Government & Politics

Ex-USAID official says Biden ditched vetting reforms as his administration steered grants to terror supporters 'Vast sums of U.S. money have been diverted to fund terrorists in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan,' says Max Primorac

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration ditched the first Trump administration’s U.S. Agency for International Development vetting reforms — and went on to send “vast sums of U.S. money” to Middle Eastern countries that ended up in the hands of terrorists, a former […]

Employment

Jewish PSAC members alarmed over union employee’s pro-Hezbollah tweets This isn't the first time PSAC negotiator Hassan Husseini's overt anti-Israel activism has triggered concern

(Toronto Sun) Jewish members of one of Canada’s largest public service unions are alarmed over concerning tweets by a union employee — an individual with a history of antisemitic social media posts. A letter to Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) leadership […]

Academics & Education

Rising antisemitism puts Canada at risk of terror attack, feds told The unsettling warnings are contained in a number of recently declassified security reviews

(Toronto Sun) Canada could experience a lone-wolf terror attack soon, intelligence authorities have advised the federal government — and antisemitism is overwhelmingly the motivating factor. “Amid (rising) antisemitic hate, an undetected lone actor could commit an act of serious violence in Canada […]

Government & Politics

House Dem in charge of caucus-wide messaging praises activist who pledged to ‘take’ Jews ‘back to Poland’ Rep. Debbie Dingell oversees House Dems’ communications arm

(Free Beacon) Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.), who leads a committee tasked with communicating “where House Democrats stand” on key issues, recently paid tribute to an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah as a “hero” and has […]

Clerics & Preachers

Oct. 7 deniers hail ‘victory’ over Dutch government ban The Dutch government had sought to ban three Islamic 'hate preachers,' but was overruled by a court in The Hague.

(JNS) Thousands of Dutch Islamists gathered in the central city of Utrecht in the Netherlands over the weekend to hear speeches by three extremist imams The Hague had unsuccessfully sought to ban. During the two-day “Ramadan Expo” at the Jaarbeurs Exposition Center, […]

Academics & Education

Northwestern University mandatory anti-discrimination training pushes unverified CAIR data 'This omission is not an oversight; it reflects Northwestern's ongoing pattern of sidelining Jewish concerns in response to activist pressure,' anti-Semitism expert says

(Free Beacon) Northwestern University’s mandatory anti-discrimination training relies on unverified data from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that inflate Islamophobic attacks, giving the false impression that those attacks vastly outpace anti-Semitic hate crimes. The training also questions anti-Zionism’s ties to Jew-hatred […]

Cemeteries & Funerals

These Canadians went to the funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon Among thousands of mourners packed into Lebanon’s largest sports arena was Charlotte Kates, the Vancouver-based co-founder of Samidoun

(National Post) At least three Canadians were present at the recent funeral of the assassinated leader of Hezbollah — including the Vancouver-based founder of the designated terrorist group Samidoun. On Sunday, thousands of mourners packed into Lebanon’s largest sports arena for the […]

Context

Mulhouse terrorist had previously been jailed for October 7 support, French minister reveals 'In 2023, he was arrested a few weeks after the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, and convicted for promoting terrorism,' Retailleau said on X Sunday.

(Jerusalem Post) The Algerian Islamist terrorist who murdered one and wounded several more people in Mulhouse, France, on Saturday had been arrested and convicted for promoting terrorism in the wake of the October 7 massacre, according to French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. […]

Children & Teens

Austrian authorities warn of ‘high-risk’ Islamist threat after another thwarted attack FPÖ says the planned attack by a 14-year-old radicalized on the internet was 'the direct result of the failed integration policy and the open borders that open the door to radical Islamists.'

(European Conservative) Austria is facing “high-risk threats” of Islamist terrorism, according to the head of the Central European country’s domestic intelligence agency, who spoke after yet another terrorist attack, this time targeting a railway station, was thwarted. Austrian authorities announced on Wednesday, […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

In appeal to Muslims, Freeland pledges to scrap controversial CRA division Research and Analysis Division also in national security agency’s crosshairs

(CBC) Should she win the current federal Liberal leadership contest, Chrystia Freeland is pledging to scrap a controversial division of the Canada Revenue Agency that Muslim charities and civil liberties advocates have long accused of discriminatory auditing practices, CBC News has learned. […]

Demonstrations

Activists warn of emerging terror-linked group in Germany Activists and lawmakers have called on Germany and Europe to ban Masar Badil, a group that promotes 'armed struggle,' commended the October 7 massacre, and maintains ties with Hamas and PFLP.

