Demonstrations

Beit Shemesh protesters block roads, damage property, as police seek to reestablish order

The demonstrators set fire to dumpsters and damaged fences in the area where the protests occurred.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police car at night
Participants clash during the 79th anniversary of the Liberation Day that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, in Milan, Italy, April 25, 2024.

A 'general aversion to anything Jewish' reported in Italy after Milan clash and Rome shooting

Jewish participants are driven from a historic anti-fascist march while a separate shooting in Rome intensifies a national debate over antisemitism, public memory, and civic space.

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) members pose for the camera as they celebrate Nowruz at the Jezhnikan Village around Baharka, Iraq, on March 18, 2025.

Kurdish parties in Iran call for regime change as protests continue

As protests in Iran escalate, Kurdish opposition groups, including PDKI, PAK, and PJAK, call for regime change, despite ongoing violence and a deadly crackdown on demonstrators.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Close-up of the flags of India and Iran.

Amid Iran protests, India issues travel advisory, warns citizens against travel to Islamic Republic

The travel warning, issued by the South Asian country’s External Affairs Ministry, cited “recent developments” in Iran and noted the advisory was in effect “until further notice.”

|BySAM HALPERN

Turkey's Erdogan: Israel is an occupier, Hamas not a terrorist organization

Erdogan had invited all Turks to attend the rally where he said "only our flag and the Palestine flag will wave." His Islamist-rooted AK Party had predicted more than a million people would come.

OCTOBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey October 28, 2023.

Thousands join pro-Palestinian protest in London to demand Gaza ceasefire

London police have faced criticism in recent days for not being tougher over slogans shouted by some protesters during another pro-Palestinian march in the capital last week.

OCTOBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 28, 2023