(Middle East Eye) A prominent French pro-Palestine activist has been handed a five-month suspended jail sentence for calling for an “intifada in Paris” during a protest earlier this year. Following a trial that began on 23 October, Elias d’Imzalene was sentenced and […]
(Iran International) On Friday, the Times revealed that police in London and the Charity Commission are investigating Dar Alhekma Trust (DAT), a charity with alleged links to Iran. The investigation, led by a national unit focused on terrorist financing, follows a dossier […]
(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry Minister Amichai Chikli escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Thursday, exposing the organization’s alleged ties to Hamas and sharing a damning quote from its executive director, Nihad Awad, about […]
(Canadian Press) A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City has been transferred to a provincial detention centre in Montreal from Rimouski, Que. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who appeared in Quebec Superior Court this […]
(Algemeiner) The Jewish community in France has lambasted a European Union lawmaker for arguing that French-Palestinians must be able to join the “Palestinian armed resistance” if their French-Israeli counterparts are allowed to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Rima Hassan, a […]
(BBC) A self-styled “keyboard warrior” and Hamas supporter who threatened Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with a knife emoji on social media has been jailed for a year. Mohammed Nafees Ahmed, 32, from Tipton, near Birmingham, had previously appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
(Brussels Times) Federal migration centre Myria has called on the government to stop revoking the Belgian nationality of children of Palestinian descent born in Belgium. This request follows a report published on Thursday by the national migration centre. Since the summer of […]
(Washington Post) A Virginia college student has been charged with a weapon-of-mass-destruction offense, and federal prosecutors said he plotted an attack on Israel’s general consulate in New York using a bomb, assault rifle or suicide vest. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, a […]
(Daily Caller) A slate of Democratic senators are pressing President Joe Biden to give extra deportation protections to Palestinians before he leaves office, but border hawks say such a move comes with blatant national security risks. Democrats penned a letter to the […]
(National Post) Two Jewish groups are calling on organizers of a large Islamic conference scheduled for downtown Toronto this weekend to cancel two planned speakers, citing previous statements deemed antisemitic. Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) is an annual convention that, over two […]
(Swiss Info) Swiss lawmakers want to ban the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah in addition to the Palestinian organisation Hamas. After the Senate, the House of Representatives also voted on this measure on Tuesday. It adopted a corresponding motion from its Security Policy […]
(NL Times) The risk of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands remains “substantial,” the fourth most severe threat level out of five, according to the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). There is a “realistic” possibility of an attack, particularly because […]
(Free Beacon) Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi, who came under fire over his links to anti-Israel and anti-police groups, lashed out at “dark money” forces and some Senate Democrats on Monday, his first remarks following the collapse of his nomination to serve […]
(JNS) A Dutch court will need to determine if it’s illegal to discuss antisemitism in the context of Muslim culture, following an appeal by a deputy prime minister regarding hate crime allegations leveled against her. Mona Keijzer, who is also the minister […]
(Dutch News) Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema has spoken out about anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in a wide-ranging interview with the Volkskrant, in which she reflected on a turbulent year in the capital’s history. Halsema said she is “worried about human rights and […]
(AP) Two men, including a dual Iranian American citizen, have been charged with conspiring to export sensitive technology to Iran that was used in a drone attack in Jordan that killed three American troops early this year and injured dozens of other […]
(JNS) The White House’s first-ever “U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate,” which the Biden administration announced on Thursday, runs for 67 pages. It features “more than 100 executive branch actions and more than 100 calls to action to every […]
(Jerusalem Post) British Muslim influencer Mohammed Hijab, known for his anti-Israel political activism, is suing Zionist political commentator Douglas Murray for defamation, a Thursday report from the Jewish Chronicle revealed. The cause for Hijab’s lawsuit is a column piece penned by Murray […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was operating its website with the help of German and Canadian servers until mid-October 2024, German public broadcaster BR24 revealed following an investigation. An IT expert confirmed the findings. According to […]
(AP) The White House on Thursday announced what it called the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia, detailing more than 100 steps federal officials are taking to curb hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans. The proposal follows a […]
(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded eight months in prison against a suspect who allegedly spoke about a “Jew hunt” while attacking Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in Amsterdam following a match against Ajax on November 7. Another suspect who shared […]
(NL Times) The first day of trials against a group of five suspects accused of violence in Amsterdam around the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match on November 7 began on Wednesday, largely with claims of innocence. Several of the suspects faced allegations […]
(CBC) In two reports on antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada, Liberal and NDP MPs on the House of Commons justice committee said Ottawa should take steps to keep student protest encampments off university grounds, criminally ban the display of terrorist emblems and recognize […]
(Swiss Info) Does it harm Switzerland’s good offices if it bans Palestinian militant group Hamas? Parliament has been debating this for years. Now the arguments in favour of a ban have won. Until now, Switzerland has deliberately exercised restraint in banning terrorist […]
