Israel Justice Clinic
Advocating for People, Pursuing Justice.
A refugee mother and her disabled child trapped without visas. A reservist denied PTSD treatment after 300 days of combat. A woman surviving through street prostitution, drowning in petty fines. In a backlogged bureaucracy, they become just another case number. We treat them as lives to be restored.
JIJ’s Israel Justice Clinic deploys elite legal firepower, completely free of charge, so the most vulnerable people in Israeli society don’t have to fight alone. To date, we have secured over $17 Million in benefits for our clients. We help survivors rebuild their lives, access cutting edge therapies, restore their dignity, and focus on healing.
Case File 01
They Survived Combat. Now they’re fighting to restore their lives.
Israel’s 24,000 wounded soldiers and security personnel have already paid the highest price. But when they come home with PTSD, brain and spinal cord injuries, they face a second battle: a bureaucracy that denies, delays, and buries legitimate claims.
The Israeli Army is built for short, intense, and decisive wars, not the long war of attrition we’ve faced since October 7th. Where the system fails, JIJ’s legal team steps in. We fight combat injury denials, secure disability recognition, and recover the benefits our heroes have earned.
“I spent two years fighting the Ministry of Defense for what I was owed. JIJ gave me back my dignity.”
– Roy, wounded IDF veteran and JIJ client
On October 7, First Sergeant Roy fought terrorists at the Zikim base for 12 straight hours, eventually running over a mile under live fire. Months later, his mind and body kept the score, and he developed severe PTSD. When he turned to the Ministry of Defense for psychiatric care, he hit a wall of endless forms, medical committee delays, and systemic backlog. He was drowning.
JIJ stepped in completely free of charge. We took over the bureaucratic battle, pushed his file through the committees, and secured his full military service-related PTSD recognition so he could finally get treatment.
Case File 02
She escaped trafficking, but couldn’t shake the debt.
Human trafficking survivors in Israel often emerge from exploitation to face a second injustice: fines and debt accumulated while they were under someone else’s control. Without legal intervention, these debts follow them for life.
JIJ’s attorneys fight to nullify unjust debts, restore legal standing, and give survivors the clean slate that is crucial for restoration.
“Everyone wants my money. The pimps. The police. The landlord. The government. I can’t do anything with this debt hanging around my neck.”
– Yana*, survivor of human trafficking and JIJ client
Yana’s family abused her, and her pimp forced her into street prostitution. When COVID hit, the police didn’t see her as a victim of violence, they saw her as a public health hazard, and ticketed her for not wearing a mask. Finally, she made a bold decision to exit the sex trade, reaching out to a social worker in Haifa. The obstacle to her recovery? A debt of 100,000 shekels to the state, preventing her recovery.
JIJ attorneys took Yana’s case, and convinced the state to wipe out her debts. For the first time in years, Yana stands on solid ground. Not as a debtor or a statistic, but as a free woman with a clean page and the chance to write what comes next.
*Name changed to protect privacy.
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Case File 03
His textbooks ignore his heritage. He’s fighting for the right to learn his own story.
Imagine growing up as a Christian in Nazareth, but never taking a school field trip to the Sea of Galilee. Israel’s Ministry of Education takes a bureaucratic shortcut, lumping all Arabic-speaking students into a single Muslim-centric curriculum. In Israel, Christian students don’t learn in school about the religion that was born in their own backyard, which their families have been faithful to for thousands of years. Instead they learn about a foreign religion and the forces that conquered their ancestors into submission.
As a result, Arabic Christians are culturally erased and socially isolated. JIJ is representing 50 schools in a massive lawsuit to demand a dedicated pedagogical division so these students can learn their own heritage in their neighborhood schools.
“I am proud to be an Israeli Christian, born in Nazareth. This is my land and my family’s heritage.”
– Fadi*, an Arabic Christian student and JIJ client
Fadi is a 12-year-old Arabic Christian growing up in Nazareth. But his school’s curriculum entirely erases his 2,000-year-old heritage, forcing him to study Islamic conquest while ignoring his own history. Identity and belonging are the strongest shields against extremism. You can help Fadi fight for the right to learn his own story, by supporting JIJ’s lawsuit on behalf of his school.
*Name changed to protect privacy.
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