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Haim Sirotkin at a hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on April 7, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 9, 2026, 2:55 pm
Driver who hit protesters in 2024 gets year in prison for reckless endangerment
Haim Sirotkin, a 52-year-old soccer coach, plowed into demonstrators as they were leaving an anti-government rally in Tel Aviv, leaving a woman with a head injury and broken ribs
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road and clash with police at the entrance to Jerusalem during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who evaded the draft, April 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 9:29 pm
Haredi anti-draft protesters block entrance to Jerusalem, are dispersed after 2 hours
Day after members of extremist Jerusalem Faction breached home of IDF officer, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters block cars, resist police in opposition to arrest of draft evaders
By ToI Staff
Josh Lees (R), from the Palestine Action Group, speaking in front of representatives of nine civil society organisations as he announces a constitutional challenge regarding protesting laws at the Supreme Court of NSW in central Sydney on March 17, 2025. (David Gray/AFP)
April 16, 2026, 2:16 pm
Australian court overturns law clamping down on protests in wake of Bondi massacre protest law
Judge rules measure unconstitutional; pro-Palestinian plaintiff claimed NSW government sought to ‘rip up our democratic rights to protest’; State Premier Chris Minns stands by decision to limit demos
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israelis protest against the war in Jerusalem during the war between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah on March 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Times of Israel)
April 4, 2026, 4:28 pm
After High Court appeal, anti-war protests to be permitted under strict limitations
The Association for Civil Rights requested an urgent hearing, saying the right to protest was being violated; Supreme Court head Isaac Amit says war does not negate the right to protest
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road as they take part in a protest against military conscription in Bnei Brak, February 9, 2026. (AP/Leo Correa)
February 9, 2026, 10:05 pm
Haredi protesters block highway, clash with police after suspected draft dodgers arrested
Lapid slams stipends given to draft evaders, calls for government funding for ultra-Orthodox to be withheld; lawmakers advance bill banning use of ‘skunk’ spray at protests
By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
A man walks past empty shelves marked price-controlled milk at a Shufersal supermarket in the northern city of Haifa, February 3, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 4, 2026, 4:06 am
Shoppers face empty milk shelves as dairy farmers ramp up fight against proposed reform
Producers agree to resume raw milk supply to processing companies for the time being, though protest convoys to Jerusalem still planned for Wednesday
By Sue Surkes
Gal Hirsch, the government's point man on missing and kidnapped citizens, speaks with Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, as he arrives for a meeting with families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas, in Herzliya, December 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 2, 2026, 11:17 am
Full text of letter from ex-hostages and relatives demanding Gal Hirsch resign
Former captives, family members sign letter after government’s hostage point man said in a series of interviews that mass protests on behalf of the hostages aided Hamas
By Jessica Steinberg
Haredim protesting against military conscription stand by a bonfire on a street in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2026, 1:24 pm
As Haredi protests spiral into perilous chaos, police are often nowhere to be found
Cops appear to be taking hands-off approach to unrest, allowing demonstrations to turn violent while employing excessive force once they do respond, souring already tense ties
By Sam Sokol
A plenum session at the Knesset, January 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2026, 6:00 pm
Coalition blocks protection for Haredi soldiers as anti-draft rhetoric intensifies
Rejection of anti-incitement bill, silence from ultra-Orthodox leaders, and bereaved father saying he’d rather his son die than serve in IDF reflect increasingly radical atmosphere
By Ariela Karmel
Ultra-Orthodox people protest against IDF recruitment in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 7, 2026, 1:24 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 824 – Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses the tragic end of a raucous, extreme demonstration in Jerusalem against military conscription of the ultra-Orthodox
By Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
Security and rescue forces seen near a bus that ran over Haredi protesters in Jerusalem on January 6, 2026, killing Yosef Eisenthal, 14 (right). (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90; Courtesy)
January 7, 2026, 11:43 am
Bus driver who ran over Haredi protester remanded on suspicion of negligent homicide
Driver’s lawyer says suspect felt his life was in danger as demonstrators massed around bus; 14-year-old killed, three injured in incident; minister blames anti-Haredi incitement
By Sam Sokol and Lazar Berman
Ultra-Orthodox men sit on a bridge overlooking the crowd during a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews against conscription into Israel's military in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
October 30, 2025, 9:54 pm
‘My children would rather go to jail’: Haredi protesters insist Torah study must come first
‘We have been fighting in the way our ancestors taught us, through prayer and Torah study,’ says Jerusalem rally participant; others claim IDF doesn’t need them, say struggle heralds Messianic redemption
By Zev Stub
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men attend a protest against mandatory military conscription, in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2025, 7:22 pm
200,000 ultra-Orthodox men block entry to Jerusalem in protest against serving in IDF
20-year-old man falls to his death after scaling unfinished building in construction site; protesters attack journalists, clash with Border Police
By Charlie Summers, ToI Staff, Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
A demonstrator holds up a poster of Haredi draft evader Ariel Shamai which reads: "Bring him back to yeshiva now!" and in smaller print on the left: "Until the last hostage," imitating the rhetoric of the hostage families' protest movement, during an anti-draft demonstration in Jerusalem on October 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2025, 12:40 pm
Hostages forum demands Haredi yeshiva quit ‘cynical’ use of movement’s symbols
Organization seeks apology and damages, threatens legal action after Ateret Shlomo spoofs ‘Bring them home’ posters to demand release of yeshiva student arrested for dodging IDF draft
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem on August 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2025, 6:57 am
Roadblocks and school closures: What to expect during Thursday’s Haredi anti-draft rally
‘Million man’ protest against the crackdown on ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers will shut down roads in and around Jerusalem and stymie public transportation in the nation’s capital
By Shira Silkoff, Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
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