(AP) Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. It’s unclear how many cities will […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Bleuets mosque in Marseille has been given a closure notice from the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, seemingly due to its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. While the Muslim Brotherhood connection was not explicitly stated, both the imam, Smain Bendjilali, and […]
(Jerusalem Post) Palestinian journalist Mustafa Ayash was arrested at Schiphol airport, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported Saturday, citing pro-Palestinian organizations. Mustafa Ayash founded Hamas-affiliated news outlet Gaza Now, which has been sanctioned by both the United States and the United Kingdom for […]
(GB News) Isis has issued a horrific threat to Britain as it urged its followers to attack “Jews, Christians and their allies.” A spokesman for the Islamic State, Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari, encouraged supporters to pursue individuals of the two faiths throughout America, […]
(AFP) France’s interior ministry has ordered prefects to oppose the display of Palestinian flags on town halls and other public buildings next week when Paris is set to formally recognise the Palestinian state. “The principle of neutrality in public service prohibits such […]
(AP) France’s president on Friday welcomed the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of a key Palestinian suspect in a 1982 terror attack in Paris, calling it the result of “excellent cooperation” with the Palestinian Authority. The suspect, Hicham Harb, […]
(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]
(Fox) A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil deported to either Algeria or Syria after ruling he hid information on his U.S. green card application. Judge Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 decision in Louisiana and said that Khalil did not […]
(Fox) Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a […]
(Proto Thema) Even claiming to be a member of ISIS, the 32-year-old Palestinian, now in police custody for the Hymettus arsons and sexual assaults against underage girls and a 58-year-old woman in Aigaleo, made shocking statements. In his testimony to the Arson […]
(JNS) An Amsterdam court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to six months in prison for public violence and attempted aggravated assault during the November 2024 pogrom against Israelis in the Dutch capital. The man, identified only as Mahmoud A. by local media […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]
(Florida’s Voice) Jarvis Kareem El-Amin, vice chairman of the Tampa-based Muslim nonprofit Masjid An Nasr, was terminated by the organization after allegedly making controversial comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s death. The Tampa Bay Young Republicans flagged the comments, prompting Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua […]
(Jerusalem Post) The criminal trial of three French Muslim teenagers who planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgium began on Tuesday, according to French media. Details of the intended attack included blowing up a truck with TATP explosives at the […]
(AFP) An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded. The 26-year-old, only partially named as Sulaiman A. and found to […]
(Algemeiner) A US Army veteran and former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) who has made discredited claims against Israel is scheduled to speak later this week at a conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a nonprofit advocacy […]
(European Conservative) Pro-Palestinian activists preparing for what they describe as the “largest demonstration in Germany” on September 27th in Düsseldorf are promoting travel to the event in gender-segregated buses from Berlin. Several prominent Instagram accounts, including “Freedomaktivist” and “Palestinelobby,” each with tens […]
(European Conservative) A book that has not yet gone on sale is already causing tremors in French politics. It is Les Complices du mal by Franco-Syrian journalist Omar Youssef Souleimane, and will be published in early October. The volume, the result of […]
(Detroit Free Press) The mayor of Dearborn ripped into a resident who objected to the placing of two signs in the city honoring an Arab American leader, telling the resident he’s “not welcome here.” In his fiery remarks at Tuesday’s council meeting […]
(Free Beacon) Shoppers, diners, and commuters in the Dearborn, Mich., area will now head to their favorite hot spot on a street named in honor of Osama Siblani, an Arab-American newspaper publisher who has advocated for Israel’s destruction, praised terror groups like […]
(AFP) Three people have been arrested after an attack on two Jewish tourists in Venice earlier this week, local police said Thursday as Italian politicians strongly condemned the incident. “Two foreign Jewish tourists were surrounded and beaten by a group of 10 […]
(National Post) The Canadian government is “urgently” looking for a way to dissolve the not-for-profit status of Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization that has been [designated] as a terror group, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on social media on Thursday. “It is […]
(Algemeiner) Amid a rising wave of anti-Jewish hate crimes, the German government is pressing the country’s main mosque association over its close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging it to publicly distance itself from his antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. According […]
(Daily Wire) A Democrat running for Senate in Maine will host a fundraiser on September 11 at a Washington, D.C., bar that has allied with Hamas sympathizers. Graham Platner, a 40-year-old Marine and Army veteran seeking to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins, […]
(AFP) A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for killing three people and wounding eight in an Islamist-motivated stabbing spree at a summer festival in Germany last year. Issa Al Hasan, 27, was a member of the Islamic State […]
