Demonstrations

WATCH: Hostage families demonstrate outside homes of cabinet ministers calling for a deal now

The activists are calling on the prime minister to implement the proposed hostage release agreement.

Bar and Mor Godard, daughters of Meni Godard, and Doron Zexxer, Israeli host father of Edan Alexander, outside the home of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, August 24, 2025.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, on road 4 near Bnei Brak, August 19, 2025

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block central Israel highways, protest outside military prison

Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar and IDF chief Eyal Zamir seen in operational assessments during the war with Iran, June 13, 2025

Air Force chief must be reprimanded for shaking protester's hands, Almog Cohen charges

Einav Zangauker at a demonstration for a hostage deal in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025.

Security Cabinet 'of death': Hostage mother decries decision to expand IDF ops. to Gaza City


Police officers to compensate protesters for excessive force, court rules

The ruling followed a civil lawsuit filed by the two demonstrators, who alleged they were assaulted during a protest in Caesarea.

 ISRAEL POLICE officers detain a protester during a demonstration calling for the release of Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv last month.

Tens of thousands demonstrate against the gov't demanding hostage deal

Among the participants at the rally at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square were former hostages and soldiers who were wounded during the war.

 L to R: Former hostages Omer Shem Tov, Itay Regev, Maya Regev at a rally calling for the release of the 59 remaining hostages.

Sisi’s political theater: Protests as a strategic performance in Egypt - opinion

Sisi is not reacting to public dissent and support; he is attempting to direct it. The pressure is real, and this political theater is Sisi’s answer. 

EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron visit a medical ward for Palestinian patients last week. To many Egyptians, Sisi is not doing enough to challenge Israel’s actions in Gaza, says the writer.

Dressed as Hamas, Jordanians protest in solidarity with Gaza

Some signs held at the protest read in Arabic, “Enough killing…Enough silence and inaction. The occupation continues its massacre with American support.”

A person gestures as people gather after Friday prayers during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2025.

Protesters block Begin Road in Jerusalem, burn tires in call for return of hostages

Members of the Knesset opposition protesting against the government also positioned their offices outside the Knesset.

 Protesters burn tires on Begin Road in Jerusalem. March 31, 2025.

Columbia interim head steps down amid anti-Israel protest and rules rows

Board of Trustees co-chair Claire Shipman will become the Columbia acting president "effective immediately" until the board completed its search for permanent president.

 A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Time to quit: Netanyahu, Bar, and all of Israel's leaders failed and must step down - opinion

Israel's failed leaders should step aside and make room for new leaders who will renew and rebuild the country.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023

WATCH: Opposition MKs join thousands of protesters outside Knesset

Protesters have gathered over the course of the week, focused primarily on the hostages and the judicial reform.

 The march from Aza Street to the Knesset, calling to save Israeli democracy, arriving at Kaplan Street, where the Knesset and government complex are located. March 26, 2025.

Will the mass protests called against Ronen Bar firing be effective? - analysis

The firing is seen by the organizations and by many Israelis as a direct continuation of the contentious judicial reform.

 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024.

Israelis protests for Gaza hostages across country as ceasefire enters effect

Many demonstrators were seen marking the second birthday of the youngest hostage, Kfir Bibas, who has now spent both of his birthdays in Hamas captivity.

Orange balloons are brought to the hostage demonstration to mark the second birthday of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage, and to urge the government not to abandon the hostage deal on January 18, 2025.

'This is a gov't that abandons': Protests across Israel call for a hostage deal

Hamas released what is likely a hostage video preview on its Telegram channel titled "Soon, Time Is Running Out" as hostage families prepare for the rally.

 Hostage families call for deal now, January 11, 2025.