(Swiss Info) Hamas will become a banned group in Switzerland for five years. After the Senate, the House of Representatives accepted a government proposal drawn up after the attack by the Islamist group on October 7, 2023. The House of Representatives accepted […]
(Free Beacon) When police searched the home of two Students for Justice in Palestine leaders, a pair of sisters at George Mason University, their allies painted a sympathetic picture. The students were targeted, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), for […]
(NY Post) An Israeli-American man was mowed down by an enraged Palestinian man outside a California [club] in a terrifying act of hate, police said. Roy Gross, 28, was out partying with three friends in Laguna Beach when they got into a […]
(CBC) Nearly a year before a Pakistani man hit the road in the Toronto area — allegedly headed to New York to kill “as many Jewish people as possible” in an ISIS-inspired mass shooting — his Facebook profile caught the eye of […]
(AFP) Three young suspected Islamic extremists have been charged with terror offences in France over an alleged bomb plot, prosecutors said on Sunday. The three men aged between 19 and 20 are thought to have become radicalised while watching extremist videos online […]
(Canadian Press) A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City is being held in a detention centre hundreds of kilometres from Montreal, where he says the French-speaking guards don’t understand him. Muhammad Shahzeb […]
(Jewish News) Labour has been urged to investigate the conduct of the MP Kim Johnson after she promoted the activities of Islamist advocacy group CAGE on social media. Last weekend the firebrand MP also sparked further communal anger when she told a […]
(AP) German authorities have arrested a Lebanese man accused of being a member of Hezbollah and working for groups controlled by the Lebanese terror organization in Germany. Federal prosecutors say the suspect, identified only as Fadel R. in line with German privacy […]
(CBC) A 16-year-old boy accused alongside another teen of plotting to attack Jewish people in Ottawa last fall — possibly by detonating an explosive device at a pro-Israel rally on Parliament Hill — has been denied bail. The decision came this week […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government has rejected demands from two parliamentary security policy commissions to ban Hezbollah. The group does not meet the same conditions as Hamas, the Federal Council says. Hezbollah should be put on the same footing as Hamas, according […]
(NL Times) Riots in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district that culminated in multiple assaults and a tram being set ablaze were announced on social media the night before, district sources told the Telegraaf. The violent incidents on November 11 involved hundreds of youths who […]
(NY Post) A Jordanian migrant was busted trying to illegally cross the northern border earlier this month — and the feds believe he’s a terrorist. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents […]
(Mediaite) A Republican running for a congressional seat that will soon be vacant appeared to threaten Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib by telling them they should consider quitting Congress, adding, “#BombsAway.” Florida state Sen. Randy Fine is running in Florida’s Sixth […]
(Brussels Times) Antwerp police are considering monitoring the Jewish neighbourhood in the city with smart cameras to detect violent anti-Semitic incidents in advance. The Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and Israel’s subsequent criticised military offensive against the Gaza Strip, and later […]
(NL Times) Activist Mohammed Khatib of the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun will speak via a video link at a protest in Wageningen on Friday. The Netherlands denied Khatib access to the country last month when he was invited by Radboud University employees to […]
(DPA) The German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday brought charges against four alleged members of Hamas, arrested late last year, for membership in a foreign terrorist organization. The office in the western city of Karlsruhe said they have been active for […]
(AFP) France’s justice minister said on Monday that he was “resolutely opposed” to a bill aimed at removing “apology for terrorism” from the criminal code, a move that has attracted condemnation across the political spectrum. The hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) proposal aims […]
(NY Post) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will be forced to open its books and reveal its sources of funding after a defamation suit it filed against a former employee completely backfired. US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled Monday that CAIR’s […]
(Al-Jazeera) United States President-elect Donald Trump is encouraging a Florida legislator who celebrated the killing of an American citizen by the Israeli military to run for Congress. Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that if State Senator Randy Fine […]
(National-UAE) President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sebastian Gorka, a staunch defender of his so-called Muslim ban who has said there is [no] such thing as Palestine, to be his counter-terrorism chief at the National Security Council. Mr Trump called Mr Gorka “a […]
(Free Beacon) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has abandoned hopes of confirming Third Circuit Appeals Court nominee Adeel Mangi, whom some Senate Democrats opposed over links to anti-police groups uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon. Schumer struck a deal Thursday with Republicans […]
(Global News) Another senior member of the Iranian regime has been found living in Canada, bringing the number to 16, according to immigration officials. The Canada Border Services Agency also said it had sent one more of the alleged officials to the […]
(Global News) Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler says an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate him should serve as a “wake-up call” for democracies around the world to combat transnational repression and violence by Iran and other hostile actors. In an interview […]
(AP) The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political […]
(Jewish News) The Metropolitan Police has confirmed a review will take place over a decision not to treat an imam’s public prayer to “curse the Jews” and “ruin their houses” as a crime. Footage of the sermon, given by a preacher at […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of a motion calling to close mosques that preach the destruction of Israel, the House revealed on Tuesday. The plenary comes amid significant debate among Dutch officials and lawmakers following the violent […]
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