Over 200 detained in defiant Istanbul Pride march
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish police on Sunday forcibly intervened in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 200 demonstrators and an AFP photographer, AFP journalists on the ground and…
‘March for our lives’: Thousands rally across US to demand new gun safety laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass…
Thousands march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy police guard
Thousands of participants marched in the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade on Thursday without major incident, despite threats of violence made against an organizer of the march and lawmakers who planned…
Father of teen murdered at 2015 Jerusalem Pride pans threats against march organizer
The father of a teen murdered by an ultra-Orthodox extremist at the 2015 Jerusalem Pride Parade condemned threats referencing his daughter’s killing that were made against an organizer of this…
MKs, Jerusalem Pride march organizer receive death threats referencing murdered teen
A day before the annual Pride March is set to take place in Jerusalem, a number of lawmakers and one of the organizers of the parade were sent death threats…
Daily Briefing May 30: Smoke still clearing after contentious Jerusalem Day march
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Palestinian affairs…
Hamas warns it will react to Jerusalem Flag March ‘at the right time’
The Hamas terror group warned late Sunday that it could still react to the Flag March through Jerusalem’s Old City, saying it would do so “at the right time.” Last…
After Flag March, clashes between Palestinians, Jews, cops flare in East Jerusalem
Palestinians, Jewish Israelis, and Israeli police clashed at several locations across Jerusalem on Sunday night, capping off a long, tense day in the city that hosted the contentious Flag March…
Through Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter, a triumphalist march by Orthodox-nationalist men
On the eve of Sunday’s Jerusalem Day, Israel’s Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, No.2 to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the right-wing Yamina party, posted a photograph on her Facebook page…
Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi blasts Jewish visits to Temple Mount, Flag March
One of the most senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel on Saturday expressed strong opposition to the Jerusalem Day Flag March in a meeting with four Haredi lawmakers. Rabbi Gershon Edelstein…