(AP) French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or […]
(AP) A 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested on Tuesday for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that could lead to a life sentence. […]
(VOA) Leading terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, once pushed to the brink after years of military pressure from the United States and its allies, have found ways to recover and once again represent a serious and lethal threat, according to […]
(Washington Examiner) Pro-Palestinian groups are urging Vice President Kamala Harris to break with President Joe Biden on Israel during her first debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Harris will meet Trump for the first time this week for the pair’s […]
(WGBH) A new report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shows that Jill Stein, the Lexington, Massachusetts, resident and Green Party candidate for president, is leading Democratic nominee Kamala Harris among Muslim voters in several key swing states. The analysis expands […]
(Global News) Conservative MPs have asked Canada’s public safety committee to reconvene to probe how a Toronto man arrested last week for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The four Conservative members of the committee want […]
(National Post) In encrypted messages, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan warned his co-conspirators “to keep no beard and take the appearance of the kuffar” (unbelievers), lest they attract the attention of the authorities in the lead-up to an alleged plot to cross from Canada […]
(Global News) The Conservatives have called on the government to explain how a 20-year-old Pakistani arrested in Quebec over an alleged ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada. Federal officials declined to answer questions about the immigration status […]
(AFP) A Paris court in May detained and charged a couple on accusations that they were involved in Iranian plots to kill Jews in Germany and France, police sources told AFP. Authorities charged Abdelkrim S., 34, and his partner Sabrina B., 33, […]
(CBC) A Toronto-area man is facing terror charges in both Canada and the United States, authorities say, for allegedly attempting to illegally enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in New York City. News releases issued […]
(NY Post) Former President Donald Trump’s standing among Muslim-American voters has notably improved from four years ago, according to a new poll. Trump, 78, would have the support of 30% of Muslim voters if the 2024 election were held today, compared with […]
(Washington Examiner) Over the course of President Joe Biden’s time in office, an anti-Israel group that receives large checks from Democratic megadonor George Soros has seen its top staffers score 60 trips to the White House for high-level meetings, according to records. […]
(JTA) Pro-Israel groups decried a ruling by Meta’s independent oversight body Wednesday that social media posts containing the phrase “from the river to the sea,” a longstanding Palestinian rallying cry, shouldn’t be automatically removed. The Oversight Board, a Meta-funded panel made of […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government has submitted to parliament its proposal to ban Palestinian militant group Hamas from Switzerland for five years. The ban also covers organisations affiliated with the Islamist group. The proposal includes Hamas cover organisations, those emanating from Hamas, […]
(Westchester Journal News) A Yonkers man is charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after allegedly stabbing a barber because he was Jewish. Ahmed al Jabali, 34, allegedly shouted, “I want to kill you, you (expletive) Jew” before repeatedly trying to […]
(VOA) For more than 30 years, Senzel Schaefer has called the Democratic Party her political home, consistently voting for the party’s candidates in every primary, midterm and presidential election. Come Election Day, she’ll break ranks. For Muslim American voters like Schaefer, ending […]
(NY Post) An upstate imam urged student activists to “take out” an outspoken, pro-Israel Columbia University professor who’s returning to the embattled Ivy this fall after a year of antisemitic hate. Vassar-educated, Utica-based imam Tom Facchine made the plea about business school […]
(National-UAE) An art dealer and diamond smuggler accused of being a Hezbollah financier has been banned from travelling to the UK. Nazem Ahmad, 60, is sanctioned by Britain and the US, and he has been banned along with Mustafa Ayash. Mr Ayash […]
(Free Beacon) Kamala Harris’s newly appointed head of Arab-American outreach once accused Zionists of “controlling” American politics, echoing an anti-Semitic trope that suggests Jews nefariously manipulate global affairs. “The Zionists have a strong voice in American politics,” Brenda Abdelall, an Egyptian-American lawyer […]
(Middle East Eye) A new poll conducted this week shows that the majority of Muslim voters in the United States are evenly split on who they plan to vote for as president in the upcoming November election, with roughly 60 percent planning […]
(Reuters) Kamala Harris’ campaign for U.S. president has hired an Egyptian American lawyer and former Department of Homeland Security official to help lead outreach to Arab American voters who hold sway in some states that could help decide the Nov. 5 election, […]
(AP) A 33-year-old man was handed preliminary terrorism charges over an arson attack on a French synagogue last weekend that he said was aimed at defending Palestinians and changing Israeli policy, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack revived concerns about antisemitism in France, […]
(Deutsche Welle) The so-called “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen. According to Amaq, the mouthpiece of IS, the attack was carried out in “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere” and targeted a “group […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) slammed the Democratic National Convention for not featuring a Palestinian American speaker, stating it is “hard not to feel invisible.” “It’s hard not to feel invisible as a Palestinian American. Our trauma and pain feel unseen and […]
(NY Post) A Brooklyn Muslim cleric who once partnered with New York Mayor Eric Adams on a campaign to end hate is now spreading it by calling for the annihilation of Israel, the Post has learned. Meanwhile, one of his counterparts at […]
