Civil rights

Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader and two-time candidate, dies at 84

Jackson was a civil rights icon, a Baptist minister, and ran twice as a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential primaries.

|ByJAMES GENN
Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with guests at the National Bar Association's annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - opinion

The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen.

|ByMARC SCHNEIER
Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion inspired Parks and others.

|ByREUTERS
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care

Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.

|ByREUTERS

Israeli gov't passport plan a rights violation, denies urgent visas - NGOs

The NGOs called on the Interior Ministry to retract the cancellation of visa services, or reduce the plan to two days a week.

MAY 11, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Protests against cancellation of Interior Ministry services to all matters except passports

Harry Belafonte, singer, civil rights activist who popularized 'Hava Nagila', dies at 96

The NYC native was the one of the first Black artists to achieve widespread commercial success in the US, and while he was raised Catholic, his life frequently dovetailed with Jewish causes.

APRIL 25, 2023ByLISA KEYS/JTA
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963

Passover: Landmark moments in history in the quest for freedom

As we reflect on this story and its relevance to our lives today, it is important to also recognize the ongoing struggle for civil liberties around the world.

APRIL 1, 2023ByMICHAEL KATZ
Alexander Gardner’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on November 8, 1863.

'If not now, when?' Emotional Australian PM advances Indigenous referendum

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the question the government wants to set in the referendum later this year, urging Australians to back it.

MARCH 23, 2023ByREUTERS
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, surrounded by members of the First Nations Referendum Working Group, speaks to the media during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, March 23, 2023.

Israel sees record number of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in 2022 - report

There was a drastic spike of public anti-LGBT harassment and discrimination against them in businesses. A quarter of all reports were since the last election.

MARCH 19, 2023ByYUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Judicial reform: What does the elimination of derived rights mean for Israelis? - explainer

In Israel, certain rights are not explicitly legislated in Israel's quasi-constitutional Basic Laws but are instead derived from them by the court.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.

Israeli gov't depends on citizens voluntarily cooperating - opinion

Coercive regulations and enforcement, especially in democratic countries, have a more limited reach than governments are prepared to admit. 

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByYUVAL FELDMAN
A JERUSALEM street is almost empty, January 2021, during a nationwide lockdown. COVID taught us a lesson as to the extent to which the government depends on voluntary public cooperation, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor February 1, 2023: Home that I love

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Israelis need to learn how to treat Arabs, the African-Americans of Israel - Opinion

The Israeli Arabs are where African Americans were in the 1960s.

JANUARY 25, 2023ByYITZ GREENBERG
A PERSON passes by a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, DC, last January.

Israeli hi-tech strike in protest of judicial reform set for Tuesday

Over one hundred companies in the Israeli hi-tech sector are expected to join a one-hour warning strike in protest of the government's judicial reform.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
A VIEW OF the Tel Aviv skyline in early evening.