Assault

Ending violence against women starts with refusing to look away - opinion

From Knesset debate to daily reality, how society enables the cycle of abuse and the practical steps to break it and build real accountability.

Red shoes are displayed to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Be brave – in the small, everyday ways, the writer urges.
 An illustrative image of an individual with handcuffs.

Prosecutors to indict suspect who attacked woman in alleged violent racist incident in West Bank

A PROTESTER holds a Palestinian flag, on top of an underground station, at a rally in Berlin, marking a year since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, last October. Talk to some Jews, and you will hear them say that Europe has become inhospitable to Jews, says the writer.

Anti-Hamas Islamic school principle claims attacker tried to push him in front of train

Aftermath of racist assault on Jewish tourists in Milan's station.

Pakistani attacker charged after assaulting Orthodox Jewish tourists in Milan


Neo-Nazis raise money for Georgia man wearing Nazi SS uniform who allegedly assaulted UGA student

A Georgia man in a Nazi uniform was arrested after assaulting a UGA student outside a bar. The incident has sparked outrage and drawn support from white supremacists.

Kenneth Leland Morgan wearing a Nazi SS uniform in Athens, Georgia, October 2025.

'Dirty Jew...go back to Israel,' two non-Jewish Boston men allege antisemitic assault

Two cousins were beaten in Boston after being called “Dirty Jew” and told to “go back to Israel.” Police say the attack was antisemitic.

 Boston police car (illustrative)

New Jersey rabbi assaulted, residents step in to stop attacker

Rabbi Avraham Wein was assaulted in Bergenfield New Jersey on Sunday. Locals helped detain the suspect, who police say was not a local. Authorities called the attack a “disgraceful act of violence."

Rabbi Avraham Wein.

Italian poll finds 15% see attacks on Jewish people as 'justifiable'

An SWG poll finds 15% of Italians view attacks on Jews as justifiable, as protests over the Israel-Hamas war intensify and PM Meloni maintains support for Israel.

Pro-Palestinian activists demonstrate in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and Gaza as they march towards Italian Foreign Ministry, in Rome, Italy September 25, 2025.

WATCH: Elderly rabbi pelted with chicken bones in antisemitic London incident

A 41-year-old man was arrested after hurling chicken bones and abuse at a 77-year-old rabbi outside a Stamford Hill pharmacy.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in a street in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill in the UK; illustrative.

Man wearing Star of David kicked, beaten, nearly thrown off tram in Germany by unknown attacker

A man was insulted, kicked, and beaten twice in Erfurt, Germany, after an attacker saw his Star of David. Police are searching for the suspect.

A police car in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany; illustrative.

Pro-Palestinian crowd in California beats hostage’s cousin for speaking Hebrew

Ariel Marciano, cousin of slain Gaza hostage Guy Illouz, was assaulted, pepper-sprayed, and threatened at Santa Monica Pier for speaking Hebrew.

A Santa Monica Police Department patrol car driving along the Santa Monica Pier, California, July 29, 2025; illustrative.

Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to felony charges of assaulting police

A Los Angeles judge set bail at $75,000 and said the "Old Town Road" singer must attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

Lil Nas X poses at the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' in New York City, New York, U.S., May 6, 2024.

Frontier Airlines pilot charged with making false bomb threat against ex-girlfriend

Pilot Andrew Brenneman accused his ex-girlfriend of planning a bomb attack on a flight, which she was traveling on to attend a court hearing on his domestic violence towards her.

A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321neo; illustrative.

Ohio man pleads guilty to assaulting students because they were Jewish

Timur Mamatov, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting two Jewish OSU students in a hate crime that left both hospitalized with serious injuries, the DOJ said Friday.

Timur Mamatov, 20, pled guilty to assulting OSU students because of their Jewish identity.

‘You want more?’ Border Police officer indicted for assaulting journalist

Police assaulting journalists has become an increasingly common trend in Israel in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

 A Border Police officer conducting operations, May 2025.