(Jerusalem Post) Hamas officials starring in online sessions, summer camps for youth promoting radicalizing ideologies, and protests calling to “defeat the European Union” — all of these are led on European soil by Masar Badil, an emerging organization with ties to officials […]

Crime

Gazan faces hate-crime charge for Holocaust wreath vandalism in the Netherlands An asylum seeker who kicked a memorial object and allegedly inveighed against Israel failed to convince a judge that he did not know the site was tied to Jews.

(JNS) A judge in The Hague last week dismissed the legal defense of an asylum seeker from Gaza who had claimed that his destruction of a wreath for Holocaust survivors last year was not motivated by antisemitism. The defendant, Muayad A., and […]

Government & Politics

European rise in antisemitism a result of Islamic migration, diaspora minister says Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli added that involving Qatar in negotiations was a mistake.

(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) explained his “no” vote on the ongoing hostage deal at the start of the 50th annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Sunday. In a one-on-one conversation with the […]

Academics & Education

Georgetown’s daughter of Hamas A woman listed as a graduate student at the university has family ties to the terror group and has cheered its attacks on Israel.

(National Review) Mapheze Ahmad Yousef Saleh was recently listed as a graduate student at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS). She also happens to be the daughter of Ahmed Yousef, who served as a top adviser for the terrorist organization […]

Clerics & Preachers

Labour MP leads calls for anti-Israel hate preacher to be banned from UK visit Preacher Mohamed Hoblos is scheduled to be speaking at a new mosque in Middlesbrough on February 23

(Jewish News) The government “will look carefully” into calls from MPs and community leaders to prevent an extremist preacher who has expressed support for Hamas from appearing at a new mosque in Middlesbrough. MP Luke Myer told the Commons he is “very concerned” […]

Legal

Hezbollah ties exposed: Hind Rajab Foundation linked to terrorist funding network New evidence reveals deep ties between Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation and Hezbollah’s global financial network, raising concerns over its true agenda.

(Jerusalem Post) New information reveals even deeper connections between Hezbollah and the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a new Belgium-based NGO with a declared mission to prosecute former Israeli soldiers abroad. “Over 1,000 cases have been filed against Israeli soldiers across the globe,” […]

Academics & Education

Terrorists use AI on social media to incite attacks against Jews in U.S., report finds Canadians are also susceptible to tactics used by terrorists online. 'There’s no differentiation just because we have a physical border,' says Marc Ginsberg, founder of the group behind the report

(National Post) A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted […]

Demonstrations

Exposed: Palestine Solidarity Campaign planned first anti-Israeli protest on 7 October Freedom of information request reveals police were notified by phone at 12:50pm — as Hamas was rampaging through southern Israel — about plans for an anti-Israel demo

(Jewish News) The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s fanatical anti-Israel agenda has been laid bare by a freedom of information request that reveals it applied at lunchtime on 7 October 2023 — as Hamas was executing its savage attack on southern Israel — to […]

Academics & Education

Georgetown Law student group to host convicted member of PFLP terror group The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter plans to host a discussion with Ribhi Karajah, who was imprisoned in Israel for failing to disclose his prior knowledge of a deadly terror attack

(Jewish Insider) A member of the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who failed to disclose to authorities his prior knowledge of the 2019 bombing that killed an Israeli teenager is scheduled to speak at a Georgetown University […]

Academics & Education

Trump Department of Justice launches Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism 'The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is the first step in giving life to President Trump’s renewed commitment to ending anti-Semitism in our schools,' task force head Leo Terrell says

(Free Beacon) The Trump administration is forming a multi-agency task force “to root out anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses,” the Department of Justice announced Monday. The task force stems from an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week […]

News Media

WaPo issues ‘clarification’ acknowledging it cited sanctioned terror financier in piece on ‘Palestinian prisoners’ 'A previous version of this article referred to Samidoun as an activist network that supports Palestinian prisoners'

(Free Beacon) The Washington Post quietly amended a piece on “Palestinian prisoners” to note that the original version cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network without mentioning that the group is sanctioned in the United States for funding the Popular Front for […]