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Legal justice center protecting the human rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians in the OPT | For Arabic/Hebrew: @AdalahCenter
Jul 27, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
An Israeli court approved the forced displacement of all 500 residents of Ras Jrabah, a historical Bedouin village, to expand the Jewish city Dimona, which was built on their ancestral land. This is evidence that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid adalah.org/en/content/vie… On 24 July, the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court issued the judgment ordering the residents of Ras Jrabah to leave the village & demolish their own homes by March 2024, and pay 117,000 NIS legal expenses. Adalah, which represents the residents, plans to appeal to the District Court
May 15, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ On #NakbaDay, we mark the ongoing Nakba practiced by Israel against Palestinians. Adalah, @BimkomPlanners, and the RCUV are launching an interactive map visualizing Israel’s policies of forced displacement of Bedouins in the Naqab. bit.ly/3MtiNSY 2/ Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements and pursue "development" projects that perpetuate the displacement of Palestinians throughout historical Palestine.
Dec 28, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
1/4 Today the incoming government issued its guiding principles, its first clause states that “The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right over all areas of the land of Israel.” 2/4 This goes even further than the 2018 Jewish National State Law, which defines self-determination as unique to the Jewish people within the ‘State of Israel'
Apr 30, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨BREAKING: Adalah obtained video footage of police investigating the murder of Palestinian citizen, Mussa Hassouna, in Lod during the violent May 2021 events. The footage indicates that Israeli politicians pressured police to close the files against 5 Jewish-Israeli suspects. Adalah appealed the prosecutor’s closure of the cases on behalf of Hassouna's family. The police conducted a negligent, flawed investigation with the ultimate aim of closing the cases and clearing the suspects. More👇 bit.ly/3OGLFWK
Feb 3, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
1/8 Today, Palestinian HR and civil society orgs. - @Addameer, @alhaq_org , @BisanResearch, @DCIPalestine, and UPWC submitted an objection against the Israeli Military Commander’s decision to declare them as “unlawful associations”, demanding its immediate cancellation. 2/8 The objection, submitted by the orgs’ legal team – Adalah, the offices of Attorneys Michael Sfard @sfardm and Attorney Jawad Boulus, was filed after the commander’s repeated refusal to reveal the alleged “evidence” against the organizations. More info bit.ly/3HrCyVR
Oct 22, 2021 6 tweets 1 min read
1/6 The Israeli decision to designate six human right and civil society organizations as terrorist organizations is unprecedented attack on human rights defenders who are exposing and resisting the Israeli occupation and its apartheid policies in the West Bank. >> 2/6 It is not only an attack on human rights but also an attack on Palestinian existence itself and Palestinians' right to self-determination. >>
Jul 8, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
1/5 Israel's SC upholds the racist and discriminatory Jewish Nation-State Law, which enshrines Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as foundational principles of the State of Israel. The only dissenting opinion was issued by the only Arab justice on the court, Justice Kara. 2/5 . This law that establishes a constitutional identity, which completely excludes those who do not belong to the majority group is illegitimate and violates absolute prohibitions of international law.
Jun 16, 2021 8 tweets 10 min read
Palestinian citizens of Israel tell personal stories of rampant, systemic @israelpolice attacks and brutal beatings in and around the #Nazareth #police station in a place that became infamous last month as the 'torture room' FULL STORY: adalah.org/en/content/vie… Palestinian citizens of Israel tell personal stories of rampant, systemic @israelpolice attacks and brutal beatings in and around the #Nazareth #police station in a place that became infamous last month as the 'torture room' FULL STORY: adalah.org/en/content/vie…
May 27, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
1/7 Adalah's Deputy General Director, Adv. Sawsan Zaher, addressed the @UN_HRC on behalf of Adalah today. 2/7 Adalah welcomes the decision of the @UN_HRC tonight to open an ongoing commission of inquiry (COI) that will examine, in-depth, the human rights violations committed by the State of Israel against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line.