Updates | Association for Civil Rights in Israel

Mounted Police Should Not be Used as Crowd Control for Demonstrations

Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-stok On August 18, 2025 ACRI petitioned the Supreme Court demanding that the police be prohibited from using...

Aug 182 min read

Allow Residents of the Northern West Bank to Return to their Homes

Soldiers in Jenin, January 2025. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit, (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia In January 2025, the army launched a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, an operation that was later expanded to additional refugee camps. The operation resulted in extensive destruction of buildings, roads, and infrastructure; the blocking of access routes; and the closure of businesses, institutions providing essential services, as well as pharmacies and med

Aug 184 min read

The Road of Death

Part of the dangerous road section. Photo: ACRI On August 16, 2025, ACRI approached the Civil Administration demanding that it maintain traffic safety measures and enforcement on the Eastern Ring Road (Road 4370), in the section between the villages of Anata and Az-Za'eem. This section of the road is frequently used by Palestinians traveling between the major cities in the West Bank: Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron. Nonetheless, it lacks basic safety standards: lanes and shou

Aug 162 min read