Legal

Pro-Palestinian conference in Denmark drops speaker from group with Hezbollah ties Hind Rajab Foundation’s founder, Dyab Abou Jahjah, has said he is ‘very proud’ of his military training with Lebanese terror group; the NGO blames Israeli press for the decision

(Times of Israel) A pro-Palestinian conference in Denmark has withdrawn the participation of an organization dedicated to prosecuting Israeli soldiers abroad, seemingly due to its founder’s past Hezbollah membership. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) blamed “false information circulated by the Israeli press” […]

Legal

The Hind Rajab Foundation behind IDF soldiers’ doxxing, legal campaign threats — explainer Most recently, the foundation targeted soldiers vacationing in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.

(Jerusalem Post) The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation filed a complaint last week against an IDF soldier vacationing in Brazil, accusing him of “participating in massive demolitions of civilian homes in Gaza during a systematic campaign of destruction.” Subsequently, the Brazilian Federal Court […]

Government & Politics

More than 150,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in small boats since 2018 On Christmas Day, more than 450 migrants arrived in the UK on 11 small boats, and a further 400 people made the journey on Boxing Day.

(Sky News) More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats since 2018. The government began recording the number of people who have made the dangerous journey almost seven years ago, on 1 January […]

Government & Politics

Trump pick for critical foreign policy role thinks Islam incompatible with the West Michael Anton will serve as director of policy planning at the State Department, a role that effectively sets the agenda for the secretary of state

(Middle East Eye) A staunch anti-immigrant conservative who was a spokesperson for the White House during Donald Trump’s first year in office in 2017 is returning to government — this time, as director of policy planning at the US State Department, which […]

Crime

‘Reckless’ man jailed after brandishing deactivated AK-47 in video on X during summer riots Habeeb Khan pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to making threats of death or serious harm contrary to the Online Safety Act.

(Sky News) A “reckless” father, who brandished a decommissioned AK-47 assault rifle as he threatened to “blow away” the English Defence League (EDL) in an “inflammatory” video, has been jailed for 27 months. The footage of Habeeb Khan in his living room […]

Holidays

Pretrial detention for Magdeburg Christmas market suspect A court in Magdeburg has approved a pretrial detention warrant for the suspect in Friday's Christmas market attack. The 50-year-old faces five homicide charges, among other counts.

(Deutsche Welle) Magdeburg police said in the early hours of Sunday that the suspect in the Christmas market car attack in the city on Friday night had been issued a warrant for pretrial detention. Magdeburg’s district court approved an appeal from the […]

Demonstrations

AfD party calls for major rally after Germany’s Christmas market attack Leading right-wing figures in Europe have also weighed in, criticising the German authorities for failing to take stronger preventative action.

(Euronews) German far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is calling for a major rally following the attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg which left several people dead and hundreds injured. At a memorial site for the victims, AfD co-leader Tino […]