Tag: Protests
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...
Hundreds protest at French embassy in Tel Aviv over Halimi murder ruling
Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the French embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday in solidarity with the large-scale demonstration held in Paris to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old French Jew who was...
Son of New York judge arrested for breaching Capitol, theft of property
The son of a judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested on Tuesday for taking part in the Jan. 6 mob invasion by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol as Congress tallied U.S. President-elect Joe...
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro makes, defends comparison to Kristallnacht
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was berated for comparing tech companies severing ties with the social-media company Parler to Kristallnacht.
“And now that they’ve won, what we’re seeing is the kind of censorship that is akin...
Khamenei mocks America after ‘fiasco’ on US Capitol
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mocked the United States on Friday, following the mob invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
In a 50-minute televised speech, Khamenei said: “This is their democracy; this is...
Why Jan. 6, 2021 will live in infamy
I never thought I’d ever read this paragraph in an American paper: “A mob of people loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, halting Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to...
When the rule of law breaks down, no one is safe
What happened at the Capitol on the day both Houses of Congress assembled in a joint session to certify the votes of the Electoral College in the 2020 presidential election was a disgrace. In...