Tag: Protests
Netanyahu: ‘Freedom of protest not a license to drag country into anarchy’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a televised address on Wednesday evening, spoke out against the violent protests that roiled the country throughout the day, in some cases leading to clashes with police.
“Freedom of protest...
Protests mount against embattled Iranian Oberlin professor with links to IRGC
Iranian Americans and Jewish Americans gathered in Oberlin, Ohio, over the weekend to protest the continued employment of Oberlin College and Conservatory professor with ties to Iran.
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who teaches Islamic studies at...
It’s time for American Jews to stand with protesters in Iran
For the last three weeks, thousands of protesters in more than 30 different provinces throughout Iran have come out to protest against the corruption, negligence and lack of freedoms from a leadership that has...
More than 300 Palestinian rioters arrested in Temple Mount clashes ahead of Passover
Security tensions in Israel in recent weeks hit a new high on April 15, the second Friday of Ramadan and the eve of Passover. By mid-morning Friday, some 300 Palestinian rioters on the Temple...
Thousands attend Tel Aviv protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Social media showed swarms of people of all ages holding signs and chanting, calling on the Israeli government...
Anti-Israel protesters arrested in front of Israeli embassy in Washington, DC
Seven anti-Israel protesters were arrested on Sunday in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., after attempting a sit-in, blocking the entrance to the embassy.
According to the United States Secret Service, which conducted...
Michigan city council passes resolution censuring weekly protests outside synagogue
The City Council in Ann Arbor, Mich., unanimously passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and the anti-Israel demonstrations that have been taking place outside a local synagogue every week for 18 years.
Members of Beth Israel Congregation addressed...
Israel’s UK ambassador: ‘I will not be intimidated’ by pro-Palestinian protesters
Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely said on Wednesday that she would “not be intimidated” after facing angry pro-Palestinian protesters outside of a debate held at the London School of Economics.
After a...
Report: Iran-backed militia conducted assassination attempt on Iraqi premier
An Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia in Iraq was behind Sunday’s assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadimi, according to Iraqi security forces cited in a report by Reuters on Monday.
The report said that the drones and...
Michigan Jewish community urges appeals court to restrict protests outside synagogue
Members of a synagogue in Ann Arbor, Mich., advocated before a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week that the city must enforce restrictions on protesters who have demonstrated outside their congregation every Saturday...