(Hill) Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) condemned the protests against Israel happening at several college campuses across the nation, arguing he questions what’s being taught in college if students “don’t fully understand” the brutality of terrorist groups such as Hamas. “While we […]
(AFP) Cyprus has received an influx of 458 Syrian migrants from Lebanon in one week and is bracing for more as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread, officials said on Sunday. Authorities said 194 Syrians arrived late on Saturday aboard four boats […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration, in its bid to promote the coronavirus vaccine to minority communities, awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to a mosque known for its extensive ties to terrorist groups, whose imam has promoted female genital […]
(Iran International) Iranian agents are stirring up unrest in the UK through Gaza protests, according to a report by the British newspaper the Times. There is direct involvement of the Iranian regime through the physical presence of operatives at protests as well […]
(NY Post) Their views are hard to swallow. New York City’s omnipresent halal and other street vendors expressed near-universal support for Hamas with many telling the Post the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack in Israel which killed roughly 1,400 people was justified. […]
(Brussels Times) Belgium is set to remain at threat level 3 for some time following the Brussels attack and ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to Gert Vercauteren, the head of OCAD, the agency responsible for terror threat analysis. Since the attack in Brussels, […]
(AFP) Thousands of demonstrators protested in Paris on Saturday in a banned march in “support of the Palestinian people,” AFP correspondents saw. A large contingent of police blocked marchers in a central part of the capital. Among the protesters were elected officials […]
(BBC) A Birmingham councillor [has] been offered anti-Semitism training following complaints over TikTok videos appearing to question the extent of atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel. The Liberal Democrats launched an investigation after councillor Ayoub Khan, who represents Aston, posted a series […]
(Jewish News) A top London hospital has confirmed that a medic who appeared to support Hamas on social media is “not currently working” while an investigation takes place. It follows reports that Farah Bouamra, a physician associate at St. George’s University Hospitals […]
(NBC) President Joe Biden quietly hosted a meeting Thursday for a handful of Muslim leaders, according to four sources familiar with the White House gathering, as he faces pressure from the Arab American community over what they contend is his comparative disregard […]
(ITV) Police are searching for three women who wore pictures of Hamas paragliders and a man who held a poster supporting the terrorist group at pro-Palestine events in London. Social media footage of a protest in Whitehall on October 14 shows two […]
(Swiss Info) The Security Policy Commission of the Senate (SIK-S) is also reacting to the attack on Israel and wants to ban the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas. It has submitted a corresponding motion. The decision was made by 8 votes to 0, […]
(Jerusalem Post) Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has been an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian cause. However, her alleged connections to the Hamas terrorist group have only recently been uncovered, according to the Canary Mission. In an article it published on October 25, […]
(London News Today) Western University has cut ties with its Muslim chaplain over social media posts it says “do not align with Western’s commitment to peaceful and respectful dialogue.” The announcement regarding Sh. Aarij Anwer was made in a statement issued Thursday by President […]
(Jewish News) An elected Liberal Democrat councillor has repeatedly questioned evidence of Hamas terrorist atrocities in Israel on 7 October, saying he “has a problem with the credibility” of an account of the massacre carried out at a kibbutz. Birmingham city councillor […]
(Euronews) Just a week ago, Abdesalem Lassoued plunged the city of Brussels into chaos. Not even his wife or his closest friends knew that the Tunisian, who was in Belgium illegally, was about to commit an act of terrorism. After he shot […]
(Jerusalem Post) An imam in Colorado taught children this week that the Jews are an untrustworthy people who “lie and break their contract.” The imam, believed to be Umar Mitchell, said that the ancestors of today’s Jews killed the prophets God sent […]
(NBC) Hours before President Joe Biden gave a rare prime-time address last week, his head speechwriter sat down with a group of senior Arab and Muslim American officials to go over the draft and take suggestions. Dissent was sprouting even inside the […]
(GB News) Nearly three-quarters of people think foreign nationals who glorify Islamist terrorism should be deported from the UK, an opinion poll has found. The poll by People Polling and commissioned by GB News found 74 per cent of people agreed foreign […]
(Politico) Federal law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that Israel’s ongoing war with Palestinian militants could encourage more hate crimes in the U.S. In a public service announcement released Wednesday night, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it “has seen an increase […]
(JNS) The Anti-Defamation League has released a new report documenting a sizable increase this month in crimes and protests targeting Jews. “Preliminary data from ADL Center on Extremism indicates that reported incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault increased by 388 percent over […]
(CNN) US authorities have begun a new effort to target fundraising and other forms of support for Hamas, including any tentacles the terrorist group has into the United States, current and former US officials tell CNN. The move is part of a broader reassessment […]
(AFP) German counter-terror authorities Wednesday took over a probe into a suspected jihadist arrested for allegedly planning an attack, with a pro-Israel demonstration a possible target, prosecutors said. The 29-year-old was detained late Tuesday at his home in the western city of […]
(Brussels Times) A 23-year-old Palestinian man who reportedly told the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) that he intends to “die as a martyr by blowing himself up” has now been arrested, La Dernière Heure reports. The man was […]
