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From 'Rising - Voices of Protest and Hope,' Esther Takac's 2026 documentary about Israel's protest movement (Courtesy)
August 20, 2026, 7:28 am
War, women and democracy: How two new films frame Israel’s storied protest movements
‘In Protest’ and ‘Rising’ follow female activists, bereaved families and trauma professionals as mass demonstrations become a lens though which to view Israeli civil society
By Jessica Steinberg
Shir Matias, whose parents Deborah (Shachar) and Shlomi were killed protecting her brother Rotem at their Kibbutz Holit home in the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, speaks at an anti-government rally in Habima Aquare, Tel Aviv, August 1, 2026. (Movement for Quality Government in Israel)
August 2, 2026, 4:20 am
At Tel Aviv rally, daughter of couple slain on Oct. 7 says government is ‘defiling our dead’
Weekly anti-government protests held in various locations, slamming failure to probe Hamas attack and also decrying Haredi military exemptions, settler violence
By Noam Lehmann
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, speaks during a party rally at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, July 25, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 26, 2026, 12:20 am
Launching election campaign, Democrats’ Golan says blood spilled in West Bank is on PM’s hands
At event ahead of weekly anti-government protests, left-wing party says it eyes education and justice ministries, vows to keep criminal defendants out of office, nix judicial overhaul laws
By Noam Lehmann
A display portraying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a leader who doesn't care about his people dying in war, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, July 4, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 6:41 am
Cousin of slain hostage to Netanyahu: ‘Would you have also said Yoni came back from Entebbe?’
As multiple anti-government demonstrations held, Gil Dickmann pans PM for taking credit for returning all the captives, noting that many died, just like Netanyahu’s brother in 1976 raid
By Noam Lehmann
Acclaimed author Etgar Keret speaks to What Matters Now host Jessica Steinberg for this week's podcast. (Courtesy)
June 24, 2026, 10:30 pm
Etgar Keret: Celebrated author feels the world is losing its story
Leading voice in Israeli literature discusses the art of writing since October 7, dealing with social media via Substack and his new role directing an MFA program in New York
By Jessica Steinberg
Demonstrators protest against the government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 14, 2026, 5:15 am
Anti-government protesters pan bill for political Oct. 7 inquiry, said set for vote this week
Relative of slain hostage rails against Netanyahu’s ‘populist, fascist’ bid to avoid establishing state probe into failures that enable the Hamas attack
By Noam Lehmann, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
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
View of the Education Ministry Offices in Jerusalem, September 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 9:05 pm
Education Ministry said monitoring posts of employees who criticize government
Ministry’s ‘Incitement Committee’ has compiled reports on 160 employees over their political expression, 52 of whom have been subject to disciplinary action, Haaretz reports
By Charlie Summers
Phallic keychains depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that were passed out by a protester during an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem, leading to his arrest by police on May 16, 2026. (Protest Detainee Legal Support Front)
May 17, 2026, 7:52 pm
Police arrest man over phallic keychains portraying Netanyahu as ‘dicktator’
Detainee freed hours later, with a police rep accusing him in court of sexual harassment; protester says authorities seek to ‘silence a legitimate act of protest’
By Charlie Summers
Screen capture from video of a car from which airsoft shots were allegedly fired at anti-government protesters in Beersheba, May 2, 2026. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2026, 12:47 pm
Two arrested for allegedly shooting at anti-government protesters with airsoft gun
Suspects said to have fired from car as they circled Beersheba rally, hitting participants but causing no injuries; in Tel Aviv, protesters demand Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry
By Charlie Summers and Noam Lehmann
Bereaved families lay flowers in memory of their loved ones during a protest and memorial ceremony at Tel Aviv's Habima Square, April 18, 2026. (Naama Zeevi Rivlin / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 19, 2026, 12:28 am
‘We won’t let them forget’: Ahead of Memorial Day, Tel Aviv protest demands Oct. 7 inquiry
‘A second Holocaust happened to my family,’ says Ofri Bibas, vowing Netanyahu won’t ‘evade accountability’; bereaved relative accuses government of wanting families to ‘move on’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Israelis attend a protest against the government in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026. (Flash90/Flash90)
April 12, 2026, 9:51 am
2,000 protest government and Iran war in Tel Aviv, exceeding court-ordered limit
Rally at Habima Square rally estimated at double the permitted number; heavy police presence, but no violence or arrests; protests also take place in Jerusalem, Haifa
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Anti-war protesters take cover at an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired toward Israel, April 4, 2026. (Flash90)
April 10, 2026, 5:39 pm
High Court rules 1,000 allowed at Tel Aviv anti-government protest Saturday, 150 in Haifa
Given ceasefire with Iran, court says ‘in absence of a concrete warning,’ protests can take place, add police don’t need to disperse gatherings even if crowds exceed limits
By ToI Staff
Israelis attending anti-war protest take shelter in Tel Aviv's Habima parking lot as alert for Iranian missile sounds on April 4, 2026 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 6, 2026, 2:11 pm
Daily Briefing April 6: Court, MKs battle over wartime restrictions on protests vs. prayers
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses backlash to High Court’s order to allow an anti-war rally, and unexpected support for ultra-Orthodox educational funds during 2026 budget vote
By Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2026, 7:50 pm
Levin says government should ignore High Court ruling allowing wartime protests
Citing ‘public safety,’ justice minister says cabinet ‘has no choice’ but to defy ‘illegal intervention’ by court, which he says could ‘seriously harm public discipline’ during war
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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