Discrimination

Haymanut Kasau’s family petitions court to allow protest tent near PMO

ACRI attorneys argued that the Jerusalem Municipality rejected the protest tent request on general concerns rather than specific risks, failing to balance public interests with protest rights.

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.
Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024.

'State-led discrimination': Turkey jails 16 people after raids in Izmir on LGBTQ+ groups

Protesters hold up Pride flags as they stand in front of riot police officers in Izmir, Turkey, on June 27, 2026.

Turkey detains 26 people in raids targeting LGBTQ+ associations over accusations of obscenity

Israeli-Arab students and activists protest against a bill that would ban waving Palestinian flags at Israeli universities, at the Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023.

Adalah clashes with Israeli universities over alleged discrimination against Arabs after Oct. 7


Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers

Tesla has failed to investigate complaints of racist conduct and has fired or otherwise retaliated against workers who report harassment, the EEOC said in the lawsuit.

  Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022.

Girls avoid internet due to abuse and bias, report warns

For every 100 adolescent boys and young men who use the internet, only 71 adolescent girls and young women do.

 A computer user poses in front of a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Brussels May 30, 2014.

Israelis are losing faith in a peaceful two-state solution – poll

The survey also recorded a decrease in the number of Arab Muslims living in Israel experiencing discrimination.

A man holds a Palestinian flag near young Jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott claims unfairness in antisemitism probe

Abbott wrote that “As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party...I will not get a fair hearing.”

 Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn applauds after the speech of Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

How do Americans feel about racism in 2023? - poll

The survey was interested in understanding whether Americans thought it was worse to fail to notice racial discrimination or to notice racial discrimination where there was none.

People hold up a banner during a Black Lives Matter protest outside City Hall in Manhattan, New York

High Court puts temporary ban on food stamps amid accusations of discrimination

The Knesset's Finance Committee had originally approved a budget of NIS 400 million earlier this week.

 Is the food you're taking from the fridge definitely yours? (illustrative)

Israel must clamp down on attacks on freedom of religion - editorial

Christian organizations in Israel have expressed worry over the feeling that they are slowly but surely being pushed out of the country.

 THOUSANDS OF Christian pilgrims march in the center of Jerusalem in celebration of Sukkot 2018

NJ township to pay $575,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit against Orthodox Jews

Jackson is now required to notify the state of any decision or regulation that would affect local religious land use or practice.

 Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, New Jersey, NJ, Sept. 9, 2012

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

Letters to the Editor August 21, 2023: Self-contradiction

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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