Riot

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.

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

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

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'


From Glendale to Gaza: What do the riots in LA and pro-Palestinian protests have in common?

Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine, the Palestinian Youth Movement, and others have openly called on their followers to join the protests in Los Angeles.

 A DEMONSTRATOR wears a mask with the colors of the Palestinian flag, during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Anti-migrant riots rage in Northern Ireland after alleged sexual assault of teenage girl

Police said they were dealing with "serious disorder" in the town, which is about 45 km (30 miles) from the capital Belfast, and urged people to avoid the area.

A vehicle burns during a second night of riots, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, June 11, 2025.

Anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles: What is behind the clashes, arrests in LA? - explainer

What was the trigger behind the anti-ICE Los Angeles riots? How have law enforcement officers cracked down? And how have lawmakers and government officials responded? 

 A police officer uses stun grenades as they approach the protesters gathered around the Los Angeles Federal Building following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 6, 2025.

WATCH: Thousands mark Jerusalem Day, clashes erupt in Muslim quarter

Thousands of people gather in the capital for Jerusalem Day. Rioters clash with police and Muslim quarter residents.

 Jewish men clash with police during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

Netanyahu expects news on hostages, Hamas says it agrees to Witkoff deal

Jerusalem Day sees violence in Old City • Hostage families speak out against Gaza escalation • IDF reportedly enters southern Lebanon • Witkoff denies Hamas ceasefire reports

 Hamas terrorists in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. February 20, 2025.

Compensation paid out to victims of Amsterdam riots, law firm announces

Victims of the November 2024 Maccabi Tel Aviv riots are receiving compensation through the Dutch Victim Compensation Fund, managed by Dr. Gideon Fischer & Co. Payments range from €1,000 to €35,000.

 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrate and light flares in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 7, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Haredi anti-draft protesters throw stones, damage buses, call police 'nazis'

Police said that the protest erupted into violence, as the demonstrators blocked Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi street.

 Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israelis demonstrate against IDF enlistment in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025.

Prison security working to contain Palestinian riot in high-security prison

IPS commissioner Yaakobi called Israel's prisons the "eighth front" after Hamas and Fatah threatened to start a war in Israel's prisons.

 Israel Prison Service security officers on the roof of Ofer Security Prison during unrest, February 16, 2025.

'Justice for Gaza': Rioters vandalize synagogue in Bologna

The riot was originally anti-police in nature, making the motives of the synagogue vandals unclear.

 Graffiti on the Bologna Synagogue reading JUSTICE FREE GAZA. January 11, 2025.

The Lower East Side anti-Jewish riot that changed the way Jews do politics

In 1902, an anti-Jewish riot at a rabbi's funeral in NYC left 196 mourners injured but sparked a wave of Jewish political activism, setting a precedent for organized resistance against antisemitism.

 Mourners accompany a hearse bearing the body of Rabbi Jacob Joseph on the Lower East Side on July 30, 1902.