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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

July 4

Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale at a shop in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2023, 10:10 pm
Ben & Jerry’s sees boycott call after July 4 appeal to return ‘stolen indigenous land’
Parent company Unilever loses nearly $2 billion worth of stock since announcement; Native American tribe whose land company’s HQ is built on expresses interest in its return
By ToI Staff
A Highland Park Strong sign is displayed at a retail store in Highland Park, Illinois. July 3, 2023. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
July 4, 2023, 10:12 am
Highland Park marks year since July 4 shooting with remembrance events
Moment of silence to be held at exact time shooter opened fire, killing 7 in 2022; community walk reclaiming parade route will have no floats, performers or giveaways
By AP and ToI Staff
This photo provided by the Lake County Major Crime Task Force shows Robert Crimo, III. Crimo III has been charged with seven counts of First Degree Murder in the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, July 6, 2022. (Lake County Major Crime Task Force via AP)
July 28, 2022, 12:01 am
Highland Park parade attack suspect indicted on 21 counts of murder
Robert E. Crimo hit with 117 felony charges for mass shooting in heavily Jewish area that killed 7
By AP
Four women join local residents for a two-minute moment of silence at 10:14 a.m. at the Highland Park, Illinois memorial commemorating the seven people who lost their lives during the town's Fourth if July parade, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 12, 2022, 9:05 am
Highland Park honors victims of July 4 shooting with moment of silence
Over 100 gather for tribute that begins at 10:14 a.m. — the moment police say first shot was fired a week ago — and lasts longer than the planned two minutes
By AP
Linda Straus, widow of Stephen Straus, who was killed Monday in a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park arrives for a funeral service with family members at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, July 8, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 8, 2022, 10:55 pm
Mourners say farewell to synagogue staffer, grandfather slain in July 4 shooting
Jacki Sundheim’s daughter tells Chicago North Shore congregants to fill void left by mother’s death with ‘joy, kindness’; art-loving Stephen Straus described as ‘sweet, generous’
By KATHLEEN FOODY and CLAIRE SAVAGE
Brooke and Matt Strauss, who were married a day earlier, pause after leaving their wedding bouquets in downtown Highland Park, Ill., near the scene of a mass shooting, on July 5, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 6, 2022, 8:30 am
Highland Park, shaken by July 4 shooting, has long and notable Jewish presence
According to a 2020 study, the town is 50% Jewish; it has only seen a handful of major antisemitic incidents over the years
By Gabe Friedman
A barricade in place the day after after a mass shooting in the northern Chicago suburb of Highland Park, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 5, 2022, 9:42 pm
7th victim of Chicago shooting dies as police say gunman planned attack for weeks
Investigators: Robert Crimo fired more than 70 rounds toward July 4 parade with legally purchased rifle, killing 7, including at least 1 confirmed member of Jewish community
By Robin LEGRAND
Robert (Bobby) E. Crimo III. (City of Highland Park Police Department via AP)
July 5, 2022, 12:45 pm
Chabad rabbi says alleged July 4 Chicago shooter entered his synagogue
Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz, whose house of worship is near the site of Monday’s shooting in heavily Jewish Highland Park, says Robert Crimo wore a yarmulke but ‘seemed out of place’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US law enforcement search in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
July 4, 2022, 8:14 pm
6 dead, 31 wounded in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade
Suspected gunman arrested, apparently opened fire from a rooftop using rifle later recovered at scene; Foreign Ministry: Jews among casualties; Lapid: Thoughts are with families
By Jacob Magid and AP
Pro-Israel demonstrators protest against Ben & Jerry's over its boycott of the West Bank, and against antisemitism, in Manhattan, New York City, on August 12, 2021 (Luke Tress/Flash90)
July 4, 2022, 2:31 pm
Daily Briefing July 4: PA hands Abu Akleh bullet over to US; ice cream spat ends
US reporter Jacob Magid on the transfer of the bullet that killed the Al Jazeera journalist, plus Ben & Jerry’s boycott; tech editor Ricky Ben-David looks at German Bayer in Israel
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome, on June 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
July 5, 2021, 8:20 am
Lapid fumbles July 4 message with tweet of Liberia flag
Foreign minister sends message to mark US Independence Day with national banner of African nation instead of the Stars and Stripes
By ToI Staff
People observe the memorial to those missing outside the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building that partially collapsed on July 4, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Saul MARTINEZ / Getty Images via AFP)
July 5, 2021, 3:21 am
Fireworks go silent as Miami area marks somber Fourth of July
Locales in Florida and elsewhere cancel celebrations and ask citizens to instead honor victims of condo collapse and first responders waiting to resume search and rescue mission
By AP
Red and blue smoke obscures the White House as part of a Fourth of July celebration July 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
July 5, 2020, 7:27 am
Disunity on display as US riven by divisions marks independence
Columbus statue thrown in Baltimore harbor, Seattle man plows car into protest, Georgians march against massive Confederate carving, and Trump stokes discord with combative speech
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand onstage during a "Salute to America" event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
July 5, 2020, 4:10 am
Trump marks Fourth of July with speech assailing protesters, other critics
Trump shelves talk of unity or any mention of COVID-19 death toll, devoting much of address to railing against anti-racism demonstrators and vowing to protect statues
By Agencies
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch as a 21-gun salute by the Presidential Salute Battery, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), is fired by canons on the Ellispe during a "Salute to America" event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
July 5, 2020, 2:34 am
Trump throws holiday extravaganza as surging pandemic keeps many at home
Officials ask people to avoid large celebrations with virus on rise across country, but president tries to entice large crowds with planned fireworks and airshow
By AP
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