(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has designated the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity. New Zealand designated the military wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity in 2010. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the government unequivocally condemned the “brutal” […]
(NY Times) Inside Britain’s Parliament, lawmakers jeered, booed, and stormed out of the House of Commons to protest the speaker’s handling of a vote calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Outside, a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators projected the slogan, “From the river […]
(Jewish News) George Galloway has attempted to target Muslim voters in Rochdale in the days leading up to the scandal-hit by-election by falsely claiming a victory for him could force “supporter of Israel” Keir Starmer out. A highly inflammatory leaflet, addressed to […]
(Age) The interview began unremarkably. Just after 8am on Wednesday, Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) president Adel Salman joined ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast to explain why his organisation had asked the Victorian government to cancel an official Iftar event. […]
(Politico) Britain’s Conservatives have yet another civil war on their hands. The governing party has spent much of the past week publicly agonizing about anti-Muslim prejudice — and the bitter row shows no signs of subsiding. Lee Anderson, the party’s former deputy […]
(LBC) Police are assessing a hate speech complaint made against Lee Anderson, after he claimed that Sadiq Khan was being controlled by Islamists. Mr Anderson, the former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, was suspended for failing to apologise for the comments. He […]
(AP) Dearborn and two other Michigan cities with large Arab and Muslim populations turned against President Joe Biden in the state’s primary after Democratic leaders there warned for months that voters were angry about his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. While Biden […]
(Age) More than 70 Muslim community organisations have vowed to boycott the Victorian premier’s annual iftar dinner next month in protest over the ALP’s position on the Israel-Hamas conflict. The state’s peak Islamic body — the Islamic Council of Victoria — has […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said she was “proud” to vote “uncommitted” in the Michigan primary Tuesday, casting a protest vote against President Biden amid frustration over the war in Gaza. “I was proud today to walk in and pull a Democratic […]
(Jewish Insider) Amid fierce backlash, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) announced on Tuesday that she had canceled her planned appearance this weekend at a fundraising banquet for a leading Muslim advocacy group featuring several speakers who have espoused antisemitic and homophobic views. “I […]
(Sky News) The government is being urged to urgently block a pro-Palestinian activist and member of a listed terrorist organisation from entering Australia. Leila Khaled is booked as a keynote speaker at the Socialist Alliance and Green Left’s Ecosocialism conference in Perth […]
(Politico) In late October, the Democratic floor leader of the Michigan House of Representatives, Abraham Aiyash, stood in front of thousands gathered in downtown Detroit to denounce a man who is vying to win another four years in the Oval Office. He […]
(Jewish Insider) Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick called on Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) to resign from Congress after she scheduled an appearance at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) gala featuring a lineup of antisemitic speakers, including one who praised Hamas’ Oct. […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) is scheduled to give remarks at a fundraising banquet for a leading Muslim advocacy group on Saturday alongside several speakers who have made antisemitic and homophobic comments. The freshman Squad member, a vocal critic of Israel […]
(CBC) Federal politicians in London are vowing to strengthen ties with the Muslim community after a local imam was among many to call for an end to using mosques for political theatre. More than 300 Muslim organizations across Canada signed a petition to […]
(Jewish News) House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has said he controversially allowed Labour to bring their Gaza ceasefire motion to a vote because of genuine fears over the safety of MPs and their families. The surprise move took place as thousands […]
(CBC) With Ramadan just around the corner, a national Muslim organization and several local congregations are warning members of Parliament they won’t be welcome in their mosques until they call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, demand restoration of funding for the UN’s aid agency and […]
(LBC) British people are being made less safe by the government’s failure to tackle Islamist extremism, an independent reviewer of its anti-extremism scheme has warned. William Shawcross, who recommended overhauling the Prevent programme to put more of a focus on Islamic extremism, […]
(Jewish News) Muslim voters in the Greater Manchester by-election town of Rochdale this week openly expressed fears to Jewish News that the veteran anti-Zionist campaigner George Galloway is “using us” as he attempts to secure victory in the polls. One local businessman, […]
(AP) The number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II, the head of the Scandinavian country’s small Jewish community said Thursday. […]
(JNS) On March 19, 2012, Mohammed Merah, a French-Algerian supporter of al-Qaeda, carried out a shooting attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, killing a teacher, Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his two sons, Gabriel, 3, and Aryeh, 6, and an 8-year-old girl, Myriam […]
(JTA) The Jewish French-Moroccan journalist Ruth Elkrief — who has delivered TV news in France for over 30 years — found herself at the center of the story when she was placed under police protection in December. Elkrief received the security detail […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government has proposed a five-year ban for the Islamist Palestinian organisation Hamas and affiliated groups after terrorist attacks on Israel. The government submitted a draft bill to this effect for consultation on Wednesday. The Federal Council hopes that […]
(Hill) Mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D) of Dearborn, Mich., says Arab Americans are feeling a sense of betrayal due to President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, outlining that they voted for Biden in 2020 but are now being ignored. Hammoud, in a […]
(WJZ) Maryland lawmakers are considering removing the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also known as CAIR, from a state commission to prevent hate crimes. It follows controversial comments from the organization’s state director Zainab Chaudry on Facebook. WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren spoke exclusively […]
