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Collapse of responsibility in the name of faith - opinion

Parashat Bo warns: true faith demands responsibility, that honoring life means accountability and protecting the vulnerable.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Ultra-Othodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, on Tuesday. These protests were not about honoring the dead, but about avoiding accontability, the writer argues.
Palestinian Ambassador to Iran, Salam al-Zawawi (R) at a swearing-in ceremony hosted by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) at the president's residence in Amman, Jordan, January 2022; illustrative.

Iranian protesters attack Palestinian Authority ambassador's residence, injure ambassador - report

Around 200 protesters stormed the residence of the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador in Tehran, injuring Salam al-Zawawi and embassy staff and causing extensive damage, Iranian media reported.

|ByJAMES GENN
An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

|ByREUTERS
Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.

Iran admits at least 3,000 killed in protest crackdown, UN dismayed by 'horrific violence'

"This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard," Volker Turk said.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER, ALEX WINSTON, REUTERS

Pedestrian injured in attack on Arab taxi driver

As rioters chased the taxi, the driver hit a pedestrian's leg.

MARCH 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Far-right group Lehava protesting the Pride Parade in Jerusalem June 2, 2022.

Protesters clash with police in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem

Riots broke out at a protest against the pending eviction of family from the Jerusalem neighborhood.

MARCH 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police operate in Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem amid violent clashes, February 13, 2022

IDF stops left-wing solidarity visit from reaching Huwara

Left-wing activists were trying to pay Huwara a solidarity visit following settler riots that killed one person and destroyed a lot of property.

MARCH 3, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
View of cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots last night in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023

Letters to the Editor March 1, 2023: The very concept of democracy

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 1, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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American rabbinic orgs condemn Israeli settler violence in Huwara

OU executive VP Rabbi Moshe Hauer: "How could it come to this? Must never happen again"

FEBRUARY 28, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Palestinians walk near cars burned in an attack by Israeli settlers following an incident where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers near Huwara in the West Bank, February 27, 2023.

Settlers attempt to ram IDF officer as violence continues in Huwara

With the Huwara shooting terrorist still at large, security forces have taken more measures to keep further violence from erupting.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Israeli soldiers guard while Jewish men protest following yesterday's deadly terror attack in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023

Crime spiked in Jewish-Arab cities in wake of Guardian of the Walls - report

A year and a half after Operation Guardian of the Walls, police and the Shin Bet are still making arrests related to crimes committed in that period. 

JANUARY 25, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where synaogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city. May 12, 2021.

Brazil defense minister says military not directly involved in Brasilia riots

Brazil's police raided the house of suspended governor of Brasilia Rocha, who is under investigation for failing to prevent the Brasilia riots.

JANUARY 20, 2023ByREUTERS
Former Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Brazil's President and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro attend a Presidential Debate ahead of the runoff election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 16, 2022.

Brazil's prosecutors asks Supreme Court to investigate Bolsonaro's role in Brasilia riots

Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on the eve of the end of his term, avoiding passing the presidential sash to his leftist rival.

JANUARY 13, 2023ByREUTERS
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony to mark 1000 days in government at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil September 27, 2021.

Brazil questions some 1,000 detained protesters after rampage in capital

Protestors camped out for days surrounding the bombardment of government buildings.

JANUARY 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023.