Thousands of Israelis Protest Palestinian Toddler's Firebomb Death

Thousands of Israelis protested across the country Saturday against extremist violence that left a Palestinian toddler burned alive and six gay rights marchers stabbed. "Flames of hatred have spread through our country," President Reuven Rivlin told a crowd of marchers in Jerusalem. "Flames of violence, of hatred, of false and distorted beliefs." The president said violence carried out in the name of the Torah -- the book of Jewish law -- is the antithesis of...

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