Policy Advocacy

  • State Attorney Repudiates Minister Yishai’s Decree to Arrest Sudanese Asylum Seekers

    State Attorney Repudiates Minister Yishai’s Decree to Arrest Sudanese Asylum Seekers

    October 25, 2012

    In reply to court petition, State Attorney emphasizes that the Minister of Interior’s announcement was his alone, made without a … Read more

  • Water Tariff Failures Exposed by State Comptroller Were Known to Government

    Water Tariff Failures Exposed by State Comptroller Were Known to Government

    October 17, 2012

    The failures in Israel’s water tariffs, published by the State Comptroller today (17 October 2012), were well-known to the government; … Read more

  • “Approving Levy Committee’s recommendations is admitting inexistence of rule of law in West Bank”

    “Approving Levy Committee’s recommendations is admitting inexistence of rule of law in West Bank”

    October 17, 2012

    Following reports of the Prime Minister’s intention to bring the Levy Committee’s recommendations for government approval, ACRI states: “Approving the … Read more

  • Ras Khamis Checkpoint in East Jerusalem Sealed Off

    Ras Khamis Checkpoint in East Jerusalem Sealed Off

    September 19, 2012

    The Ras Khamis Checkpoint‪,‬ used daily by Palestinian residents of Jerusalem living in the area cut off by the Separation … Read more

  • Ministry of Justice Corrects ID Requirement for Court Petitions

    Ministry of Justice Corrects ID Requirement for Court Petitions

    August 30, 2012

    The Ministry of Justice corrected its amendment requiring ID numbers for submitting petitions to court, following ACRI’s letter and extensive … Read more

  • Position Paper: African Asylum Seekers Arriving in Israel via the Sinai Desert

    Position Paper: African Asylum Seekers Arriving in Israel via the Sinai Desert

    August 29, 2012

    The Refugees’ Rights Forum, of which ACRI is a member, recently published a position paper about African Asylum Seekers that … Read more

  • Seeking Solutions, Not Incitement

    Seeking Solutions, Not Incitement

    May 25, 2012

    We must face the reality – the Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers currently in Israel will not be leaving the … Read more

  • Stop the shameful practice of routine administrative detentions

    Stop the shameful practice of routine administrative detentions

    March 21, 2012

    In response to the deteriorating condition of administrative detainee Hana Shalabi, thirty-five days into her hunger strike, Association for Civil … Read more

  • Sami Michael: Free Khader Adnan or Try Him

    Sami Michael: Free Khader Adnan or Try Him

    February 14, 2012

    ACRI President Sami Michael sent an urgent letter today to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak requesting that he intervene on … Read more

  • Preliminary Analysis of New NGO Foreign Funding Bill

    Preliminary Analysis of New NGO Foreign Funding Bill

    December 1, 2011

    A new Knesset bill was introduced last night, which combines the prior 2 NGO foreign funding bills put forward by … Read more