(AFP) In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back, after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The […]
(NL Times) The deadly attack in the German city of Solingen, which was claimed by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), “unfortunately also fits into the current threat picture in the Netherlands,” Minister David van Weel (Justice and Security) wrote on X. […]
(Reuters) French police have arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte on Saturday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. About 200 police officers had been hunting for the suspect, Prime Minister […]
(Radio France) French authorities have stepped up security at Jewish institutions and opened a terror investigation after a blazing car exploded outside a synagogue on Saturday in the southern town of La Grande-Motte, injuring a police officer. Local media said two cars, […]
(National-UAE) When a phone rings at a former screw factory in Vienna’s old Jewish quarter, it could be a confused teenager, a hapless teacher — or a chance to stop a terrorist. Austria’s extremism hotline fields hundreds of calls a year from […]
(Hill) Amid reports that the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will refuse demands to feature a Palestinian American speaker at the Chicago convention, Muslim Women for Harris announced that they “cannot in good conscience continue” the organization. “We cannot in good conscience, continue […]
(Hill) A growing number of elected Democrats and activists are calling on the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian to speak on the final night of the DNC. “We cannot ignore the Chicagoland Palestinian community as one […]
(CBC) A meeting between Muslim leaders in Quebec and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planned for this afternoon north of Montreal — weeks ahead of a critical byelection in the city — was cancelled after many of those invited refused to attend, CBC News has learned. “Many members […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result. Congress initiated the probe […]
(Western Standard) Notorious Vancouver-based anti-Israel agitator Charlotte Kates was given a “human rights” award in Iran earlier this month during a trip to Tehran in which she appeared on numerous state broadcasters parroting regime talking points. Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun […]
(Westchester Journal News) The Islamic Center of Rockland is denouncing a recent sermon given by a guest imam that was inflammatory and violent in nature, and riddled with antisemitism. In a video of a sermon given Aug. 9 and shared to the […]
(Jerusalem Post) A controversial Muslim imam, praised by the BBC as a “highly respected” religious leader, has sparked outrage for supporting the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel while also making inflammatory statements in a recent interview. In the interview on BBC […]
(Ynet) Serbian police shot and killed Sanad Ramović, a key figure connected to a crossbow attack outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, during an operation on Saturday night. Ramović, who was associated with the June 29 attack, was located in a village […]
(Free Beacon) Jewish groups condemned the Biden-Harris administration earlier this year for meeting with Michigan activist Osama Siblani, citing his record of anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas remarks. Those concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears at Kamala Harris’s campaign headquarters. Harris campaign […]
(Washington Examiner) Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association […]
(National Post) Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun, appeared on Iranian television to discuss her arrest at the hands of Vancouver police, and reiterated her statements about the “brave, heroic” October 7 terror attack on Israel. Kates, who’s also the coordinator […]
(Washington Examiner) Former President Donald Trump took aim at Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Thursday over the governor’s ties to a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Hitler movie. “He’s praised a Hitler-supporting radical Muslim [imam] named Asad Zaman, […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Harris 2024 campaign has appointed Nasrina Bargzie as a new outreach leader to engage Muslim and Arab voters, according to NBC News on Tuesday. This move has already sparked controversy due to her past statements about Israel and Jewish […]
(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched the […]
(JTA) A French Olympian was suspended by the French Athletics Federation on Wednesday after past social media posts resurfaced in which he supported Hamas and wished suffering upon Zionists. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, France’s minister for sports and the Olympics, confirmed on X that […]
(NBC) Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is hiring Nasrina Bargzie to lead outreach to Muslim and Arab voters, according to a campaign official who first shared details of the plan with NBC News — a move focused on a key constituency that […]
(Washington Examiner) As he campaigned to be Minnesota’s next governor, Tim Walz called a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Adolf Hitler film a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together,” according to footage at a 2018 event […]
(Deutsche Welle) German security officials on Monday said the threat of Islamist terrorism in the country remains high, with several groups seeking to radicalize recruits amid turmoil in the Middle East. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said German intelligence services were in “very […]
(Israel Hayom) A bombshell report by a leading German newspaper has exposed alarming connections between a prominent Islamic leader in Germany and the inner circle of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The revelations, based on an extensive police investigation, detail how the […]
(NBC) Green Party nominee Jill Stein has been recruiting Palestinian Americans to be her vice presidential running mate as the left-wing presidential candidate looks to exploit the community’s frustrations with Democrats’ support for Israel during its war in Gaza. Three potential candidates […]
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