pogroms

A field burns amid a series of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, near the Palestinian village of Qusra, June 22, 2023. (Flash90)

Why settler pogroms are now sweeping the West Bank

Frustrated at the military's pushback to their pogroms, settlers will continue upholding Jewish supremacy by any means necessary.

By Menachem Klein June 26, 2023

Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, head of the European Union’s mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, visits Huwara in the occupied West Bank following the settler pogrom in the town earlier in the week, March 3, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

How not to show solidarity with the families of Huwara

Thousands donated to a crowdfunder set up by an Israeli politician. But its militaristic framing and implementation are likely to do more harm than good.

By Orly Noy March 3, 2023

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian homes, vehicles, and businesses during a rampage in the West Bank town of Huwara, Feb. 26, 2023. (Activestills)

Huwara reels after night of settler terror under army’s watch

Palestinians in the West Bank town were left to deal with burned-out buildings and cars after hundreds of settlers ran riot while soldiers protected them.

By Oren Ziv February 27, 2023

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Jewish victims of the Kishinev pogrom, 1903.

Arming Jews hasn’t saved us in the past. Why would it now?

The massacre at the Pittsburgh synagogue last weekend has led many to return to an age-old question: should Jews be arming themselves in the face of violent anti-Semitism? By Roni Masel It didn’t take long for President Donald Trump to offer his two cents on the cause for the shooting at Tree of Life Congregation last Saturday, which left…

By +972 Magazine October 31, 2018

Israeli artist Yoram Ra'anan stands in what remains of his studio, which burned down completely in an overnight fire in Beit Meir, outside of Jerusalem, November 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel’s culture minister likens wildfires to anti-Jewish pogroms

Miri Regev says current wildfires tearing through are simply a continuation of the massacres committed against Jews in the 20th century. Miri Regev is the latest leader to join the chorus of Israeli government ministers inciting against the country’s Palestinian citizens over the past week, fueling allegations that Palestinians have been behind the hundreds of wildfires tearing…

By Edo Konrad November 27, 2016

Asylum seeker at the site of fire bomb attack in south Tel Aviv (Activestills)

Community shaken after night of arson attacks on African refugees

Four houses and one kindergarten in south Tel Aviv, all serving the African asylum seeker community, were hit within the same hour by Molotov cocktails. Testimonies from asylum seekers and Israeli neighbors indicate a coordinated pogrom. “Somebody is trying to get rid of these damn Sudanese,” said an Israeli resident of Shapira neighborhood in south…

By Haggai Matar April 26, 2012

Tel Aviv mayor’s Saudi option: Off with their hands!

The memorial on the site of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in Tel Aviv was vandalised yesterday (not “desecrated,” pray), by Shvuel Schijveschuurder, who had lost both his parents and three of his siblings in the Sbarro pizza place bombing in 2001. The young man said he was driven to pour paint on the memorial and spray-write a…

By Dimi Reider October 14, 2011

Settlers harass Palestinians in Susyia (Photo: Activestills)

Settler ‘price tag’ pogroms against Palestinians go under the radar

With violence against Palestinians becoming commonplace and essentially condoned, it begins vanishing from the media and becomes a non-issue When a post mortem on Israeli democracy takes place, there’s a good chance that the “Ha’Kol Ha’Yehudi” will be considered akin to Radio Rwanda, which encouraged and led the murderers to the victims during that country’s…

By Yossi Gurvitz June 11, 2011