ACRI in the Press
- Noa Sattath
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
June 9, 2025
Dear friend,
Usually, I update you directly about our activities and efforts, but this time I wanted to share with you the media coverage that ACRI's work has recently been receiving. These articles highlight the importance and centrality of our work in defending human rights during this time. It is work that is made possible thanks to your faithful support, and we thank you for your commitment to human rights values even - especially - during these challenging times.
I hope these articles are encouraging and enlightening. Please share an article with your friends and networks; it is very helpful to ACRI to get the word out as much as possible about the essential work that we are doing.
Haaretz
An interview with Gadeer Nicola, ACRI’s Deputy Director, about the troubling legislative proposals on the Knesset’s agenda during its summer session, and their likely impacts on Arab society.
A new report by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) warns that the Israeli government is advancing a sweeping set of legislative proposals that disproportionately target Arab citizens and Palestinians, while laying the groundwork for a legal infrastructure that threatens civil liberties and democratic oversight for all. "This may have started in the Arab sector," recently appointed ACRI Deputy Director Gadeer Nicola warns, "but it will not stay there. Our only hope for preventing this is a coordinated effort on all fronts."...
"If we really want to understand how we got here, how our democracy was so easily broken," she reflected, "we need to acknowledge that it's simply not possible to have a democracy for Israelis in Tel Aviv while, just a few hours away, that same democratic regime is exerting total control over another people. Until we recognize this fundamental truth, I don't see how we'll ever get to a better place."
The New York Review of Books
Gal Koplewitz dives into ACRI’s history as well as its current work fighting human rights violations since the start of the war.
“In my view, the point of taking the state to court is to enact change,” Oded Feller, the group’s chief legal counsel, told me. In some respects, he said, the ACRI prefers it when an administrative agency commits to changing its practices immediately rather than being forced to by a court ruling. Decisions can take years to reach, and in their aftermath the ACRI often still needs to fight for their implementation...
“We knew that some of these petitions were unlikely to be accepted by the court, but that was not the sole criterion for their success. Petitions also serve as a direct check on power, by encouraging the authorities to think twice before acting. Their submission can, by itself, prevent injustices.”
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