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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

'Cancer Jews': Trams set alight, violence erupts in Amsterdam in second wave of violence

Pro-Palestine protestors had clashed with riot police earlier in the day at Amsterdam's central Dam Square, leading to over 50 arrests.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA, DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police during a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024. The sign reads: "Police state".

Arab-Israeli community announces general strike marking 24 years since October 2000 riots

To mark 24 years since the October 2000 riots, the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee has called for a strike affecting businesses, schools, and public places. The strike also protests the ongoing war.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dagestan airport pogrom: Russia sentences 5 for antisemitic airport riots

Video footage showed the rioters, mostly young men, waving Palestinian flags, breaking down glass doors and running through the airport shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greater).

AUGUST 23, 2024ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russians storm airport in attempt to attack passengers of Israeli flight

Gallant signs administrative detention orders for settlers suspected of violence in West Bank

The administrative detention came after several detainees were released on Wednesday, including a 14-year-old boy.

AUGUST 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Riots in the village of Jit in the West Bank. August 15, 2024.

Security forces arrest four suspects involved in Jit attacks against Palestinians

Shin Bet and police arrest four suspects for attacks on Palestinians in Jit, including arson, stone-throwing, and a fatal shooting.

AUGUST 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Labour MP: Islamophobia in UK connected to Israeli operations in Gaza

Lewis said that "The link between the daily inhumanity being metted (sic) out to Palestinians and rising Islamophobia in the UK, are not unconnected."

AUGUST 14, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR

PROTESTERS IN London hold up anti-Israel posters during a demonstration last weekend. Social media account are accusing Israel of taking control of the UK and seeking to put other European countries in its power.

'Hate and division': Ex-neo-Nazi activist explains how kids are radicalized

Amid recent far-right violence, former neo-Nazi warns that extremists use false information to radicalize children through family members.

AUGUST 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, U.S. on April 21, 2018.

Bangladesh at a crossroads as a result of political instability and the rise of Islamism - opinion

As Bangladesh faces a power vacuum, the country stands at a critical juncture. The interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus faces the task of rebuilding a stable political system.

AUGUST 11, 2024ByRATNADEEP CHAKRABORTY