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A Return to War
March 21, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter Photo: Rachel Druck Dear friend, I just returned from a weeklong trip to the United States,...
Human Rights and Protecting the Hostages
March 13, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter A demonstration to free the hostages. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok Dear friend, The...
A Hollow Democracy
February 27, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter Dear friend, There are many pressing issues that we are currently facing. And yet, in...
You are Not Going Crazy
February 13, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter Photo: © Alejandro Bernal | Dreamstime.com Dear friend, To say it has been chaotic...
We Won't Shut Up
Photo credit: Tomer Applebaum, Haaretz February 3, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter Dear friend, I have never been one to sugercoat...
Politics and Policing: Serving Society, Not Ministers
January 16, 2025 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter Dear friend, After fifteen months of this horrifying war, a ceasefire and hostage deal...
The Subversive Message
December 10, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter 76 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly declared that every human being...
Partners in an Uphill Fight
November 14, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's Newsletter This newsletter is based on an op-ed that I wrote in Hebrew that was published in the...
A Year of War
October 31, 2024 Subscribe to ACRI's newsletter This newsletter is bleak, and I know that it is arriving during what is already a very...
Deteriorating Prison Rights: ACRI's Efforts to Uphold Accountability
Since Ben-Gvir took office as Minister of National Security, there has been a rapid deterioration of prisoners' rights, especially...
Politicization of the Police Force & Police Brutality
Freedom of protest is one of the only tools that civilians have to raise their voices, resist and express themselves. We have witnessed...
Sde Teman Military Detention Facility
Since the onset of the war, there has been a substantial deterioration of prisoner’s rights in Israel in which security prisoners have...
Protecting Freedom of Press: Shutting down Al Jazeera
Protecting freedom of expression and freedom of the press has been paramount at ACRI for over 50 years, in fact, ACRI’s first legal...
Civilian Armament in Israel
Within 48 hours of the heinous attacks on October 7th, the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, has led an expansive civilian...
Ramadan Realities: West Bank Violence Peaks With Its Start
Ramadan is a holy and significant month in which Palestinian families come together, with greater expenses and more frequent visits to...
ACRI & Haaretz Joint Human Rights Conference
Since the start of the war, the progression of the regime change and their impact on Israeli democracy seemingly came to a pause....
ACRI's Triumph! High Court Nullifies Reasonableness Clause Revocation
We are thrilled to announce a significant victory for human rights: the High Court of Justice accepted ACRI's stance, representing 38...
Anti-Democratic Legislation And The Judicial Overhaul In 2023
Trying to summarize this past year is an almost impossible task. The tumultuous roller coaster ride resisting the anti-democratic...
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...
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...
ACRI Will Not Succumb To Threats
Dear Friend, I am writing to inform you that since yesterday one of ACRI's staff members has been subjected to relentless and sustained...
Human Rights in War
These are truly gut-wrenching times. Hearts are heavy, grief is deep, and fear is all-encompassing. Just like all of you, we, ACRI's...
ACRI Defends Human Rights in Historic High Court Hearing
Dear Friends, In a historic gathering, all 15 High Court judges convened yesterday to deliberate a pivotal amendment to the Basic Law:...
ACRI's Historical Petition on Behalf of 38 Human Rights Organizations
Dear Friends, Yesterday we submitted a historical petition to the High Court of Justice, on behalf of ourselves and 37 other human rights...
Following The Passage Of The Reasonableness Law
For six long months, the Israeli government has been working to suppress human rights and democracy in Israel. • Annexation of the...
Dan Yakir Retierment Haaretz Interview
Dear Friends, The first time I met Dan Yakir, I was ACRI's client. Back in 2006, Dan represented the Jerusalem Open House during the...
The Attack On Democracy
Dear friends, The current Israeli government’s attacks on democracy continue at a dangerous and fast pace. But, the regime change...
A Message From ACRI Following the Israeli Elections
Dear colleagues and friends, In these days of consternation and fear, I wanted to let you know that we, at ACRI, are now more determined...
We did it!
Dear friends and supporters, We did it! The engagement and support that we witnessed from all over the world is inspiring. Thanks to you,...
$233,099 Raised of $300,000 Goal!
We're Almost There! Dear friend, I am happy and excited to tell you that in the last two days, thanks to you, we have raised $233,099 in...
Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Dear Friend, The Arab Bedouin minority of the Negev is one of the most discriminated groups within the Arab population and within Israeli...
Education for a Tolerant Nation
This week, schools in Israel are reopening their doors for a new academic year. At ACRI, we work to ensure that everyone, regardless of...
Breaking: We're off to the High Court to Desegregate Schools
Dear friends, I want to share with you this quote from Lila, who lives in Tel Aviv, regarding her 8-year-old son attending a school...
Hardly a Life in Masafer Yatta
It was no small miracle that the bullet didn't hit anyone. For the past month, the Israeli army has been conducting a live-fire drill in...
Proud to Present: ACRI's Newest Project for the Transgender Community in Israel
Dear friends, From anti-gender right-wing activists' attacks to public officials proposing and passing laws that institutionally violate...
URGENT: STOP EVICTION OF 1,000 PEOPLE FROM MASAFER YATTA
Dear friends, This past Wednesday, the High Court of Justice abruptly reached a decision that legalizes the forcible eviction of...
Restricting Surveillance Technologies
Dear friends, Calcalist’s exposé on police use of Pegasus spyware, which has justifiably jarred the entire nation, concerns us, but we...
Two More Reforms to End Housing Discrimination
Dear friends, Muhammad Aborbia, a resident of Be’er Sheva who works as the managing pharmacist at the Super-Pharm branch in the city, was...
ACRI's New Executive Director
Dear friends, I am delighted to announce that Noa Sattath has been selected to serve as ACRI’s new Executive Director. Noa will assume...
Take Responsibility and Stop the Cycle of Hate!
In the past two days we’ve seen violence and loss of control among citizens as well as the authorities. Especially now, when it seems as...
How did we get here?
We are in the midst of a difficult culmination of events that began in Jerusalem and spread throughout Israel and south to Gaza. The...
Report: Democracy and Human Rights during COVID-19
With an indicted Prime Minister awaiting trial, four rounds of elections in under two years, and the better part of a year in and out of...
Sudanese asylum seeker applies for permanent status
Dear friends, Yesterday, the Tel Aviv District Court made a welcome, unprecedented ruling on a case I brought forward on behalf of a...
Achievement in the struggle against housing discrimination
Dear friends, How is ACRI beneficial as a veteran organization with a legal tradition, a clear strategy for defending human rights, and...
ACRI in Focus: Quarter 1, 2019
Your generous support during our "Up to Us" matching campaign last December helped ACRI take advantage of election season to keep the...
Educating A New Generation of Decision Makers
Dear friends, We were recently informed that the Ministry of Education implemented a welcome initiative to reduce gaps in education and...
Fighting Against the "Loyalty in Culture" Bill
Dear Friends, Earlier this week the Knesset passed the first reading of Minister of Culture Miri Regev’s “Loyalty in Culture” Bill which,...
Democracy in Israel is Under Threat
Dear Friends, The fact of the matter is that with every year, the democratic space in Israel is narrowing and the voices causing its...
No More "Administrative Mistakes"!
Dear Friends, This week, we once more witnessed the Shin Bet internal security agency attempt to intimidate a critic of government...
The Language that You Don’t Want to Hear
Raghad Jaraisy I was born to a family that loves language: my father is a politician, an engineer, and a bookworm, and my mother – a...
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