(Daily Record) Three state Democrats, each of whom is a member of the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, are pushing to remove American Muslim activist Zainab Chaudry from a state hate crimes commission for social media posts some have said are anti-Semitic. Late […]
(Jewish News) A minister has suggested a judge accused of giving “lenient sentences” for terrorism offences should be investigated for appearing to support a pro-Palestine social media post. The Home Office’s Chris Philp told MPs he would expect the Judicial Conduct Investigations […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Summer Lee’s (D., Pa.) primary opponent called on the “Squad” member to refund campaign contributions from Muslim activists known for pro-terrorist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Bhavini Patel, Lee’s primary challenger in Pennsylvania’s 12th district, called on her to return “tainted” […]
(Jerusalem Post) Radical Islam is running rampant in Belgium as the European country takes a pro-Hamas and anti-Israel stance, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli told the Jerusalem Post on Saturday night in response to an imam reciting a Quranic verse about warfare […]
(Detroit News) Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is endorsing the campaign urging Michigan Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the Feb. 27 presidential primary in protest of President Joe Biden’s policy in Gaza. In a video posted to social media Saturday, Tlaib said […]
(Jerusalem Post) An imam at the Belgian parliament last week began reciting a verse from the Quran that explicitly calls on Muslims to kill and take Jews captive. The Quran excerpt is verse 33:26 from the Al-Ahzab surah (chapter). It translates to: […]
(NBC) The White House is slamming three Republican senators for leveling what it deems to be “cruel and Islamophobic attacks” at a Biden judicial nominee as part of a larger “smear effort” to discredit the man, who would be the first Muslim […]
(Free Beacon) Pennsylvania Rep. Summer Lee (D.), whose congressional district was the site of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history, will raise money next month for a Muslim advocacy group whose leader said he was “happy” that Hamas invaded Israel. The […]
(Press Release) A 17-year-old is due to appear in court charged with terrorism offences as part of a Met investigation into the sharing of extremist material online. The boy from north London, who cannot be named because of his age, was charged […]
(Fox) The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas terrorists’ use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war during — and since — the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., […]
(LBC) A judge who let three women who wore paraglider images at a pro-Palestine march walk free after being found guilty of terror offences is believed to have liked an anti-Israel social media post. Deputy Senior District Judge Tanweer Ikram is understood […]
(AP) The White House on Wednesday announced that Palestinians living in the U.S. will be shielded from deportation as the Israel-Hamas war continues, citing “significantly deteriorated” conditions on the ground in Gaza. Palestinians will be covered under what’s known as “deferred enforced […]
(BBC) The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry after footage of “death to Israel” chants at an Islamic centre was revealed by the BBC. The charity regulator said it was investigating “serious concerns over the misuse of charity premises.” Trustees of […]
(Anadolu) Sweden’s former prime minister has asked a Palestinian member of the country’s parliament to leave his seat after he resigned from the Social Democrats, citing a lack of trust expressed in him by the party’s leadership, local media reported Tuesday. The […]
(European Conservative) A report released on Monday, February 12th, just in time for the start of the Munich Security Conference on Friday, reveals that Russia is no longer perceived as the biggest security threat by people living in the largest economies in […]
(Daily Caller) Border Patrol agents arrested more illegal immigrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist between October and January than in fiscal years 2017 through 2021 combined, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data updated on Tuesday. Border Patrol nabbed […]
(City & State NY) Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s campaign sent a letter threatening a defamation lawsuit against his challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, for defamation after Latimer baselessly accused him of accepting donations from the Hamas terrorist group. On Monday, Black Westchester […]
(Jerusalem Post) MP Michael Freilich from the opposition New Flemish Alliance party recounted his astonishment at the response of Justice Minister Paul Van Tigchelt, who openly admitted as a response to his inquiry that there indeed are groups who operate in Belgium […]
(European Conservative) A Lebanese-born MP with links to Hamas and belonging to the left-leaning Social Democrats has caused waves in Swedish politics this week by announcing his resignation from the party. The decision comes in the wake of a rumbling scandal over […]
(Sky News) Three people accused of displaying images of paragliders at a pro-Palestinian march have escaped jail after being found guilty of showing support for a terrorist group. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, and Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, were handed […]
(Fox) The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a conservative judicial advocacy organization based in Virginia, is rolling out a digital ad campaign against one of President Biden’s controversial nominees who has alleged ties to 9/11 hijacker sympathizers. The advertising campaign from JCN — […]
(JNS) The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has again taken to task an Islamic preacher in Florida who recently advocated numerous antisemitic conspiracy theories during a religious service. Imam Fadi Kablawi gave a Friday sermon on Jan. 26 at Masjid As-Sunna[h] […]
(CBC) Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation. “Islanders are concerned about terrorists coming to our country, […]
(LBC) Labour has withdrawn its support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali after criticism of remarks about Israel, a party spokesperson has said. The Rochdale by-election candidate, Azhar Ali, was forced to issue an apology after he claimed at a party meeting […]
(BBC) Three people at a pro-Palestine march in central London displayed images of paragliders, “celebrating” the Hamas tactic, a court has been told. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images to their backs, prosecutors allege, just seven days after Hamas […]
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