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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

WATCH: Gazan fires at Israeli forces during riots

Thousands of Gazans with work permits have been unable to enter Israel.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

Why is Hamas escalating tensions with Israel now? - analysis

If Hamas was seemingly scared of escalating before, why are they comfortable escalating now, in the middle of the High Holy Days, one of the most sensitive periods of the year?

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE

Palestinian protesters gather during a demonstration along the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City, on September 18, 2023.

Government reveals package to deal with illegal immigrants after riots

A budget of over NIS 30 million will be allocated to deal with "infiltrators" following violent Eritrean riots in south Tel Aviv.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

Police guard while Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Asylum seekers' riot in Israel was funded by the Mossad, Eritrea claims

African nation's Information Ministry: "The futile acts of subversion in essence sponsored by major intelligence agencies, including the Mossad."

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Eritrean rioter with gun arrested, others transferred to administrative detention

The 41-year-old was arrested along with seven others suspected of being involved in the violence between pro- and anti-regime Eritrean activists.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Is the judicial reform the answer to the south Tel Aviv riots? - analysis

The riots are a symptom of a severe problem in south Tel Aviv, and residents are rightfully seeking solutions – the coalition may be able to repackage the judicial reform as the answer.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR