Assault

At least one in four women experienced violent behavior from partner or relative, study finds

According to data collected by The Israel Women’s Network (IWN) and presented in the “Great Women’s Survey 2026," at least 900,000 women have experienced violence from a partner or relative.

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Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint after a Palestinian was killed near Deir Sharaf, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024 (Illustrative).

Police commander charged with assaulting Palestinian at West Bank checkpoint

Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Chen Arieli at a memorial event, July 2025; illustrative.

Israel Police arrest two following attack on Tel Aviv deputy mayor, activist group

Mohammad Reza Morad Bahrouzi was beaten in an Israeli prison over alleged communication with oppostiion groups or groups affiliated with Israel.

Iranian political prisoner accused of conspiring with Israel brutally beaten in prison


Rabbi physically attacked in NYC on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The victim did not suffer serious injuries, and the suspected assailant was taken into custody by police shortly following the incident, according to a statement released by New York officials.

People walk next to a NYPD vehicle outside of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York City, US, May 22, 2025

Clashes break out in Italian port town between Israeli tourists, pro-Palestinian protesters

In one video shared by Italian daily La Repubblica, a group of alleged Israeli tourists can be seen performing the Roman salute, swearing, and mimicking a throat-slitting gesture. 

Protesters march against the Israeli football team during a pro-Palestinian demonstration ahead of the Italy v Israel match, October 14, 2025.

Times Square attacker receives two year sentence for group assault on Jewish man

After seeing a Jewish man in Times Square, Salam Seleiman was among a group who threw the victim to the ground, punched him, struck him with a crutch, pepper-sprayed him, and kicked him

Pro-Palestinian supporters demonstrate near the Israeli Consulate following the flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, May 18, 2021.

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.

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

Prosecutors move to indict a suspect in a racially motivated terror assault on an elderly woman near Turmus Aiya, seeking detention until trial ends.

 An illustrative image of an individual with handcuffs.

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

Mashhadani’s school became the target of multiple threats after Hamas’s October 7 attacks, as pro-Palestinian groups took issue with Mashhadani’s co-existence ethos.

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.

Pakistani attacker charged after assaulting Orthodox Jewish tourists in Milan

During the attack, the Pakistani man shouted racist threats and insults in Italian, such as “dirty Jews” and “you kill children in Palestine, and I’ll kill you."

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

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.