Posts Tagged: George Floyd
US Charges 18 Portland Protesters as It Sends Tactical Police to Seattle
US prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing, a day after the Trump administration...
Palestinian Rams a Checkpoint: Death, Lies, and Videotape
Two recent deaths, each captured on video, generated two different reactions about accepting truth rather than clinging to flawed narratives. Video of George Floyd's death under...
Trump Says He Is Staying in Washington to Protect Law and Order
US President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned weekend visit to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, and said he was staying in...
UK Labour Leader Axes Top Party Official for Sharing Article Promoting ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’
The UK Labour party’s shadow education secretary was fired on Thursday after she tweeted and praised an interview with a British actress who asserted that...
Pompeo Accuses UN Body of Hypocrisy After Condemnation of US Police Brutality
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy on Saturday after the organization condemned racism and police brutality...
Amid George Floyd Killing, Iran Suddenly Cares About Human Rights
Protests following the police killing of George Floyd have spread from the United States to other Western democracies -- and Iran is loving it. In 2011,...
Three New York Orthodox Jews Sue Cuomo, de Blasio Over Coronavirus Restrictions
JNS.org – Three Orthodox Jews have filed a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City...
More Than 800 US Jewish Clergy Urge Police to Allow Peaceful Anti-Racism Protests
More than 800 US rabbis and cantors have signed a letter calling on law enforcement to not interfere with peaceful protests taking place across America...
Stop Attacking George Floyd Protests — Only Push Back on Anti-Israel Hate
As usual, anti-Israel extremists, especially some on the hard left, are trying to exploit the tragic and inexcusable death of George Floyd to level their...
Two Weeks After His Death, George Floyd’s Life Celebrated at Houston Funeral
George Floyd, the African American whose death in police custody roused worldwide protests against racism, was extolled at his funeral by religious and political leaders, family...
Israel Pushes Back Against Far-Left Efforts to Blame It for US Police Brutality
An Israel Police spokesperson appeared to push back on Tuesday against efforts by some activists in far-left circles to blame the Jewish state for police...
Thousands Take to Washington Streets in Protest Against US Police Violence
Thousands of protesters marched in Washington on Saturday as rallies across the United States to protest the killing of a black man in Minneapolis police...
Amid US Racial Unrest, Black-Jewish Congressional Caucus Calls for ‘Justice for All’
Amid the ongoing nationwide unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations issued a statement...
Protesters at White House Sing in Hebrew After National Guard Members Ask for Prayer
After members of the US National Guard stationed outside the White House asked protesters for a prayer on Wednesday night, some in the crowd sang...
Poll Finds 45% of UK Adults Hold Antisemitic Views
‘Your Suffering Is Our Pleasure’: The Anti-Zionist Glee at Sheldon Adelson’s Death
Netanyahu Bids Goodbye to US Ambassador Friedman: ‘There Was Never a Better Ambassador’
Let’s Tell the Truth About Israel, Palestinians, and the COVID Vaccine
Jewish Groups, Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Pay Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg