unrest Archives – Jewish Journal

Reasons to Stay at Home – a poem for Torah Portion Sh’lach

Rick Lupert June 18, 2020

4 Israelis Arrested in Riots Over Police Fining Man Suspected of Violating Quarantine

Aaron Bandler April 1, 2020

EU slaps sanctions on Assad’s family; mortars hit Homs

Jewish Journal March 23, 2012

The European Union slapped sanctions on the mother, sister and influential wife of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, increasing pressure on Syria to halt its bloody crackdown against a year-long uprising.

Pentagon: Rebels control most of Tripoli, Gadhafi in Libya

Jewish Journal August 23, 2011

Libyan rebels appeared to be in control of most of Tripoli, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, adding that it was sticking to its assessment that leader Muammar Gadhafi had not left the country.

Letter from Cairo: Mubarak’s plight, as Egyptians fight back

Jewish Journal February 3, 2011

Egypt\’s internal stability is on a razor’s edge 10 days after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators began to take to the streets to speak out against rising food prices, unemployment and political unrest. Major city squares in the Egyptian capital of 18 million people as well as in the nation’s other cities have turned into encampments for Egyptian armed forces and tanks, while the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has taken measures to ensure that the demonstrators cannot reach each other, including blocking social networking websites, such as Twitter and Facebook.