Media Room
On this page you will find breaking news, background information on ACRI and human rights, and ACRI's database of staff experts and subject areas. ACRI's international media team is ready and willing to assist you in English, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Dutch. Feel free to browse ACRI's Web site for information on news and recent activities as well as our fact sheets, in the left frame of this page. For general information about ACRI, view the About Us page.
Whether you would like more information on a specific story or general information on human rights, you are invited to contact Melanie Takefman, ACRI's International Media Coordinator, at ++972-(0)-2-652-1218 (office), ++972-(0)- 528-606023 (mobile), or melanie@acri.org.il
ACRI UPDATES:
August 24, 2010: ACRI, Ir Amim in New Report: Neglect of Education in East Jerusalem Persists
August 22, 2010: Victory for Human Rights Groups, National Drug Rehabilitation Program: Privatization Tender Cancelled
August 18, 2010: ACRI on Revised "Transparency Bill"
August 17, 2010: ACRI to Education Minister: Protect Academic Research First, then Donations
July 29, 2010: Knesset Approves Non-Profit Health Fund for Dental Care
July 27, 2010: ACRI's Top 14 Anti-Democratic Draft Bills of the Knesset's Summer Session
July 22, 2010: ACRI: Current Knesset Threatens Israeli Democracy
July 20, 2010: Bloggers Mobilize and a Palestinian Village will be Connected to Water
July 19, 2010: ACRI: Chaim Pearlman Must Meet with a Lawyer
July 12, 2010: ACRI Warns against Damaging Conversion Bill
July 4, 2010: Striking a Balance between Security and Human Rights: ACRI submits position paper on draft counter-terror bill
July 1, 2010: New Child Dental Care Program Launched on July 1
June 17, 2010: ACRI responds to "specific" summonses to Knesset Education Committee session
June 14, 2010: Five NGOs Publish Groundbreaking Position Paper: Reducing Health Disparities is not the Responsibility of Health System Alone
June 14, 2010: ACRI: Put "We Con the World" Back on YouTube
June 8, 2010: ACRI Petitions High Court against Deficient Postal Service in East Jerusalem
June 8, 2010: ACRI Welcomes Approval of Child Dental Reform
ACRI in the Media:
El Mundo, Israel afronta la vuelta al 'cole' con aprobados, pero también con suspensos, August 25, 2010
CNN.com, Report: Classroom shortage hurts East Jerusalem children, August 24, 2010
The Guardian, Palestinian children in East Jerusalem face classroom shortage, says report, August 24, 2010
The American Prospect, Fresh Battles Over Overseas Donations in Israel, August 20, 2010
The Jerusalem Post, Op-ed by ACRI Executive Director Hagai El-Ad, "Advancing transparency where it's really missing", August 18, 2010
Haaretz, "Park rangers tell gay couple: Family membership doesn't count for you", August 17, 2010
Haaretz, "Leftists denounce new bill on NGO funding as 'McCarthyst'", August 17, 2010
The Jerusalem Report, "Kindergarten conflict", August 14, 2010
The Jerusalem Post, "Racism or a classic case of urban renewal?", August 6 2010
Haaretz, "What Does It Mean when the Shin Bet Calls you up for a Chat?", July 26, 2010
The Guardian, "Israel's Harassment of Citizens Could Ignite Uprising Warns Arab Politican", July 25, 2010
Haaretz, "Not-for profit dental HMO gets Knesset Committee support", July 20 2010
Ynet, "Bloggers get Palestinian Village Water", July 18, 2010
The Guardian, "Jaffa's Arab haven of coexistence resists influx of Israeli hardliners", July 18, 2010
Al Jazeera, "Israel's Street Apartheid", July 10, 2010
The Jerusalem Post Magazine, "An Open City?", July 5 2010
The Chronicle For Higher Education, "Rights Group Protests Israeli University's Ouster of Professor for Anti-Gay Remarks", July 5 2010
Ynet News, "ACRI: Lecturer's rights violated", July 4 2010
The Jerusalem Post, "The Security Argument", July 1, 2010
Haaretz, "NGOs post online games to show Palestinian plight", June 24, 2010
The Daily Telegraph, , "Israel Gripped by Identity of Prisoner X", June 21, 2010
The Jerusalem Post, ACRI asks Youtube to repost "We Con the World" video, June 15, 2010
Haaretz, Advocacy groups call for national plan to tackle health care gaps, June 15, 2010
Irish Times oped, Crisis of values that sends soldiers to fight civilians, June 10, 2010