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Government & Politics

Dem Senate candidate to host 9/11 fundraiser at D.C. bar that partnered with terrorist sympathizers Graham Platner's fundraiser follows questionable posts and op-eds from the Democrat about terrorism and Israel.

September 10, 2025   

(Daily Wire) A Democrat running for Senate in Maine will host a fundraiser on September 11 at a Washington, D.C., bar that has allied with Hamas sympathizers. Graham Platner, a 40-year-old Marine and Army veteran seeking to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins, […]

Academics & Education

CAIR systematically trying to influence K-12 education across US, investigation finds A new Jewish Onliner investigation found that CAIR's efforts to influence young students extend far beyond Philadelphia, spanning New Jersey, Oklahoma, Florida, and Illinois

September 10, 2025   

(Jewish Onliner) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running what he termed “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives in public schools, following investigative reports that exposed controversial lesson plans […]

Academics & Education

In a previous life, he ran an organization that funneled money to Hamas. Now he’s a journalism professor at Northwestern Ibrahim Abusharif teaches a mandatory seminar promoting Qatar after a lawsuit from a Hamas terror victim crippled the group he cofounded

September 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Northwestern University describes journalism professor Ibrahim Abusharif as a “former book publisher” who “has been involved in projects to translate — from Arabic into English — the Quran.” It does not give examples of those projects, perhaps because they include […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to Education Department: Investigate ‘possibly illegal’ partnership between ‘pro-terrorist’ CAIR and K-12 schools The CAIR lesson plans include instructions not to use terms like 'jihadists' and 'radical Islamic terrorists' when discussing 9/11, and a course called 'American Jews and Political Power'

September 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Tuesday petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives inside the country’s public schools. CAIR, whose leaders celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Houston imam caught on video issuing Sharia-law ultimatums to businesses Masjid At-Tawhid mosque leader gives store owners 30-day ultimatum to stop selling Islam-prohibited alcohol, pork, and lottery tickets or face consequences

September 8, 2025   

(Jewish Onliner) Amy Mek, founder and editor-in-chief of the RAIR Foundation, broke a story on Sunday exposing what she characterizes as “Sharia patrol” activities emerging in Houston, Texas. The investigation centers on Masjid At-Tawhid, a mosque located in Houston’s Fifth Ward, and […]

Demonstrations

Group calls for ban on display, distribution of terror symbols, literature Current laws don't specifically criminalize displaying or distributing materials promoting [outlawed] terror groups

September 8, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) With anti-Israel activism within Canada showing no sign of diminishing, one group is urging the government to close loopholes in Canada’s terror laws. In a new initiative, Canadian Women Against Antisemitism (CWAA) want sections of the Criminal Code of Canada […]

Academics & Education

Retired FBI agent exposes Hamas’ long game in America Lara Burns describes how Hamas shifted its US strategy from fundraising to propaganda, focusing on campuses and media influence

September 7, 2025   

(Media Line) The Hamas terrorist network in the United States has spent more than two decades working to infiltrate America’s media and college campuses. The goal: to hijack the narrative and secure unintentional support for terrorism from the broader public. According to […]

Academics & Education

Harvard tells students calling someone a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ can violate school policy Guidance comes after 33 student groups blamed Israel for Hamas's terrorist attacks

September 4, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]

Demonstrations

Same network, new names: Terror front Samidoun secretly operates in US, Canada via proxies post-ban Most of the terror front's proxies were formed to have the same anti-Zionist, anti-US, Marxist-Leninist mission that defined Samidoun’s activism.

September 4, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Hezbollah, other terror groups actively fundraising in Canada: government report Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is active in Canadian drug, stolen car trade, says new Department of Finance report

September 4, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Canada’s “open and accessible” financial sector is vulnerable to terror groups looking to finance their overseas operations, a new government report details. The report, entitled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada, was quietly released by […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib hit with House censure threat, accused of ‘celebrating terrorism’ in pro-Palestinian speech Rep. Buddy Carter's censure accuses Tlaib of 'vilifying her colleagues, endangering the lives of Jewish people, and celebrating terrorism'

September 3, 2025   

(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing a GOP-led censure resolution on Wednesday after her fiery remarks at a pro-Palestinian conference. Tlaib spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit over the weekend, when she condemned both Democrats and Republicans for […]

Academics & Education

House ed panel to hold hearing on ‘drivers’ of Jew-hatred in K-12 schools A spokesman for the House committee told JNS that 'outside groups' that celebrated Oct. 7 are partnering with local schools.

