Discrimination

High Court begins reviewing death penalty law as Adalah files petition after ACRI challenge

The petition argues that the law creates a discriminatory system, saying the West Bank amendments apply only to Palestinians.

Knesset approves death penalty for terrorists bill, March 30, 2026.
An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

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International federation votes against expelling Israeli social workers' union

 South African flag.

Elite South African school apologizes over refusal to play Jewish day school at fixture


Women required to sit in back of theater at 'family friendly' Israeli play

Rosh Ha'ayin residents said separate seating was done in the past, but it was left and right and not front and back.

 Seats in a theater.

Bus line in Ashdod doesn't allow women, drivers say it's line for 'only men'

Bus drivers on the Ashdod 80 line have barred women from riding the bus multiple times.

 Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.

Groups slam Israeli gov't for ‘medieval’ backslide on women’s rights

As Israel focuses on judicial overhaul, groups warn that a slew of bills could set gender equality back centuries.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

32% of all racist incidents in 2022 were directed at Arab Israelis - Justice Ministry

In total, 415 racist incidents were investigated by the Justice Ministry in 2022, which is reportedly representative of an overall downward trend.

 RALLYING AGAINST racism in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.

What are the red lines that could make us leave Israel? - opinion

I hope none of these red lines are passed and we can continue to take pride in this amazing country, but I fear we may already be too late.

 IS OUR theocracy-in-the-making reminiscent of Iran?

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.

 People participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon, on July 2, 2021.

Mideast women in tech face challenges, but awareness of problems is growing

On International Women's Day, TML examines the situation of women in tech in the region

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We should take a page from King Solomon's book and work harder to fight discrimination

King Solomon affirms that “A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up [again].” (Proverbs 24:16). We have fallen down in our responsibility to help the some 170,000 Israeli Ethiopians.

 THEN-ALIYAH and integration minister Pnina Tamano-Shata and then-Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, to welcome new immigrants arriving in the Tzur Israel operation bringing olim from Ethiopia, in 2021.

Charlottesville revisited: Confronting resurging antisemitism - opinion

We must not remain silent in the face of this hatred. We must fight back and join forces to end antisemitism once and for all.

 THE WRITER visits Charlottesville. On the wall, it reads: ‘It can happen again – gone but not forgotten.’

On This Day in 1900: Bubonic plague infects San Francisco

This was the first case of the plague in the continental US, and it hasn't left since. This event was defined by government denials of a pandemic, racism and discrediting medical officials.

A plague doctor and his typical apparel during the 17th Century Outbreak.