Protests

Anti-draft haredi protesters block Highway 4, injure two police officers, smash police car window

Israel Police arrested at least nine members of the extremist Peleg Yerushalmi sect who blocked Highway 4 near Bnei Brak to protest recent detentions of haredi draft dodgers.

Haredi anti-draft protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak denouncing the detention of a draft dodger, February 9, 2026.
Police officers remove demonstrators gathered at Town Hall Square to protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's state visit to Australia following a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, February 9, 2026

Anti-Israel protests erupt in Australia, Iran drags on

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 08: Traders stage a protest against the decision to increase customs tariffs, prompting many shop owners in the city to keep their businesses closed in Baghdad, Iraq on February 08, 2026. (Credit: Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Protesters take to Baghdad streets over new customs tariffs

Hadash-Ta’al Party leader MK Ayman Odeh at a party meeting in the Knesset, February 2, 2026.

Nationwide disruptions to intensify over Arab crime, Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh tells 'Post'


US strike on Khamenei would be tantamount to all-out war against Iran, President Pezeshkian warns

Pezeshkian's comments come after Trump's Politico interview, where the US president stated that "It's time to look for new leadership in Iran."

A demonstrator holds a burning photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Paris, France, January 11, 2026

Google access restored in Iran following internet blackout, IRGC-linked Tasnim claims

The internet blackout started at approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 8 during nationwide anti-regime protest activity across the Islamic Republic.

An illustration of a smartphone with Google's logo, resting on a laptop keyboard.

If the world wants to help Iran's protesters, it needs a long-term plan - opinion

Any actor hoping to help the protesters is going to need a long-term strategy before jumping in.

Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.

This was not protest, it was a threat to New York’s Jewish community - opinion

New Yorkers, whether Jewish or not, must be willing to disavow what is being touted as a moral equivalence of something that is actually a precursor to forced expulsion.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

The biggest threat to Israel is mass cognitive warfare - opinion

The war against Israel is being fought not only with rockets and resolutions, but synapse by synapse – inside the minds of the next generation.

 Protestors take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, April 6, 2024.

Hochul proposes buffer zones around houses of worship after pro-Hamas synagogue protest

"That’s harassment. And targeting a Jewish community in this way is antisemitism," said Hochul in the wake of a pro-Hamas protest.

 New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 20, 2025.

Parashat Va'era: Between Pharaoh and Persia, pride before a fall

The Iranian regime, like Pharaoh, has long encouraged the belief that it is untouchable. Yet the protests reveal a profound rupture between the state and the society it purports to lead.

 The mask of Tutankhamun is projected during a digital exhibition in Bordeaux, France, in 2025.

Trump told large-scale Iran strikes would not topple Islamic Republic regime, officials tell WSJ

US officials caution Trump that military action could escalate tensions without changing Iran's leadership.

US President Donald Trump at the East Room of the White House on January 15, 2026.

'Pahlavi will return': Nearly 50 years after the Shah fled, Iranians want his son back

IRAN AFFAIRS: The Islamic Republic no longer commands moral authority, historical superiority, or generational loyalty to the Iranian people, and its founding narrative is collapsing.

A PROTESTER holds a placard in Berlin on Monday showing Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi alongside his parents, the former shah and Empress Farah, calling for the return of the Pahlavi dynasty, as chants once erased from Iran’s streets resurface amid nationwide unrest.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia lead efforts to influence Trump against US strike in Iran, sources tell 'Post'

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistani outlet Dawn reported that Trump had informed Tehran that the US would not strike the country.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026