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Hasan Piker attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair/AFP)
March 27, 2026, 5:31 am
Who is Hasan Piker, the US left-wing streamer critics say the Democrats should reject?
Politicians are sitting down with the popular Twitch host, who has drawn allegations of antisemitism, as some warn that this centers bigotry, anti-Western ideology and misogyny
By Grace Gilson
A view of the Palestinian hamlet of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank with the Israeli settlement of Carmel visible in the background, August 4, 2025. (AP/ Julia Frankel)
March 15, 2026, 10:31 pm
Palestinian child struck by settler car, Jewish American witness deported
After a Palestinian 5-year old was hit by a settler and taken to the hospital, police detained 3 US-Jewish civil rights activists on political grounds, one of whom was expelled
By Jeremy Sharon
A car drives past a disconnected traffic light in southwest Berlin early on January 4, 2026, after power cables in the area were seriously damaged, causing a power outage that left tens of thousands of households in the German capital without electricity. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
January 6, 2026, 11:33 pm
German prosecutors launch terror probe into Berlin power outage
Around 24,700 households remain without power after arson attack claimed by far-left extremist group caused massive winter blackout across the German capital
By AFP
Lights are out at the S-Bahn train station at Mexikoplatz square in the district of Zehlendorf in southwest Berlin on early January 4, 2026, after power cables in the area were seriously damaged causing a power outage which left tens of thousands of households in the German capital without electricity. (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP)
January 4, 2026, 8:20 pm
Berlin power grid attack caused by ‘extremist leftists,’ officials say
Up to 45,000 households expected to be without power for days as a result of a fire next to a power plant; far-left group claims attack, says it targeted the ‘fossil fuel economy’
By Agencies
Professor Melina Abdullah (R) speaks to a class at California State University, Los Angeles, September 18, 2025. (Screenshot/ YouTube)
December 9, 2025, 12:14 am
Cal State investigating professor seen coaching class to oppose antisemitism bill
Video shows Melina Abdullah, a prominent activist instructor at the LA university, telling students Israeli interests have subverted Congress, discussing violent revolution in US
By Luke Tress
Left-wing organizer Alon-Lee Green speaks to police after they tell participants to take down a sign calling for a withdrawal from Gaza, during an event organized by the Standing Together movement, on November 28, 2025. (Screenshot/Standing Together)
November 29, 2025, 1:26 am
Police raid left-wing event in Haifa, tell activists to remove sign urging Gaza pullout
Organizer says cops threatened to shut down private event in case of ‘provocation’ on stage; police say they came only to ‘maintain public order’
By Charlie Summers
Activists from the Peace Now movement hold a sign reading, 'Stop Jewish terrorism,' at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ariel after police stopped buses that were on their way to a mass olive harvest in support of Palestinians facing attacks by extremist settlers, November 14, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
November 14, 2025, 1:09 pm
Amid settler attacks, police block left-wing activists from West Bank olive harvest
After area around the Palestinian village of Burin declared a closed military zone, hundreds of activists stage impromptu protest in the road against unchecked settler violence
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Socialist anti-Israel protesters in New York City, April 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 27, 2025, 12:41 pm
Report links US anti-Israel groups to Beijing-backed network aiding China
Study by George Washington University’s Center on Extremism outlines ties between pro-Palestinian protest groups and a tech mogul who works to help China weaken the US
By Luke Tress
Anti-war activist Itamar Greenberg detained by police at a Tel Aviv demonstration on the evening of May 25, 2025. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 27, 2025, 12:28 pm
Anti-war protester says prison guards threatened to tattoo Star of David on his face
19-year-old accuses guards of cursing him, forcing him to wear Israeli flag sweatshirt after taking issue with Hebrew and Arabic anti-war slogan on his shirt
By ToI Staff
Eyal Yaffe arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, March 29, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 2:47 pm
Anti-government activist indicted for indecent act against police officer at protest
72-year-old Eyal Yaffe also charged with illegal protest activity; previously indicted for illegal possession of firearms over AK-47, submachine gun, grenades found in his home
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Young Americans burn their draft cards during an anti-war demonstration, on November 7, 1965, in Union Square in New York, to protest against war in Vietnam. (AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:45 pm
50 years after the end of the Vietnam War, meet an iconic but unknown Jewish activist
A visit to the New York-based American Jewish Historical Society provides a look at the unsung legacy of Robert Allen Simon through a treasure trove of artifacts
By Cathryn J. Prince
Border Police officers stand guard during an anti-war sit in organized by Israeli left-wing activists, in front of the British Consulate General in Jerusalem on August 16, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 21, 2025, 1:03 am
Police ban photos of hostages and Gaza children at anti-war protest, then backtrack
In unusual letter to organizers, officials briefly try to condition approval for rally this Thursday on absence of ‘incendiary’ slogans and imagery, but soon rescind demand
By Charlie Summers
Yom Kippur War veteran Eyal Yaffe arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, March 29, 2025, after he was arrested on suspicion of harassing a border policewoman during a protest in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2025, 1:25 pm
Protester remanded in custody on suspicion of ‘indecent act’ against female cop
Police find several illegal weapons dating to 1970s at home of Eyal Yaffe, whose lawyer says they’re ‘family mementos,’ unconnected to client’s protest activism
By ToI Staff
Jews For Racial and Economic Justice rallies with coalition partners at New York's City Hall to demand New York remain a 'sanctuary city' in light of US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, January 16, 2025. (Courtesy JFREJ via JTA)
February 10, 2025, 1:57 am
US Jews have long advocated on behalf of immigrants. Is that changing under Trump 2.0?
As Jewish immigrant-rights groups dust off their playbooks from 2016, they face a communal reorientation spurred by Oct. 7 and, some say, a general sense of liberal exhaustion
By Andrew Lapin
Thousands attend a peace conference at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 8:52 am
At Tel Aviv confab, Israel’s embattled peace camp seeks to revive itself post-Oct. 7
Bringing together Jewish and Arab activists under slogan ‘only peace can bring security,’ event features historian Yuval Noah Harari and Hadash chair Ayman Odeh as keynote speakers
By Charlie Summers
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