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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on the campus of DePaul University, April 30, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
August 29, 2026, 9:10 pm
US district court rules against deportations of anti-Israel college students
Federal judge argues that laws used to cancel visas, deport non-citizen students for their pro-Palestinian activism are unconstitutional
By Reuters
The Harvard campus Hillel House welcomes students into its 'safe space,' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
July 24, 2026, 8:51 am
Hillel files, then pulls, legal brief backing Harvard in antisemitism fight with Trump
In amicus brief, which Jewish group says was filed ‘without having gone through our internal review process,’ lawyer argues funding freezes hurt, don’t help, Jewish students
By Andrew Lapin
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a US judge released the Palestinian student activist on April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
July 21, 2026, 9:03 pm
US court overturns order releasing pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Judges reject lower court’s authority to free Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest and deportation of the West Bank-born activist
By AP and ToI Staff
People stand listening to the court proceedings outside the Royal Courts Of Justice in central London on June 15, 2026, amid a legal standoff between the UK government and the Palestine Action group. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 4:05 pm
UK court upholds ban on Palestine Action group, days after four activists jailed
Judge rules anti-Israel organization ‘is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group,’ but rather a ‘covert organization operating with secret cells’
By AFP
A Lebanese TV cartoon portraying Hezbollah and its leader Naim Qassem (left) as characters from Angry Birds, in a clip aired May 1, 2026. (LBCI screenshot)
May 2, 2026, 8:28 pm
Hezbollah slams Lebanese TV for ‘Angry Birds’ clip mocking leader
Naim Qassem and his operatives depicted in now-deleted video by LBCI channel as birds from popular video game as they fight IDF, whose members are portrayed as green pigs
By AFP
Alex Sinclair in an undated photo and his kippa before and after a Palestinian flag was cut out of it, as pictured on April 23, 2026. (Alex Sinclair/Courtesy)
April 25, 2026, 11:34 am
UK-born Israeli whose coexistence kippa was carved up by police asks ‘what is in store for us’
After being detained for wearing a head covering featuring Israeli and Palestinian flags, writer and peace activist Alex Sinclair warns against letting the country descend into illiberalism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja holds a sign reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" on April 11, 2026, in solidarity with the anti-Israel group, which was proscribed as a terror organization after breaking into defense plants and a Royal Air Force base, causing millions of pounds of damage and assaulting a police officer. (Screenshot via La Jornada on YouTube)
April 13, 2026, 5:53 pm
Massive Attack frontman arrested in London for backing banned anti-Israel group
Robert Del Naja decries ‘farcical authoritarian overreach’ at protest for Palestine Action, proscribed by UK as a terror organization after raids on military bases, defense plants
By ToI Staff
FILE - In this screengrab made from video provided by WXYZ-TV, Danielle Khalaf, who said she was humiliated by her teacher after declining to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of US support of Israel against Palestinians, appears at a news conference, February 27, 2025, in Detroit. (WXYZ-TV via AP, File)
March 28, 2026, 9:43 am
Detroit school settles lawsuit over student’s anti-Israel Pledge of Allegiance protest
Teen of Palestinian descent says teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand in objection of US support for Israel’s war in Gaza; settlement includes $10,000 payment, staff training
By AP
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists face police forces at the university campus of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2024. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
January 27, 2026, 9:03 pm
UN experts slam trespassing convictions for Swiss students over anti-Israel sit-in
Special rapporteurs on rights to free expression, assembly say activism ‘must not be criminalized,’ after students each fined some $3,500 for occupying Zurich university building
By Agencies
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) wears a kippah as he arrives to attend a memorial for the victims of a terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 21, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
January 12, 2026, 8:43 am
Australian parliament to meet early to pass hate speech laws after Bondi terror attack
Legislative response to Hanukkah shooting would create new offenses for ‘hate preachers,’ expand ban on prohibited symbols, and set framework for new list of banned hate groups
By AFP
French President's wife Brigitte Macron arrives ahead of the ceremony outside 'La Belle Equipe' bar, Nov. 13, 2025 in Paris (Ludovic Marin, Pool photo via AP, File)
January 5, 2026, 2:54 pm
French court convicts 10 of cyberbullying over claims about Brigitte Macron’s gender
Defendants posted ‘malicious comments’ about French first lady, falsely saying she’s male or calling her a pedophile, but several say they were joking; one gets 6 months in prison
By Sylvie Corbet
The Bob Vylan duo performs at the Glastonbury Festival, June 28, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
December 23, 2025, 8:55 pm
UK police drop probe into Bob Vylan over ‘Death to the IDF’ chant
British punk duo led anti-Israel chant onstage at Glastonbury music festival in June, drawing condemnation from UK and US, as well as a BBC apology for not cutting its broadcast
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Hapoel Tel Aviv fan holds up a controversial t-shirt reading "Against the scum," with the logos of the Israel Police, the banned Kach party, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2025. (Danny Maron/Flash90)
December 20, 2025, 8:48 pm
High Court freezes police ban on soccer fans wearing shirts calling cops ‘scum’
Judges issue temporary order as they review case; police had barred from games shirts reading ‘Against the scum,’ with logos of police, banned far-right party and rival team
By ToI Staff
L: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a graduation ceremony at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; R: Police arrest a student who heckled Ben-Gvir at the ceremony; both taken November 6, 2025. (Screen captures via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 6, 2025, 9:29 pm
Man detained at Hebrew U after heckling ‘racist’ Ben Gvir at graduation ceremony
Alec Yefremov shouts that far-right minister, present to see his wife receive degree, is ‘responsible for so much death’; MK Gilad Kariv lauds Yefremov, who was later released
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 11:54 am
Sweden identifies Syrian suspected of murdering Quran-burning activist
PM said in January there was ‘obviously a risk’ that the killing of Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika was linked to foreign powers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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