Protests

An unbounded revolution: The power of the Iranian diaspora - opinion

Iranian diaspora communities abroad are amplifying pressure on Tehran, but sustaining momentum for change is proving difficult.

|ByFARID ALAMDAR
People display placards during a rally in support of US President Trump’s military actions towards Iran, in Toronto, earlier this year.
HAREDI PROTESTERS block Highway 1, June 1, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem's Tunnel Checkpoint after draft dodger arrested

Border Police officers from the Jerusalem periphery unit and Jerusalem District police officers are operating at the scene.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JEWS AND Arabs take part in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War in Haifa, northern Israel, June 6, 2026.

Man arrested for waving Palestine flag at joint Jewish-Arab anti-government protest

The protest set out on Thursday afternoon, initiated by “Partnership for Peace” and dozens of other organizations and parties, marking 59 years since the Six Day War.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
IRANIAN STUDENTS protest the regime's educational policies.

Student protests erupt in Iran over education policies, as regime resumes crackdowns

Demonstrators are reportedly demanding that the regime cancel the fixed impact of 11th-grade GPA scores on the national university entrance exam, according to Iran International.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israeli American rapper disrupts Khamenei vigil in NY, says 'I'm not a hero or a victim'

“I didn't think I'd be jumped on by tons of people because of a photo of a man who murdered nearly 30,000 Iranian citizens,” Dillz told The Jerusalem Post.

MARCH 8, 2026ByDAVID BRINN
KOSHA DILLZ is led away by police at a pro- Iran protest in Washington Square Park on March 5, in Manhattan.

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race, disrupted a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on military readiness.

MARCH 6, 2026ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.

'Spontaneous' US-Iran war protests funded by billionaire anti-Israel group backer - report

Rapid US protests over the Iran campaign were reportedly driven by anti-Israel groups with alleged links to a Shanghai-based billionaire and a funding network under congressional scrutiny.

MARCH 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People wave Iranian flags and signs condemning the war on Iran as they march past the Eisenhower Executive Building during a protest in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2026.

Purim Shpiel: Knesset establishes new Protest Ministry

Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!

MARCH 3, 2026BySARAH BEN-NO TO BIBI
This Seems legit.

US Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, officials say

Ten people were killed on Sunday when protesters breached the compound’s outer wall after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes on Iran.

MARCH 3, 2026ByREUTERS
Shiite Muslim supporter of the Imamia Student Organization (ISO) holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against Israel and the US strikes on Iran, in Karachi, Pakistan February 28, 2026.

WATCH: Protesters storm American consulate in Pakistan following announcement of Khamenei's death

Separately, Afghanistan said it was firing at Pakistani jets in Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital on Sunday.

MARCH 1, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS
Protesters engage in a clash with security forces outside the US Consulate General, in Karachi, Pakistan March 1, 2026

Far-right activists harass Arab-Israeli journalist outside her home

At least 20 protesters stood at the entrance of the journalist’s apartment building, shouting slogans such as "Let the IDF win, fuck the Arabs,” and "Inshallah you have a heart attack."

FEBRUARY 27, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli TV journalist Lucy Aharish. March 11, 2025.

When I sat next to a haredi: A moment of humanity in amid division in Israel - opinion

I knew that hating him would do nothing but hurt us both.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026ByARI TATARKA
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men are seen near a bus in Jerusalem in this photo from 2015.

Iranians turn universities into battleground against Islamic regime

One protester told The Media Line: “Left or right, what is certain and inevitable is the inevitable destruction of the Islamic Republic.”

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByOMID HABIBINIA/THE MEDIA LINE
Students supporting Reza Pahlavi chanted slogans in his favor across several universities. Furthermore, for the first time, they also chanted against the leftists, who are considered the primary rivals of the monarchists.

'Vast and systematic': Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog breaks silence on Hamas sexual violence

Michal Herzog speaks out on denial, antisemitism, and the global reckoning over Hamas’s use of sexual violence

FEBRUARY 24, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog has used her global platform to confront denial and keep the issue of Hamas’s systematic sexual violence on the international agenda since October 7.