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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.

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'


Two Palestinian killed by gunfire in escalating West Bank violence; settlers, army blame each other

There are conflicting reports from settlers, Palestinians, and the army as to the cause and nature of the brawl, as well as who shot the Palestinians.

 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

Bahrain releases 1,584 prisoners, including life sentences, in major pardon

Despite facing international scrutiny from entities like the United Nations for its trial and detention practices, Bahrain insists that its judicial proceedings adhere to international law standards.

 Anti-government protesters hold a picture of a political prisoner while calling for his release during a rally organized by Bahrain's main opposition party Al Wefaq in Budaiya, west of Manama, February 15, 2014.

Your brothers will go to war, and you will just sit?’ Brothers in Arms protests at Mea She'arim

Against the ongoing controversies surrounding it, hundreds of activists have arrived today in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Border Police go about coronavirus inspections in Mea Shearim, a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Three Palestinians killed as police thwart terrorism in Jerusalem area

During this evening's riots, a 12-year-old suspect who endangered the forces by firing fireworks at them was shot by a security personnel, the police said.

 Israeli security forces stand guard in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, February 13, 2023

Gazan riots erupt near Rafah's border with Egypt, fire breaks out

Channel 12 reported the riots broke out after a Gazan teen was shot dead by Hamas policemen while attempting to gather humanitarian aid.

 Palestinians arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis due to the Israeli ground operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2024.

‘Riot’ in Queens high school as anti-Israel students threaten, mob Jewish teacher

More than two dozen police officers rushed the teacher into an empty office and locked the door, at which point a student mob gathered outside and tried to force its way in.

 Jamaica, Queens.

Israel Police: No violent incident among Arab Israelis during war

But while there have not been any incidents of note between Arabs and Jews, seven Arabs were still murdered in the last two weeks in crime-related incidents.

 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.

5 Palestinian terrorists injured in gunfight with IDF near Joseph’s Tomb

The IDF shut down a Palestinian command center in the nearby Balata refugee camp after the visits to Joseph's Tomb.

 Palestinians block the streets leading to Joseph's Tomb, in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 22, 2022.

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza again amid violent riots along border

Earlier on Saturday, a demonstration was held on the shores of the Gaza Strip as protesters staged a flotilla calling for an end to Israel's blockade of the Strip.

 Palestinians clash with Israeli forces near the border between Israel-Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 22, 2023

Security forces conduct counterterrorism arrests throughout West Bank

During the arrest of a suspect in Hebron, Israeli forces seized an airsoft rifle and dozens of 5.56 caliber cartridges and shotgun shells, according to photographs published by the military.

 Israeli troops stand guard, near the scene of a shooting, near Hebron, in the West Bank August 21, 2023.