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Discrimination Against Palestinian Laborers Injured in Work Accidents
© Emanuilov Shabtay | Dreamstime.com On February 2, 2021, we at ACRI petitioned the Supreme Court of Justice against the National...
Feb 22, 20222 min read


Discrimination Against Palestinian Workers Injured in Workplace Accidents
On February 2, 2021, we petitioned the High Court of Justice—ACRI and Kav LaOved - Workers Hotline—against Israel’s National Insurance...
Feb 22, 20222 min read


Regulating Palestinians’ Status after the Citizenship Law’s Expiration
© Fabiobalbi | Dreamstime.com On July 6, 2021, the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (temporary order) 5763-2003, which prohibited...
Feb 2, 20223 min read


Stop the Use of Pegasus Spyware Against Civilians
© Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com On January 18, 2020, an investigation by Calcalist revealed that the Israel Police were using NSO...
Jan 19, 20222 min read


Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law: Supreme Court Issues Interim Order to Ministry of Interior
© Monkey Business Images - Dreamstime.com On January 11, 2022, the Supreme Court grants repeal submitted by Association for Civil Rights...
Jan 11, 20222 min read


Issue Vaccination Certificates for Palestinians Residing in Israel Legally
The Association for Civil Rights (ACRI) has received complaints from Palestinians and family members of Israeli citizens and residents...
Jan 6, 20221 min read


Detention Policy in the West Bank - Discrimination Between Israelis and Palestinians
The authority to detain enables law enforcement officials to restrict one’s freedom of movement for a limited period of time based on the...
Dec 26, 20212 min read


Defense Minister’s Declaration – A Draconian Step Against Human Rights Organizations
On October 22, 2021, the Defense Minister declared six Palestinian organizations that operate in the West Bank, terrorist organizations....
Oct 25, 20212 min read


The Army's Responsibility to Protect Palestinians in the West Bank from Settler Attacks
Illustration. © Rrodrickbeiler | Dreamstime.com On September 28, 2021, dozens of masked Israelis approached the area surrounding the...
Oct 1, 20212 min read


Confiscating Structures in the West Bank Without Hearings or Prior Notice
The Israeli Civil Administration has refused to recognize many Palestinian communities that have lived in Area C for decades. This lack...
Aug 5, 20212 min read


Upon the Citizenship Law’s Expiration, the State Must Prepare to Process Status Applications
With the long overdue expiration of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, ACRI appealed to the Executive Director of the Population...
Jul 8, 20212 min read


The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law
The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law prohibits the spouse of an Israeli citizen from acquiring legal status and access to rights in...
Jun 30, 20212 min read


What’s Happening in Gaza: ACRI’s Position
For over ten days, the intense combat between Israel and the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has exacted huge costs in lives lost and...
May 20, 20212 min read


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...
May 12, 20212 min read


Enabling Palestinian Security Prisoners Contact With Their Families During Covid
Following the petition of HaMoked and seven other human rights organizations, including ACRI, the Israel Prison Service announced that,...
Apr 8, 20212 min read


Translating the Orders and Procedures of the Israel Prison Service to Arabic
ACRI, Physicians for Human Rights and HaMoked petitioned to the High Court on 24.3.2021 demanding that the Israel Prison Service (IPS)...
Mar 24, 20212 min read


JNF Policy to Acquire Lands in the West Bank Exclusively for Jews
On February 14, 2021, the JNF Board of Directors approved a resolution promoting a policy of land acquisition in Area C in the West Bank,...
Feb 28, 20211 min read


A Legal Amendment Will Allow Interrogation of Suspects from Israel in the Occupied Territories
On February 15, 2021, ACRI submitted comments on a legal memorandum that seeks to authorize a detention and interrogation facility in the...
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Immediately Stop the Use of Live Fire on Palestinian Workers Crossing the Fence
Recently, there have been a great number of events in which, during the early hours of the morning, soldiers ambushed next to openings in...
Feb 9, 20211 min read


Protect Palestinians from Settler Violence in the West Bank
Since the death of Ahuvia Sandak, there settlers have violently attacked Palestinians and their property in the West Bank on a daily...
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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