(AP) The French soccer league suspended Nice defender Youcef Atal for seven matches on Wednesday after he shared an antisemitic message on social media. Nice had already suspended Atal last week until further notice and said that he apologized for his actions. […]
(ITV) The chief of the Metropolitan Police has suggested the law may need tightening after his force decided a video of a man chanting “jihad” at a pro-Palestine protest on Saturday did not show any offence being committed. Sir Mark Rowley, following […]
(Politico) Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian American comedian, did everything she could to get Joe Biden elected in 2020. She starred in a comedy event boosting him. She spoke on a call organized by the Biden campaign featuring Arab women supporting him. Biden’s […]
(Olive Press) The largest recruiter of jihadist terrorists in Europe was arrested by Spanish police today. Mustafa Maya Amaya was caught during an anti-terror operation by the Policia Nacional in Melilla. Amaya, a Spaniard of Belgian origin who converted to Islam, is […]
(Daily Wire) A new poll released late last week found that the majority of Muslim Americans believes that Hamas was “justified” in committing terrorist attacks against Israel. The poll from Cygnal surveyed over 2,000 people from October 16-18 to gauge the public’s […]
(NY Post) A Hamas leader who allegedly ran the terrorist group’s operations in the West Bank has been hiding out in a state-funded home in a borough of London that has the highest Jewish population in all of Britain, according to a […]
(Breitbart) London’s Metropolitan Police have come under criticism for their seemingly lax approach towards pro-Palestine demonstrations and for giving excuses for those calling for “jihad” against Israel on the streets of the British capital. An estimated 100,000 anti-Israel protesters took to the […]
(Daily Caller) Federal officials are warning that members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hezbollah could be crossing through the southern border, according to an internal Oct. 20 memo exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The San Diego Field […]
(NBC) As President Joe Biden declared unwavering support for Israel in the days after Hamas’ terror attack in Israel, Ahmad Ramadan, a former Biden adviser now leading coalition efforts for the Michigan Democratic Party, called the state party chair to raise the […]
(AP) Police in Cyprus said Saturday they arrested four Syrians on suspicion of setting off a small explosive device that caused no damage not far from [the] Israeli Embassy in the capital Nicosia. Police said the four, ranging in ages between 17 […]
(Fox) Border officials arrested 18 people on the FBI’s terror watch list in September, making fiscal year 2023 a record year for such encounters at the southern border. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics released Saturday, 169 people on the […]
(Breitbart) An estimated 100,000 people joined a pro-Palestinian rally in London on Saturday, including supporters of radical Islam and far-left groups such as Antifa and various socialist organisations. The Metropolitan Police said that up to 100,000 people joined a rally to support […]
(Swiss Info) The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has opened an investigation into suspected Swiss financing of Palestinian militant group Hamas. “The criminal investigation was opened a few weeks ago, shortly before the Hamas attack in Israel,” Attorney General Stefan Blättler […]
(Jewish News) Some of London’s most luxurious hotels — including the Connaught and Claridge’s — are the target of a boycott campaign due to their Qatari owner, who was prime minister of the emirate when Hamas moved its headquarters there. Billionaire Hamad […]
(AP) Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error” after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. […]
(Arab News) The UK’s commissioner for countering extremism has warned the government that it must stop radical Muslim clerics from entering the country and should label a number of groups as terrorists. Robin Simcox said Britain is experiencing a rise in extremist […]
(Reuters) Germany’s interior minister said on Friday Hamas supporters should be deported from the country where possible, and authorities would keep a close eye on potential threats following the Palestinian militant group’s attack on Israel. “If we are able to deport Hamas […]
(Hill) President Biden on Thursday used an Oval Office address to condemn Islamophobia and antisemitism in the aftermath of the killing of a Palestinian-American boy and amid broader concerns about rising violence after terrorist attacks in Israel. Biden spoke in primetime about […]
(CBC) The principal of an Ottawa public school has apologized for asking an elementary school student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) confirmed the incident took place during an online class last week. […]
(AP) The European Union on Thursday demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war, flexing the power of a new law that threatens billions in fines if tech giants fail to do enough […]
(ABC) With two deadly acts of terrorism confirmed in Western Europe in the last six days, the European Union’s top law enforcement official said she is worried about what might happen in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s […]
(Local) Spain’s far-right party Vox has formally proposed that people “of Islamic cultures” be prevented from gaining Spanish citizenship or residency following the terror attacks in Belgium, France and Hamas’s incursion into Israel. Vox wants to prevent any more Muslims from becoming […]
(Deutsche Welle) At least 174 people were arrested and 65 police officers were injured at unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin on Wednesday night, according to a police spokesperson. Authorities had banned such protests, which have been called in response to the conflict […]
(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a member of the far-left “Squad,” repeated during a Wednesday protest the debunked claim that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were responsible for the bomb that struck a Gaza hospital, reportedly killing many civilians. Tlaib also accused the […]
(Washington Examiner) A Department of Homeland Security official was put on leave after a report that they had previously worked for the Palestinian Liberation Organization. A DHS spokesman told the Washington Examiner that Nejwa Ali had been placed on administrative leave. Ali […]
(Daily Wire) The U.S. immigration enforcement agency hired a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and put her in a position to determine who gets to come into the country as an immigrant or “asylum seeker.” Now the Department of […]
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