Tag: Protests

Netanyahu pressured from all sides amid mass protests, strained relations with Biden White House

Anti-government protests across Israel on Sunday put even more political pressure on embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose approval numbers among the Israeli public keep dropping and whose relationship with the Biden administration has reached an all-time low. Israeli media reported that weekend demonstrations in Tel Aviv and elsewhere across Israel were some of the […]

Iraqi military protests U.S. retaliatory strikes targeting militias

Iraq‘s military sharply criticized the barrage of U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Friday as a violation of the country’s sovereignty, putting further strains on the relationship between Baghdad and Washington. Yahya Rasool, a spokesman for the Iraqi military, warned that the attacks, ordered by President Biden in retaliation for a deadly militia strike on […]

France’s two key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures

PARIS — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to […]

Bullfighting resumes in Mexico City despite protests

MEXICO CITY — With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a half. The resumption of bullfights in the Plaza México, the largest bullfighting […]

Pro-Palestinian protests move from streets to state capitals for rowdy start to legislative sessions

DENVER — State legislatures wield little, if any, influence over U.S. foreign policy, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that from the pro-Palestinian demonstrators converging on state capitols. Crowds of anti-Israel activists are spilling from the streets and universities into the chambers and rotundas, greeting lawmakers at the start of the 2024 legislative sessions with noisy […]