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.

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

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

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

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


US urges Israeli leaders to find compromise on judicial reform

The law limiting the courts' use of "reasonableness" to overturn executive decisions passed with 64 in favor and none opposed, with the opposition boycotting the vote.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers remarks at Vilnius University during the NATO leaders’ summit in Lithuania, earlier this month

Scenes from the streets: Protests engulf Israel for second day in a row

As the government prepares to vote on the first piece of judicial reform legislation, take a look at some of the highlights of Monday's events as they develop:

 A man cuddles a boy in a tent erected in demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul near the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Monday is a critical day for Israel as Knesset votes on judicial reform - opinion

They must realize that the price Israel will pay for this "victory" will be to escalate the social andpolitical schism in the country, and possibly lead to civil violence.

 ANTI-OVERHAUL activists protest against the government’s plan for judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, on Saturday night

Letters to the editor July 24, 2023: Not a numbers game

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Israeli protesters are seen on Tel Aviv's Kaplan Interchange on July 1, 2023

Are protests just about judicial reform or political agendas? -analysis

The fact that all of the opposition is against the reform and all of the coalition in support of the reform indicates that there is at least some realpolitik at play.

 Anti-overhaul activists attend a special prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 23, 2023.

'Judicial rift parallels Tisha B'Av,' former US Amb. Friedman warns

Tisha B'Av is a day of fasting that marks the date of several tragic events in Jewish history, including the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem.

David Friedman

Scenes from the street: Protests heat up as gov't prepares for judicial reform vote

Take a look at some of the best snapshots from across Israel as the government prepares to pass the first piece of judicial reform legislation.

 A person looks out, above a banner that reads 'in it to oppose the dictatorship', as people take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 22, 2023.

Here is what can happen if we don't protest - opinion

Study what happened in Hungary under Orban, and keep in mind how closely Orban’s playbook is being followed by the Netanyahu government.

 ANTI-JUDICIAL REFORM demonstrators block a road during a protest near Yokne’am, in the Lower Galilee, on Tuesday. The sign reads ‘Free in our land.’

Internal not external: The threat to Israel's resilience

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: This time, however, the threat to the country’s resilience is not external but internal. We are threatening our own resilience.

 PROTESTERS CONVERGE on Tel Aviv’s Hashalom train station on Tuesday during the Day of Disruption against the judicial reform legislation

Protest leaders: March from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is ‘historic’

Despite a lack of planning for this protest, everything came together in time.

 ANTI-JUDICIAL REFORM demonstrators block a road during a protest near Yokne’am, in the Lower Galilee, on Tuesday. The sign reads ‘Free in our land.’