September 3, 2025   

(JNS) The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, which is part of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, plans to hold a Sept. 10 hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools. The hearing will “focus more broadly on trends […]

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‘Thieves, child killers, sexual abusers, thugs, criminals’: Syracuse University scholar, a Pulitzer Prize winner, goes on tirade against Israeli people Mosab Abu Toha, a featured speaker at the terror-tied People's Conference for Palestine, also likened the 'Nakba' to the Holocaust

September 1, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A Syracuse University visiting scholar and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary described Israelis as “thieves,” “child killers,” “sexual abusers,” “thugs,” and “criminals” at a conference in Detroit over the weekend. Palestinian “poet” Mosab Abu Toha spoke at the […]

Government & Politics

‘I would be Hamas’: Rashida Tlaib, [Hasan] Piker attend conference with pro-terror rhetoric Protests, anti-American rhetoric, and support for Gaza’s 'liberation' dominated speeches at the People’s Conference, attended by political figures like Tlaib and Stein.

September 1, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The 2nd annual People’s Conference [for] Palestine in Detroit saw toned-down rhetoric compared to last year’s conference in terms of support for violence and terrorist organizations. Nevertheless, the August 29-31 event attended by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, streamer [Hasan] Piker, Green […]

Academics & Education

CAIR-Philadelphia, whose leader blamed Israel for Oct. 7, announces partnership with local schools to make them ‘more inclusive’ The anti-Israel group provides educational materials including 'American Jews and Political Power: Myth or Reality'

August 28, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose executive director said that Israel is behind the “root causes of what is happening in Palestine/Israel,” announced this week that it is partnering with local schools to make them […]

Clerics & Preachers

Quebec vows to ban ‘street prayers’ in the wake of mass Islamic demonstrations Quebec anxiety with the sight of public Islamic prayers has been present in some form long before the practice became a fixture of anti-Israel protests

August 28, 2025   

(National Post) With Quebec promising on Thursday to ban “street prayers,” the province’s minister of laicity has avoided mention of any particular faith. Jean-François Roberge issued a Thursday statement referencing only a “proliferation of street prayers” in Quebec. Roberge added that it […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Mehdi Hasan slams Laura Loomer as far-right activist takes aim at Muslims in US government President Donald Trump has said he listens to Loomer's recommendations

August 26, 2025   

(National-UAE) Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Tuesday was condemned by veteran journalist Mehdi Hasan after she called for the firing of another Muslim State Department employee. Ms Loomer accused Wardah Khalid of holding views inconsistent with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. […]

Government & Politics

Samidoun still active as not-for-profit corporation despite feds’ terror designation Vancouver-based organization was listed as terrorist entity under Criminal Code of Canada in 2024

August 26, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Despite declaring a Vancouver-based “sham charity” a terrorist organization nearly a year ago, Canada still refuses to revoke its status as a not-for-profit corporation. In October 2024, former public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc listed Vancouver-based Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network […]

Academics & Education

With president under scrutiny, George Mason reinstates infamous SJP chapter months after police found guns and terrorist paraphernalia in leaders’ home The group recently released a pro-Hamas recruitment video, which the school says it referred to Virginia's AG

August 26, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) George Mason University, whose president has been in the national spotlight over race-based hiring practices that the Trump administration says violate federal civil rights law, has reinstated its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, which it suspended last year […]

Academics & Education

George Mason SJP releases radical recruitment video months after police uncovered terrorist flags at leaders’ home ‘The spirit of resistance will not be quenched until we see full liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea,’ a speaker concealed with a keffiyeh and a voice modifier says in the video

August 25, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) George Mason University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter reemerged Sunday evening with a recruitment video claiming “the spirit of resistance will not be quenched.” The radical group went dark for months after police found terrorist propaganda and weapons […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to IRS: Investigate terrorist-supporting Palestinian Youth Movement The group maintains ties to terror orgs and is illegally receiving tax-exempt donations, Arkansas senator says

August 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Friday formally petitioned the IRS to investigate the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) — a “virulently antisemitic” activist group that released maggots into Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel room last year — for potential […]

Government & Politics

Convicted ISIS kidnapper spotted in minimum-security prison Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of ISIS.

August 21, 2025   

(Juno News) Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of the Islamic State, in a minimum-security prison. Caputo brought national […]

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Controversial Pulitzer Prize winner set to appear at Detroit conference alongside terrorists Mosab Abu Toha defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities and assailed Israeli victims

August 21, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Palestinian “poet” and writer Mosab Abu Toha, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, is scheduled to appear at an upcoming anti-Israel conference alongside several radical speakers with ties to terror groups. Abu Toha, who defended the atrocities of Oct. […]

Government & Politics

DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report Review follows Middle East Forum report claiming $25M in grants went to terror-linked groups between 2013-2023

August 20, 2025   

(Fox) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing federal security grants for Muslim groups with “alleged terrorist ties” after a new report linked past funding to “extremist” organizations. According to a DHS document obtained by Fox News Digital, 49 projects “with […]