Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
Tag: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert
Several audience members shouted or lit flares as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Paris. After the concert, the ensemble received 10 minutes of applause and played the Israeli national anthem.
Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again
Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more important than spending even 10 years in jail.”
In Israel, an Unfamiliar Word Is Heard: Peace
A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
In Israel, an Unfamiliar Word Is Heard: Peace
A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
After Days of Protests, Tanzania’s President Is Declared Election Winner
Election monitors and members of the European Parliament have questioned the election’s integrity, and violent protests have rocked the country.
Tanzania Racked by Deadly Protests After Election
The United Nations said at least 10 people had been killed. Opposition leaders claimed the death toll could be in the hundreds, and one official called for the military to step in.
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Set For ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft
Mass demonstrations are planned in Jerusalem on Thursday against efforts to end a decades-old exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students.
Judge Cuts Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline Award in Half
A North Dakota judge reduced the jury’s award to the pipeline company Energy Transfer to roughly $345 million, from $667 million.
Protests in Tanzania as Voters Head to the Polls
The East African country’s Party of Revolution, one of the longest-ruling parties on the continent, seeks to keep its grip on power.