anti-war protest

Police officers arrest a demonstrator at a rally against Israel's war with Iran, at Habima Square, Tel Aviv, March 28, 2026. (Flash90)

Israeli police are violently suppressing our growing anti-war protests

As dissent over the Iran war spreads to the political center, demonstrators face crackdowns while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

By Iddo Elam April 1, 2026

Israeli police officers arrest activist Itamar Greenberg at an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv, May 24, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

‘Next time, we’ll tattoo a Star of David on your face’

After his arrest, Israeli prison officers forced a Jewish anti-war activist to wear a pro-Israel shirt, a degrading practice often used against Palestinian prisoners.

By Oren Ziv June 2, 2025

Palestinians take part in a protest calling for the end of the war and of Hamas' rule in Gaza, Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, March 26, 2025. (Flash90)

‘We want to live’: Rage at Israel fuses with ire at Hamas as protests rock Gaza

In the enclave's largest demonstrations in years, Palestinians called for an immediate end to the war and elections to choose a new leadership.

By Ruwaida Amer March 27, 2025

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Einav Zangauker crawls under the barbed wire barrier near the border fence with Gaza, protesting the resumption of Israel's war, March 18, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

Hostage families left ‘helpless’ after Israel shatters ceasefire

Despite intensifying protests against the resumption of the war, the Israeli government isn't listening — and Trump appears to have lost interest.

By Amos Brison and Oren Ziv March 21, 2025

Einav Zangauker, at the Shabbat demonstration on the Tel Aviv highway calling to release all the hostages, January 24, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

‘We won’t let them sabotage this’: Hostage families fight to keep ceasefire alive

Amid fears that Netanyahu will torpedo the deal, hostage families are escalating their protests — even appealing to the ICC to intervene.

By Oren Ziv January 30, 2025

Ayala Metzger stands in front of the home of her in-laws, Tamar and Yoram Metzger, who were kidnapped to Gaza from Nir Oz on October 7. Tamar was returned in a hostage-prisoner exchange last November, while Yoram was killed while in captivity earlier this year. November 8, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

How a hostage family leader became one of the loudest anti-war voices in Israel

After Ayala Metzger's relatives were kidnapped from Nir Oz and abandoned by the government, she had no choice but to become an ‘anti-regime dissident’ — and insist on a shared Israeli-Palestinian future.

By Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv December 6, 2024

Demonstrators outside the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

To sacrifice or free the hostages? Israeli protesters have chosen a side

Fearing for the remaining captives, the mass rallies that erupted across Israel were essentially demanding an end to the war — and Netanyahu knows it.

By Meron Rapoport September 4, 2024

Conscientious objector Omri Baranes. (Hila Aloni Ohayon)

IDF releases conscientious objector after 67 days in prison

Omri Baranes sat in military prison for 67 days for refusing to join the Israeli army. After spending 67 days in military prison, Israeli conscientious objector Omri Baranes was officially released from IDF service on Thursday. Baranes, from the city of Rosh HaAyin in central Israel, was recognized by an IDF committee as a pacifist and…

By Haggai Matar August 26, 2016

'Haaretz' journalist Gideon Levy (Photo by Yossi Gurvitz)

Dissent in Israel: On the margins, yes, in the mainstream, no

Regarding the controversy over Mairav Zonszein’s ‘New York Times’ op-ed: An ongoing climate of fear and suspicion is not conducive to ‘vibrant democracy.’ It is unfriendly to left-wing protest over security matters. Since my colleague Mairav Zonszein published her ballbuster op-ed “How Israel Silences Dissent” in the New York Times several days ago, there’s…

By Larry Derfner October 2, 2014

Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israel's Operation Protective Edge, despite a police decision to revoke the demonstration's permit, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014 (photo: Activestills)

How freedom of speech was crushed during Protective Edge

One of the side effects of Operation Protective Edge has been a dramatic narrowing of the political conversation in Israel. The author aggregates all the major incidents during the Gaza War in which freedom of speech in Israel was curtailed, often violently. By Orli Santo An entire spectrum of formerly acceptable left-leaning opinions and sentiments…

By +972 Magazine August 31, 2014

Israelis in Tel Aviv protest against Israel's assault on Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the blockade of the Strip, Tel Aviv, August 23, 2014. (Photo: Activestills)

‘Pay the price for peace’: Israelis demand ceasefire

Some 400 protesters gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest against the war in Gaza, calling for an end to the blockade of the Strip and the Israeli occupation in general. The protest was organized by the the Coalition of Women for Peace and the socialist Da’am Workers Party. The protest was set to…

By +972 Magazine August 23, 2014

Bodies are stored in a cooler used for vegetables and flowers near Kuwaiti Hospital after it ran out of space to store corpses following Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza Strip, August 3, 2014. Since Al Najjar Hospital was closed, Kuwaiti, a nearby private hospital, opened its doors for emergency cases. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Taking stock before fighting resumes

Israelis and Palestinians licked their wounds during a 3-day cessation of violence, which came to an end Friday morning with renewed fighting. Some Palestinians used the lull in fighting to return to their homes and recover possessions, as well as to retrieve bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings. Photos by: Anne Paq, Basel Yazouri, Ahmad…

By Activestills August 9, 2014

Israeli policemen look on during an anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv. (photo: Activestills.org)

Despite police ban, hundreds of anti-war demonstrators march in Tel Aviv

The night the left took back the streets: Over 500 anti-war protesters brushed off arrests and police violence Saturday night to demonstrate against the assault on Gaza. By Leehee Rothschild Saturday night’s demonstration in Tel Aviv was by far the most successful one held against the current assault on Gaza. With all due respect to…

By +972 Magazine August 3, 2014