(Jewish Onliner) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running what he termed “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives in public schools, following investigative reports that exposed controversial lesson plans […]
(Euronews) The World Health Organization and several international NGOs have raised the alarm on the need to evacuate sick and injured children from Gaza. But some governments refuse to welcome patients from the Strip out of fear of repercussions to their security […]
(NY Post) A terminally ill 9/11 hero and his first-responder wife on Tuesday slammed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for associating with vile left-wing influencer Hasan Piker, who once said “America deserved” the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. “How can you hang […]
(Free Beacon) Northwestern University describes journalism professor Ibrahim Abusharif as a “former book publisher” who “has been involved in projects to translate — from Arabic into English — the Quran.” It does not give examples of those projects, perhaps because they include […]
(European Conservative) Since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the climate for Jews in Germany has changed dramatically. Many report that they no longer feel safe, neither on the streets nor in educational institutions. Jewish families in Germany […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Tuesday petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives inside the country’s public schools. CAIR, whose leaders celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror […]
(Algemeiner) The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal system to arrest and prosecute Israelis for alleged crimes. Today, the HRF is […]
(Jewish Onliner) Amy Mek, founder and editor-in-chief of the RAIR Foundation, broke a story on Sunday exposing what she characterizes as “Sharia patrol” activities emerging in Houston, Texas. The investigation centers on Masjid At-Tawhid, a mosque located in Houston’s Fifth Ward, and […]
(Toronto Sun) With anti-Israel activism within Canada showing no sign of diminishing, one group is urging the government to close loopholes in Canada’s terror laws. In a new initiative, Canadian Women Against Antisemitism (CWAA) want sections of the Criminal Code of Canada […]
(Media Line) The Hamas terrorist network in the United States has spent more than two decades working to infiltrate America’s media and college campuses. The goal: to hijack the narrative and secure unintentional support for terrorism from the broader public. According to […]
(Jewish News) The chief rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move. His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual […]
(Western Standard) Cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia insists she had no correspondence with the Muslim Association of Canada, despite being photographed at the group’s June 6 conference where its chair accused Israel of committing genocide. “No records exist,” Amira Elghawaby’s […]
(AFP) French authorities have detained a 17-year-old on suspicion of plotting attacks against embassies or official buildings, sources close to the investigation told AFP on Saturday. The teen was formally put under investigation and locked up on Friday, they said, confirming information […]
(National-UAE) The Reform UK party will ban the Muslim Brotherhood if it is voted into power in the next general election, its leader Nigel Farage has said. The UK has so far stopped short of following the example of countries such as […]
(National-UAE) An official definition of Islamophobia would present a risk to free speech, and plans to introduce one should be ditched, the UK government’s adviser on terror laws has said. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said a definition would […]
(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]
(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]
(Toronto Sun) Canada’s “open and accessible” financial sector is vulnerable to terror groups looking to finance their overseas operations, a new government report details. The report, entitled 2025 Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Canada, was quietly released by […]
(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing a GOP-led censure resolution on Wednesday after her fiery remarks at a pro-Palestinian conference. Tlaib spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit over the weekend, when she condemned both Democrats and Republicans for […]
(JNS) The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, which is part of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, plans to hold a Sept. 10 hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools. The hearing will “focus more broadly on trends […]
(NY Post) Sen. Tom Cotton has sent a dire letter to FBI Director Kash Patel and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, urging an investigation into alleged Iranian spies that could be operating within the US intelligence community, the Post has exclusively learned. The […]
(Breitbart) Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is flagging the FBI on what he describes as the “dangerous” and “almost certainly illegal” activities of the controversial Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Breitbart News first learned exclusively. In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel dated September […]
(JNS) A hospital in Belgium defended on Tuesday a physician who had last week identified in medical papers a patient as Jewish, but suspended him over antisemitic cartoons posted on his social-media account in 2023. The physician was identified as Dr. Qasim […]
(KPHO) Four Muslim women are suing, among others, the Arizona State University police officers accused of forcefully removing their hijabs when they were arrested on criminal trespassing charges on the Tempe campus. It happened in April 2024 when dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors […]
(Editors) It’s close, but Muslims in New York may now outnumber Jews. It’s a demographic race with political implications. Analysts trying to understand why Canada, Britain, and France are moving to recognize a Palestinian state have pointed to demographic shifts and growing […]
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