Israel protest

Protesters block Knesset entrance following approval of 2026 state budget

"While the Israeli public is sitting in shelters, the government of massacre approves a pig-sized budget," the protesters stated.

|ByTZVI JASPER
PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Knesset against the approved 2026 budget.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, as she marches on a three-day journey from Kfar Saba to Jerusalem to protest the current outline of the haredi conscription bill.

80 km. on foot: Sharren Haskel’s three-day march in protest of haredi draft bill - interview

“I couldn’t just sit there and continue to argue and see they’re not changing their minds,” Haskel told the Post about the marathon discussions on the bill taking place in the Knesset.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

Road closures, canceled trains: Mass ultra-Orthodox protests shut down Jerusalem's public transport

Road closures began at noon, and Israel Police and Netvei Israel have called on the public to avoid driving to the entrance area to Jerusalem throughout the day.

|ByMOSHE COHEN, ALON HACHMON
ANTIFA ACTIVISTS hold a banner that reads, ‘The street belongs to us,’ as they mark Antifa’s 100th anniversary, in Frankfurt in 2021. Across Europe, where far-right movements are gaining strength, Antifa is present at nearly every major protest, says the writer.

Between protest and violence: Antifa reflects blurring of lines between good and evil - opinion

Antifa reflects a new era in which the lines between good and evil, democracy and anarchy, are increasingly blurred.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Top Israeli navy generals publicly punished by IDF for callup refusal

A statement from the IDF said that the two had said they did not want to continue their service due to the disputed judicial legislation.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Soldiers are seen inside the INS Magen, the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 6 corvette missile ship.

Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses

"Whoever thinks he will be able to exclude women - will welcome us in the streets," one leader of the march exclaimed.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

Diplomats should represent the country, not the government - opinion

The Israeli government has instructed its foreign service diplomats to whitewash the judicial overhaul. This is a mistake.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByNADAV TAMIR
An entrance to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem

Protests continue for their 31st week despite terror attack in Tel Aviv

Protests continue despite Tel Aviv terror attack, with protest leaders coordinating with Police.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protestors blocking Nahelel junction, August 5, 2023.

Jan Schakowsky joins reform protesters in Chicago as movement makes inroads among Democrats

16 of the 20 Jewish Democrats in the House of Representatives – including Schakowsky – called on Netanyahu to suspend judicial reform legislation in March.

AUGUST 3, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowesky speaks at a protest mounted boy Israeli expats in Evanston, Illinois, July 30, 2023.

Former judges lead protest march 'in defense of Israel's judiciary'

Netanyahu is looking to plunge Israel into a legal crisis, protest group 'Kaplan Force' said ahead of the march.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli protesters are seen during a march in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023

Netanyahu to CNN: Court striking down judicial reform would be uncharted territory

Israeli pundits concerned over Netanyahu's 'lack of respect' for courts • Netanyahu to FOX: Reservists' protest does not weaken IDF readiness

JULY 28, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023.

Israelis oppose reasonableness bill, blame gov't for turmoil - survey

More than half of respondents felt that the government acted irresponsibly and was incapable of competently governing the nation.

JULY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators protest against the judicial overhaul in Haifa. July 20, 2023.

On pause for Jewish mourning fast, Israeli protesters plan escalation

With Israel shut down for Tisha B'av, Israeli leaders counseled soul-searching.

JULY 27, 2023ByREUTERS
Israelis protest the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, Monday, February 20.

Israel needs a constitution to avoid crisis - analysis

Opposition and protest leaders said immediately after the Knesset vote that the real struggle begins now. 

JULY 25, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Protest against the government's judicial reform, July 24, 2023.