Activism

Toronto police arrest two pro-Palestinian activists for willful promotion of hatred

The arrests come amid heightened tensions over recurring protests at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West.

Toronto Police. (ilustration)
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026

Eisenkot demands police launch probe into politically motivated assault of Yashar! party activist

Illustrative: Protesters march out of Kings College Circle after leaving a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto.

New report maps alleged links between US activist groups, terror-designated organizations

Palestinian security forces deploy at the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the West Bank on December 18, 2024.

Prominent Palestinian activist arrested by PA for protesting high fuel prices, corruption


The 'influencerization' of activism: How virality is replacing real-world organizing - opinion

Activism is now increasingly judged by whether it travels online, not by whether it changes institutions or improves lives. The algorithm does not reward effectiveness. It rewards emotional immediacy

ONE OF THE sailors of the Gaza aid flotillas intercepted by Israel is seen speaking in France, in May 2026.

Why Israel cannot be secure or democratic without justice for all - opinion

A country that is inherently immoral because of the inequality of its citizens based on national-religious identity and rejects the aspiration of seeking maximal justice cannot survive forever.

VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Libyan forces detain 10 Gaza land convoy activists at Sirte checkpoint

Activists from Spain, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Tunisia, and the USA attempted to cross a checkpoint at Sirte on their way to Gaza, but were allegedly arrested by security forces.

A convoy of jeeps of Israeli travellers drive across the Basalt lands in the Eastern desert of Jordan on November 23, 2018.

US Treasury subpoenas Hasan Piker, Medea Benjamin in possible Cuba sanctions violation probe - Fox

According to Fox, activists may have violated US sanctions by financing, coordinating, or delivering goods to Cuba, and potentially engaging in contact with Cuban government personnel or entities.

Marxist influencer Hasan Piker (L) and CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin (R).

Jewish youths detained after forcing entry to Temple Mount for Shavuot sacrificial ritual

Police further stated that soldiers pursued them, caught them, and quickly removed them from the Temple Mount before detaining them for questioning.

Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026.

Israeli flotilla activist released under conditions as foreign participants deported

An Ashkelon court barred Zohar Regev from entering Gaza for 60 days after police sought a 184-day ban.

Israeli activist Zohar Chamberlain Regev (L, born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh near Nazareth), member of a flotilla bound for Gaza and one of dozens of activists that were detained when the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces, arrives at a court in Ashkelon, Israel on May 21, 2026.

Staged at sea: Activism for the algorithm - opinion

You can care about Palestinian civilians without empowering movements that excuse extremism. You can oppose suffering without turning it into spectacle.

Israeli activists on board one of the vessels of the Israeli 'Hasbara' flotilla. May 17, 2026.

Jewish, Arab Israeli activists launch 'Hasbara' flotilla opposing Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla

“We did our own flotilla,” said Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad. "We send a clear message to all the ‘terror flotilla’ activists. You are not welcome here."

Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad on board one of the vessels of the Israeli 'Hasbara' flotilla. May 17, 2026.

Land convoy sets out from Libya as part of Gaza flotilla effort

Two hundred participants from 25 different countries are participating in the convoy, riding in the 20 mobile homes, 7 ambulance or medical transport vehicles, and other locomotives.

Boats from a large flotilla attempting to break a maritime blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip seen arriving at the Ashdod port, after the Israeli Navy took control of the vessels overnight.

Dozens of ships set sail from Turkey as Gaza flotilla tries second blockade run

Ships associated with the Gaza flotilla were traveling south of the GSF departure point from Marmaris, according to the activist group's ship tracker.

Vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on international waters by the Israeli Navy, sail off the city of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 1, 2026.