Policy Advocacy

  • Ministers Bennett and Regev are Trampling on Free Artistic Expression

    Ministers Bennett and Regev are Trampling on Free Artistic Expression

    June 11, 2015

      The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has demanded that the Ministers Bennett and Regev retract their recent public … Read more

  • Highly Doubtful that Police Acted According to Regulations

    Highly Doubtful that Police Acted According to Regulations

    May 5, 2015

    Riot control measures must be utilized by the police in a strictly measured manner, and in accordance with the severity … Read more

  • ACRI: End the Use of Dangerous New Bullets

    ACRI: End the Use of Dangerous New Bullets

    March 24, 2015

    On Sunday, March 8, 2015, ACRI contacted the Chief Police Commissioner and the Attorney General to demand that they immediately … Read more

  • Hannibal Protocol – Endangering the Lives of Soldiers and Civilians

    Hannibal Protocol – Endangering the Lives of Soldiers and Civilians

    February 15, 2015

    Following multiple reports of the implementation of the IDF’s “Hannibal Protocol” during the kidnapping of Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, ACRI … Read more

  • An Urgent Lack of Classrooms in East Jerusalem

    An Urgent Lack of Classrooms in East Jerusalem

    December 4, 2014

    In February 2011, the High Court of Justice ruled in a petition filed by ACRI that the state had violated … Read more

  • Counter-Protesters Terrorize Participants at a Political Conference

    Counter-Protesters Terrorize Participants at a Political Conference

    November 30, 2014

    ACRI contacted the Commissioner of Israel Police on November 26, 2014, following rioting by protesters at an artistic event that … Read more

  • ACRI: End the Use of Skunk Spray in East Jerusalem

    ACRI: End the Use of Skunk Spray in East Jerusalem

    November 27, 2014

    Since July 2014, large swathes of East Jerusalem streets have been covered in tremendous amounts of skunk spray. This new … Read more

  • ACRI to the Asheklon Mayor: Immediately Retract Your Decision to Fire Arab Employees

    ACRI to the Asheklon Mayor: Immediately Retract Your Decision to Fire Arab Employees

    November 20, 2014

      ACRI has urgently contacted the Mayor of Ashkelon following reports of his decision to terminate the employment of Arab … Read more

  • Lethal Force Must be Used by Police Only as a Last Resort

    Lethal Force Must be Used by Police Only as a Last Resort

    November 9, 2014

    Following the shooting incident in Kafr Kana, the Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovich issued a statement explaining that “terrorists … Read more

  • A Bill to Enable the Knesset to Circumvent the Supreme Court

    A Bill to Enable the Knesset to Circumvent the Supreme Court

    October 25, 2014

      The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is vehemently opposed to the proposed bill that would enable the … Read more