalistic investigations, the military employs artificial intelligence systems in the...
Apr 17, 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...
Apr 11, 20242 min read
Lift the Curfew Imposed on the Palestinian Residents of Hebron
Since the outbreak of the war, Palestinian residents in the H2 area of Hebron are prohibited from leaving their homes. They have been...
Apr 9, 20242 min read
East Jerusalem in the Shadow of War
Following the murderous attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel launched a protracted war in Gaza, at the cost of extensive harm to...
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Regulations for Emergency Closure of Media Outlets During Wartime
On October 16, 2023, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Attorney General, demanding the government not advance emergency...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
To Open Routes to the Village of Kafr Qara
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the organization Bimkom filed a petition to the Supreme Court on November 16, 2023,...
Mar 12, 20242 min read
Israel’s Obligations toward the Protected Population in the Gaza Strip
ACRI's Attorney Roni Pelli wrote a letter to leading figures in the government regarding the acute humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip...
Feb 22, 20241 min read
The Red Cross Visitations of Hostages and Prisoners – Questions and Answers
Since October 7, questions and claims have been raised in the public discourse about the role of the Red Cross in relation to Israeli...
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Investigate Minister Ben Gvir for Incitement and Contempt of Court
Following the serious remarks by Itamar Ben Gvir against Judge Iyad Taha, a judge at the Acre Magistrate's Court, on 26.10.2023, we...
Feb 18, 20242 min read
The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
The Gaza Strip is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as a result of the war, the massive evacuation of residents, the...
Feb 12, 20243 min read
Suppression of Protests During Wartime
Dispersal of protest and demonstrations On November 15, 2023, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police...
Feb 8, 20245 min read
Coping with the Health System Since October 7 – Challenges and Needs
Over the years, experts and civil society organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights and ACRI, have warned that the policy of...
Feb 7, 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...
Feb 6, 20242 min read
McCarthy in the Knesset
The upcoming Academy Awards ceremony is a good opportunity to recall the ceremony that took place in 1953. In that year, the film "Roman...
Jan 29, 20243 min read
Do Not Impeach Ofer Cassif from Knesset
On January 10, 2024, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana was served with a request to terminate the term of office of Member of Knesset (MK) Ofer...
Jan 28, 20242 min read
Raising the Public Health Tax to Cover the Costs of the War
In a memorandum of law approved by the government in January 2024, intended to cover the deficit created by the war, it was proposed,...
Jan 21, 20242 min read
Allow a Demonstration Calling for an End to the War
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) on January 17, 2024, demanding that a...
Jan 18, 20242 min read
Clear Public Shelters in the Ramat Eliyahu Neighborhood of Rishon LeZion
In the Ramat Eliyahu neighborhood of Rishon LeZion, most buildings do not include a protected apartment, floor or shelter space, and...
Jan 2, 20241 min read
The Public Discussion in the Courts During a State of Emergency
On November 12, 2023, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the director of the courts following complaints from citizens who sought...
Dec 26, 20232 min read
The Judicial Overhaul in the Shadow of the War: Attack on Democracy and Human Rights Continues
Even before the terrorist attack Hamas perpetrated on October 7, and before the war broke out, Israeli democracy was facing severe...
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Allow Palestinians with a Family Unification Permit to Enter Jerusalem Through the Shu'afat Checkpoint
Approximately 300 residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, living alongside Israeli spouses and family members with family...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Unprecedented Settler Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank
The US has recently implemented a visa ban on any Israeli citizens that are known to have participated or aided in settler violence...
Dec 15, 20232 min read
To Hold Official Visits of Judges to the Prisons
According to the Prison Ordinance, all judges in Israel, including Supreme Court justices, are official inspectors in prisons by virtue...
Dec 14, 20232 min read
The Police's Illegal Demand Requiring Permits to Protest
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned (Hebrew) the Supreme Court on December 8, 2023, on behalf of Moria Shlomot, a...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
The Passing Of Israel's Discriminatory Budget
In the shadow of human tragedy of historical proportions in Israel and Gaza, the displacement of thousands of individuals from their...
Dec 6, 20234 min read
Revoke Gun Licenses Issued by Unauthorized Officials
Since the outbreak of the war, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of individuals seeking a license for private firearms....
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Unprecedented Violence by Settlers Against Palestinians in the West Bank
Amid the war and the horrific offensive by Hamas in the South, as the media's attention is focused on the conflict in Gaza, unprecedented...
Nov 21, 20233 min read
Allow a Demonstration in Tel Aviv Calling for a Ceasefire and the Return of the Abductees
On November 15, 2023, we petitioned (Hebrew) the Supreme Court on behalf of officials in the Hadash party in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, demanding...
Nov 17, 20232 min read
Intimidation by Reserve Soldiers in the South Hebron Hills
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel sent legal correspondence to major General Yehuda Fox as a result of the ongoing intimidation...
Nov 14, 20231 min read
Israel is Arming Itself: to Define the Role and Powers of the Municipal Emergency Units
Since the outbreak of the war, the police have rapidly established more than 100 urban preparedness units, each receiving M16 rifles...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
The Law Prohibiting Terror Advertising – Questions and Answers
Today (November 8, 2023), the Knesset approved a law stipulating that systematic and continuous advertising of Hamas and Islamic Jihad,...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
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