(Jewish News) A Redbridge councillor has posted highly inflammatory messages on social media, including a call for terror group Hezbollah to get “more powerful rockets to do maximum damage to the Zionist” along with an apparent racist jibe at a black US […]
(Cyprus Mail) Six Syrians suspected of financing terrorism have allegedly orchestrated the transfer of hundreds of thousands of euros, it emerged on Friday. Investigation into the matter by the republic’s authorities is ongoing, following the release and re-detention of a number of […]
(NY Post) The anti-Israel agitator who wore a Hezbollah t-shirt and a mask while threatening a Jewish man on a Manhattan train was slapped with a hate crime charge on Wednesday, police said. Christopher Husary, 37, was charged with an attempted hate […]
(Politico) Donald Trump made an appeal to Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan on Friday, leveraging the ongoing war in the Middle East and his increasingly inflammatory rhetoric against Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney in an attempt to garner support from the […]
(Detroit Free Press) Donald Trump met with Arab American supporters Friday afternoon at a halal cafe in Dearborn, vowing to bring peace to the Middle East if he’s elected, and repeatedly criticizing Liz Cheney. “You’re going to have peace in the Middle […]
(Iran International) Germany’s intelligence services are investigating alleged espionage activities involving 700 people linked to the Iranian state-run Al-Mustafa Institute in Berlin, according to the Bild newspaper. The report coincides with diplomatic tensions between Berlin and Tehran, following the execution of German-Iranian […]
(National Post) United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has withdrawn from a Montreal conference featuring Charlotte Kates, the founder of Samidoun, a designated terror group. An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” […]
(NBC) Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Over the last […]
(National Post) Francesca Albanese, the embattled United Nations special rapporteur overseeing the Palestinian territories, is set to headline a Montreal event featuring Charlotte Kates, a leader of Samidoun, a designated terror group. The inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” conference will be held on […]
(AP) Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite. On one side were Kamala Harris’ top emissaries to the Arab American community. On […]
(Philenews) Cypriot authorities are grappling with a complex and potentially far-reaching investigation tied to the Middle East and terrorism, which has come to light this month. This inquiry, spearheaded by the republic’s intelligence service and the Police Counter-Terrorism Office, is now under […]
(Politico) Kamala Harris’ campaign is facing deep skepticism from Arab American voters in Michigan, many of whom are appalled by President Joe Biden’s handling of the war in the Middle East and remain undecided about whether to back a candidate who supports […]
(Washington Examiner) A coalition of pro-Israel watchdogs is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to sanction a network of groups that the coalition warns are fronts for Palestinian terrorist factions, according to a letter. The letter, sent on Wednesday to the Treasury Department and […]
(Swiss Info) A Swiss parliamentary committee has voted in favour of banning both Hamas and Lebanon’s militia Hezbollah in Switzerland. The Security Policy Committee of the Swiss House of Representatives, along with its counterpart in the Senate, voted 20 to 2, with […]
(Patch) Several New Jersey residents have been linked to a “persistent terror threat” to America from foreign jihadist networks and home-grown violent extremists, according to a new U.S. House report. The House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence released a “Terror […]
(Sky News) Islamist terrorism may get a “further boost” from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned. Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed […]
(AP) Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation’s only Muslim-majority cities on Friday as the dueling presidential contenders fought for a small but pivotal bloc of Arab […]
(AP) The Biden administration on Thursday announced temporary legal status for Lebanese citizens already in the United States, likely pleasing some Arab voters, including in the battleground state of Michigan. The announcement, together with an earlier offer in July, brings the number […]
(Jewish News) Police have interviewed two people under caution who are alleged to have been holding placards showing support for the proscribed Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah at a pro-Palestine demo in London earlier this month. Earlier this month Jewish News exclusively revealed […]
(Politico) Some European Union countries, led by Italy, are pushing to normalize ties with Syria in order to facilitate deportations of migrants as mainstream leaders look to replicate anti-immigrant far-right parties’ surging popularity across the continent. “It is necessary to review the […]
(Toronto Sun) Wednesday’s joint declaration of Vancouver-based Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist entity by both Canada and the United States was a long time coming, says one prominent terror watchdog. Gerald Steinberg, president of the Jerusalem-based research institute NGO […]
(AFP) A Syrian man went on trial in Germany Tuesday accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for Hezbollah on the side of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The defendant, identified by the court in Stuttgart only as 32-year-old Ammar […]
(National Post) Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization, has been designated as a terror group in both Canada and the United States. “The listing of Samidoun as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code sends a strong message that Canada will not tolerate […]
(National-UAE) Iran has turned to gang criminals in Germany to help it pursue and threaten regime critics living abroad, a spy chief said on Monday. Thomas Haldenwang, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, named Iran and Turkey as two of four […]
(LBC) “Jaw-dropping” footage shows that Met Police officers working at a recent London march were unaware that Hezbollah is a proscribed terrorist group. The officers, who were policing a march in central London last month, told a concerned bystander who informed them […]
