Protests

Pro-Palestine rally at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Sunday, September 29, 2024: AAP Image/James Ross

September 29, 2024, 9:21 pm

Protestors ‘emboldened’ to support terror

Protestors in Sydney and Melbourne waved Hezbollah flags and carried framed photographs of Hassan Nasrallah.

Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv.
Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

September 12, 2023, 7:06 am

The Magen David Adom emergency service said the injured included 30 police officers who suffered light-to-moderate wounds. Tel Aviv's Ichilov Medical Centre said it treated 14 seriously injured individuals...

By AJN STAFF

Activists in Tel Aviv march with symbolic coffins denouncing the violent crimes against Arab communities.
Photo: Jack Guez / AFP

August 13, 2023, 1:14 pm

Police accused of ignoring Arab murders

Participants walked behind demonstrators carrying 140 coffins, marking the number of those killed in homicides in the Arab community since the start of 2023...

By AJN STAFF

Israelis protest against the visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in the Golan Heights.
Photo: Ayal Margolin/Flash90

August 11, 2023, 6:35 am

Thousands refuse to report for volunteer duty

Protest organisers quoted by Kan claimed that up to Tuesday morning, the authorities were also preventing further activists from joining their encampment and supplying them with food, water and shade.

By AJN STAFF

An anti-overhaul protest in Tel Aviv. Photo: Alon Banki

August 3, 2023, 6:00 am

Our community’s response to Israel protests

We wanted to get a sense of where the Australian Jewish community stands on the divisive issue of the judicial reforms, so The AJN decided to poll our Instagram audience.

By AJN STAFF

Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators protest against the government near the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2023. Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

July 11, 2023, 2:16 pm

Protesters launch ‘day of disruption’

Demonstrations have been planned for Ben Gurion Airport, Knesset, and US consulate in Tel Aviv, as organisers vow to ‘escalate the struggle’ after coalition passes ‘reasonableness’ bill in its 1st reading.

Protesters in Tel Aviv on May 27.
Photo: Jack Guez/AFP

June 6, 2023, 7:21 am

Judicial talks resume amid storm of criticism

In a joint statement, the Yesh Atid and National Unity parties stressed that while dialogue is the only solution, "We made it clear that continuing with talks is conditional upon the possibility of making progress."

By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN, LAZAR BERMAN and TOI STAFF

Right-wing protesters block roads and set a fire in Jerusalem. Photo: Israel Police

March 31, 2023, 12:25 pm

Violence in Jerusalem

The trio – residents of the central city of Yavneh and the surrounding area aged 17, 25, and 26 – were nabbed during the protest near Jerusalem's Cinema City on Monday.

By AJN STAFF

Protesters outside Caulfield Park last Sunday.

March 30, 2023, 9:43 am

Scepticism about Bibi’s ‘pause’

An emergency rally took place outside Caulfield Park to protest the judicial changes in Israel that have now been put on temporary hold.

By Peter Kohn

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest in Tel Aviv.
Photo: AP/Oren Ziv

March 29, 2023, 9:28 pm

Announcement to halt divisive judicial overhaul welcomed

Local community leaders have welcomed the announcement that the Israeli government will pause the proposed legislative overhaul of Israel's judicial system.

By Carly Adno

Israel's President Isaac Herzog. Photo: GPO

March 27, 2023, 3:49 pm

President Herzog calls for coalition to ‘stop the legislative process immediately’

Israel's President Isaac Herzog took to Twitter to express his deep concern for the nation.

By AJN STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Knesset, on March 22, 2023, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits soldiers hurt in a shooting attack, at Belinson Hospital, on March 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel; Avshalom Sasson/Flash90)

March 27, 2023, 9:59 am

Netanyahu fires Defence Minister Gallant after his calls to pause judicial overhaul

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in protest with fires burning along Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway.

By Emanuel Fabian and TOI STAFF

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks in a televised address on March 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

March 26, 2023, 1:13 pm

Calls for government to pause proposed judicial overhaul

Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warns ‘the source of our strength is eroding’.

By Emanuel Fabian and ALEXANDER FULBRIGHT

Jewish community members outside Caulfield Park protesting against proposed changes they fear will threaten democracy in Israel. Photo: Peter Haskin

March 8, 2023, 6:27 am

Second week of protests

Rabbi Yonatan Sadoff, of Masorti shule Kehilat Nitzan, said to demonstrators, "We stand in protest of the government's proposed judicial overhaul."

By Peter Kohn

Professor Yossi Shain. Photo: Noam Moskowitz

January 26, 2023, 8:43 am

‘Destruction of Israel’s democracy is at stake’

A former MK professor says the coalition government has "declared a war on the court as the enemy of Israel".

By Gareth Narunsky