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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

Ferguson

Jewish-American filmmaker Ami Horowitz. (Screenshot YouTube)
June 7, 2016, 4:34 pm
Guerrilla mockumentarian helps Americans fundraise for Hamas
Investment banker-turned-filmmaker Ami Horowitz makes biting satire of a pervasive US anti-Israel bias, generating millions of hits worldwide
By Lisa Klug
The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a 1964 press conference about the movement he led until his 1968 assassination. (Wikimedia Commons)
January 18, 2016, 5:04 pm
Fierce tugs in the war over Martin Luther King’s legacy on Israel
Activists on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide stake claim to the civil rights leader, as calls of ‘From Gaza to Ferguson’ ramp up nationwide
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
December 23, 2015, 1:14 am
Top intellectuals mobilize against anti-Israel activity on campus
Academic Engagement Network aims to combat ‘Orwellian efforts’ to link Jewish state with free-speech issues roiling US colleges
By Melissa Apter
Protesters celebrate on campus after the resignation of University of Missouri president Timothy Wolfe, November 9, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri. (Brian Davidson/Getty Images/AFP)
November 10, 2015, 2:47 am
Missouri university president, chancellor leave over race tensions
Jewish groups joined black activists in demanding action over racist incidents on state university’s flagship campus
By Summer Ballentine and JIM SUHR
Demonstrators protest outside the Ferguson police department on October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
September 28, 2015, 5:19 am
Iran invites black Americans to discrimination conference
Tehran continues to claim support for victims of police violence, and some families of victims say they want to attend
By ToI Staff
St. Louis police gather at the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting at Walton Avenue and Page Boulevard, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 in St. Louis. An armed man fleeing from officers serving a search warrant at a home in a crime-troubled section of north St. Louis was shot and killed Wednesday by police after he pointed a gun at them, the police chief said. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
August 20, 2015, 3:07 am
St. Louis police shoot, kill suspect during home search
Protesters at scene chant ‘Black Lives Matter,’ hurl expletives at investigators
By JIM SALTER
Police stand guard outside the 911 Hair Salon which was looted during a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 10, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 11, 2015, 1:58 am
State of emergency in Ferguson after renewed violence
Teenager charged in shootout with police as 50 protesters arrested, stores looted
By Loic Hofstedt
Michael Brown Sr., center, takes part in a march in remembrance of his son, Michael Brown, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
August 10, 2015, 8:56 am
Shots fired in Ferguson at protest marking black teen’s death
Injuries reported as several hundred people gather to commemorate Michael Brown, killed a year ago by a white police officer
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR
Rabbi Daniel Burg joins African-American faith leaders and thousands of volunteers to clean up west Baltimore, April 2015. (Courtesy: Daniel Burg)
April 29, 2015, 6:52 pm
Baltimore Jews try to mend racial rifts as city simmers
‘Folks who looted stores, set cars on fire certainly weren’t justified,’ says local rabbi, but there are ‘clearly deep issues of race and class and power in this city’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Protesters clash with Israeli police (unseen) in the southern Israeli Bedouin city of Rahat on January 20, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Menahem Kahana)
January 30, 2015, 7:01 am
Is Rahat the Ferguson of Israel?
The death of a young Bedouin man under disputed circumstances sparked riots in the southern city and reignited long-standing tensions between the community and police
By JTA
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
January 18, 2015, 10:03 pm
Jews recall MLK’s legacy, ‘from Ferguson to Palestine’
King’s staunch Zionism and battle against anti-Semitism in the black community take back-seat in divided Jewish community
By Matt Lebovic
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (screen capture: YouTube/PressTVGlobalNews)
December 29, 2014, 10:48 pm
Ayatollah compares Ferguson, Gaza
Iranian leader Khamenei goes on rant on Twitter; invokes Jesus, Muhammad to slam US, Israel
By ToI Staff
Protesters shout in Times Square after the announcement that the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner is not being indicted, December 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Julio Cortez)
December 4, 2014, 4:53 am
Thousands protest as NY cop cleared in death of black man
Federal government to launch civil rights probe of white police officer filmed holding Eric Garner in chokehold
By Tom Hays and Colleen Long
Protesters stand in front of the Ferguson Police Department, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
November 30, 2014, 3:08 am
Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns
Darren Wilson, who will not face charges for the August confrontation, recently broke his silence after month in hiding
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
A 2004 file photo of now Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush. (Photo credit: Reggie Bush imagevia Laurin Rinder / Shutterstock.com)
November 27, 2014, 9:34 pm
ADL pans football player for Ferguson-Palestine comparison
Detroit Lions’ Reggie Bush took to social media, suggesting ‘racial injustice’ in death of teen linked to Palestinian cause
By ToI Staff
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