(National Post) After Samidoun was roundly condemned for chanting “death to Canada” at a Vancouver rally celebrating the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks, the anti-Israel group has doubled down on the slogan, saying it’s an accurate representation of what […]
(NY Post) Iranian operatives in the US fund and fuel hate on campus and spread propaganda across the country — and even get face time with friendly American elected officials, according to an alarming new report on extremism by George Washington University […]
(Swiss Info) A Senate committee in Switzerland wants to ban Lebanon’s militia Hezbollah. The committee tabled a motion to that end with 10 votes in favor and three abstentions, parliamentary services reported on Friday. The Senate’s security policy committee believes the situation […]
(Global News) It has been more than five months since an activist was arrested over incendiary comments praising Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel at a pro-Palestinian protest in Vancouver earlier this year. The province’s prosecution service is now facing questions about why […]
(AP) The attempted murder trial of the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on hold Friday while judges consider a request to move it to another county. Jury selection had been scheduled to […]
(Canadian Press) Vancouver Police say they are conducting an investigation into a pro-Palestinian protest marking the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel where they say speakers expressed “solidarity with terrorist groups.” Police said in a statement Tuesday that they […]
(Jewish News) Protesters attending Saturday’s pro-Palestine demo in central London openly displayed placards expressing support for the proscribed terror group Hezbollah, Jewish News can reveal. A group of female attendees assembled across the road from Russell Square tube station, where the march […]
(CNN) In a side room backstage at a Friday campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, Arab American advocates asked Vice President Kamala Harris to break from President Joe Biden’s Israel policy and push harder for an end to the war in Gaza. The […]
(AFP) Germany’s domestic intelligence chief warned Friday that the anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel could be a “trigger event” for unrest. Next Monday marks one year since the attack by the Palestinian Islamist militant group that sparked […]
(Toronto Sun) Two GTA men face hate crime charges after allegedly waving flags belonging to a terror group at last week’s Toronto anti-Israel protest. According to Toronto Police, two men were spotted waving flags belonging to Hezbollah, a Lebanese terror organization currently […]
(VOA) Major Muslim and Arab American organizations and pro-Palestinian activist groups say they were excluded from Vice President Kamala Harris’ office’s outreach to community leaders on the administration’s efforts to contain the widening conflict in the Middle East. The White House said […]
(Global News) An extremist attack targeting Canada’s Jewish community is a “realistic possibility,” according to intelligence documents obtained by Global News that warn of “escalating antisemitic activity.” Released almost a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered an Israeli military […]
(DPA) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser expressed her dismay on Wednesday over reports that some people in Germany had celebrated Iran’s missile attack on Israel. Faeser said the scenes made her sad and angry. Cheers had reportedly broken out at a pro-Palestinian […]
(Free Beacon) A Michigan activist courted by Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign to shore up support from Muslim voters in the battleground state hailed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a “hero” at a rally last week, days before the terrorist was assassinated […]
(Breitbart) A memorial service for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Michigan featured praise for prominent terror figures as well as denunciations of the United States’ “terrorism.” On Saturday, a memorial service for slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah took place at the Hadi […]
(AP) The rapidly escalating war in the Middle East has heightened anger at Democrats from within Michigan’s Arab American community, just over a month before a presidential election in which Vice President Kamala Harris is counting on support from within a key […]
(Fox) An anti-Israel protester in New York City was seen holding a sign supporting the Hezbollah terror group during a rally as world leaders convened at the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan. In footage captured by FNTV, a masked and hooded […]
(AP) Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the endorsement of one of the nation’s largest Muslim American voter mobilization groups, marking a significant boost to her campaign since many Muslim and Arab American organizations have opted to support third-party candidates or not […]
(JNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which blamed the Jewish state for being attacked on Oct. 7 and which the White House removed from its national strategy on Jew-hatred, called on Sunday for the Biden administration to fire Deborah Lipstadt as U.S. […]
(Ynet) Popular Palestinian shawarma restaurant King of Falafel and Shawarma located in New York is asking diners to step on a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they enter. The eatery’s owner placed images of political leaders including Netanyahu and U.S. […]
(NBC) Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.” The […]
(Iran International) An alleged representative of Iran’s supreme leader in Germany has been deported, the local interior ministry said, as part of a crackdown on institutions linked to the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, was […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(DPA) Five weeks after the ban on the Hamburg Islamic Centre (IZH), which was classified as extremist, its former head must now leave Germany. The Hamburg Interior Authority issued a deportation order to 57-year-old Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh this week, a spokeswoman in […]
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