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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.

JANUARY 25, 2026|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.

JANUARY 18, 2026|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.

JANUARY 18, 2026|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.

JANUARY 13, 2026|ByFRAIDY MOSER, ALEX WINSTON, REUTERS

Israel must restore equality under the law or risk collapse of its liberal democracy - opinion

A danger that Israel's liberal democracy might collapse does exist, unless a change takes place in the foreseeable future in the way the state is being run.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

Anti-Israel rioters attack Bologna police with firecrackers, set fires, build barricades

Violent protests against a Maccabi match saw masked rioters clash with police, injuring eight officers using flagpoles, bottles, clubs and flares.

NOVEMBER 22, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police spray water on protesters during a demonstration against the visiting Israeli basketball team on the day of the Virtus Bologna-Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague match in Bologna, Italy, November 21, 2025.

Molotov cocktails, arson, and stone throwing: Riots reported in east Jerusalem neighborhood

A 15-year-old boy was arrested while holding a Palestinian Islamic Jihad flag and Molotov cocktails.

OCTOBER 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Weapons and a PIJ flag confiscated during a riot in east Jerusalem on October 14, 2025.

Bern streets ravaged as anti-Israel protest devolves into violence

Bern streets suffered millions of francs in damages due to vandalism and exchanges of projectiles between activists and police after a Saturday anti-Israel protest devolved into intense riots.

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR

Protesters burn Nepalese Parliament after social media ban, curfew

The protesters set fire to tires on some roads, threw stones at police personnel in riot gear and chased them through narrow streets.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2025ByREUTERS

A demonstrator reacts at the Parliament complex during a protest against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests that were triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, during a curfew in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025.

Pakistani court grants bail to former PM Imran Khan in 2023 riots cases

The cases stem from the violent incidents that broke out across several cities in 2023 after Khan was arrested in Islamabad.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/ THE MEDIA LINE

Pakistan's cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Islamabad in this photo taken on August 10, 2004. Men carrying semi-automatic weapons robbed Khan on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, his party officials said on Saturday.

Russia convicts dozens for anti-Israel riots at Dagestan airport two years ago

Videos of the riot, which occured nearly two years ago, showed people waving Palestinian flags, breaking down glass doors, and running through the airport shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greater).

JULY 18, 2025ByREUTERS

A view shows planes of Red Wings airlines at the airport in Makhachkala in the region of Dagestan, Russia October 31, 2023.

Violent clashes erupt between far-Right groups and migrants in Spanish town

Five people were hurt and one was arrested during the unrest in Torre-Pacheco, local officials told Reuters, in one of the worst such episodes in the country in recent decades.

JULY 13, 2025ByREUTERS