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50 peers accuse the IHRC charity of ‘primitive and dangerous antisemitism’ Top peers from across all parties have responded to claims made by the pro-Iran IHRC that 'Zionist financiers abroad' fuelled UK far-right riots

August 9, 2024 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) A letter signed by 50 senior peers has accused the Islamic Human Rights Commission of “primitive, dangerous and disgraceful antisemitism” after the charity’s chair blamed “Zionist financiers abroad” for the far-right riots in the UK. The peers — who included Lord Finkelstein, […]

Rashida Tlaib shares fake poll claiming half of Israelis support rape of terrorists Noura Erakat admitted to posting fake news about Israeli public opinion on rape, which was shared by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.

August 8, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib reposted on Wednesday a doctored poll claiming that 47% of Israelis believe IDF soldiers have a right to rape Palestinians. It was tweeted by Noura Erakat, who later admitted on X that it was fake. Erakat […]

German security authorities on high alert amid Middle East tensions

August 8, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that security authorities in the country are on high alert due to the tense situation in the Middle East. “We are monitoring very closely how possible further escalations will affect the security situation in Germany,” […]

Unsealed documents reveal past of Edmonton terror convict

August 8, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) An Edmonton gas station employee convicted in the U.K. of a terrorism offence came to the attention of the RCMP after returning to Canada from Lebanon in 2017, records obtained by Global News reveal. The unsealed court documents show that […]

Tim Walz cozied up to anti-Semitic terror defender at 2019 CAIR event, photos show Hatem Bazian has for years defended anti-Israel terrorism

August 7, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz spoke at an event for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2019, where he rubbed shoulders with an anti-Semitic scholar behind much of the Hamas propaganda on college campuses in the wake of Oct. […]

Row over Tory MP’s ‘Allahu Akbar’ arrest call

August 7, 2024 Sam Francis

(BBC) Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has defended himself after being accused of Islamophobia for saying police should have “immediately arrested” any protesters shouting “Allahu Akbar” during last year’s Gaza ceasefire protests. Speaking on Sky News, the Tory leadership candidate accused police of […]

Congress plots bipartisan probe of terror-tied app Telegram Encrypted messaging service used to disseminate official Hamas statements and propaganda videos

August 6, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) House lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would compel the Biden-Harris administration to document and assess all terrorism threats to the United States that are disseminated through foreign messaging apps such as Telegram, according to a copy of the […]

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says mix of ideologies promoting violence behind rise in terror threat level

August 5, 2024 Paul Johnson

(ABC-Australia) ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says Australia’s terror-level threat has been raised to “probable” due to a rising mix of ideologies where more people think “violence is permissible.” Mr Burgess had earlier on Monday joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark […]

ASIO lifts terror threat level to ‘probable’ amid heightened tensions over war in Gaza

August 5, 2024 Andrew Greene and Jake Evans

(ABC-Australia) Australia’s official terror alert level has been raised to “probable” amid heightened community tensions over the war in Gaza. Security authorities believe the chances of a violent extremist act are now more likely than when authorities lowered the alert level to […]

UK news outlet cuts live feed after reporter is surrounded by masked men shouting ‘Free Palestine’ Rioters attacked a hotel in northern England being used as accommodation for asylum seekers after three girls were killed in a stabbing spree in Southport last week

August 5, 2024 Kristine Parks

(Fox) U.K.-based Sky News cut off its live feed after a group of masked men shouting profanities and “Free Palestine” interrupted its live report. Sky News correspondent Becky Johnson was reporting on the unrest in Birmingham, England, where crowds of Muslim men […]

Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely

August 5, 2024 John Leicester

(AP) They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to […]

Anjem Choudary’s right-hand man receives £1.3k compensation after complaining about prison strip search he described as ‘human rights abuse’ Mizanur Rahman described the search as 'torture' and a 'human rights abuse'

August 4, 2024 George Bunn

(GB News) An associate of Anjem Choudary received £1,300 in compensation after he complained about a prison strip search. Convicted terrorist Mizanur Rahman, 41, accepted an out-of-court settlement over the incident at Belmarsh prison that he described as being tantamount to “human […]

US candidate Jill Stein considering vocal Palestine advocates for VP spot Shortlist of running mates for Green Party candidate includes two Arab Americans from the swing state of Michigan.

August 3, 2024 Ali Harb

(Al-Jazeera) United States Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is considering three Palestinian rights advocates, including two Arab Americans, to be her running mate in the elections, her campaign has confirmed. The vice president announcement will be made during a livestream rally […]

‘Hamas truck’ with bloody red hands, bullet holes and fake ‘Oh Gaza’ plates terrorizes Jewish neighborhood

August 3, 2024 Rich Calder

(NY Post) It’s hate on wheels. Residents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are aghast over a souped-up Ford F-150 that rolled into the Jewish neighborhood and hipster haven a few months ago, delivering a menacing antisemitic message dripping in blood. The black pickup truck […]

Iran masterminded anti-Israel protest in Canadian university

August 2, 2024 Negar Mojtahedi

(Iran International) Iran was behind the anti-Israel protests on at least one Canadian university in an attempt to undermine Western support for Israel and fuel divisiveness on Canadian soil, sources combating digital disinformation told Iran International. Cyber security company XPOZ, through the […]

Black Muslim group endorses Harris after its ‘uncommitted’ stance on Biden The Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund had withheld its support for Biden over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

August 1, 2024 Yamiche Alcindor

(NBC) A national Muslim organization that had declared itself “uncommitted” on President Joe Biden’s re-election bid is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy. Salima Suswell, the founder and chief executive of the Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund, first shared the group’s decision with […]

Director of Maryland’s Council on American-Islamic Relations not on hate crime prevention commission

July 31, 2024 Barry Simms

(WBAL) Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the names of 15 people appointed to the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention. Brown said the commission’s goals are to combat hate, address underreported incidents and provide guidance and policy recommendations. But the […]

Hamas flag-wielding anti-Israel protesters show off portrait of killed terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in shocking Times Square rally

July 31, 2024 Marie Pohl and David Propper

(NY Post) Anti-Israel protesters held up a portrait of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and waved a pro-terror flag during a shocking demonstration in Times Square on Wednesday afternoon. The hateful mob chanted “Free Palestine” while one protester held up a flag representing Hamas. […]

Kamala’s natsec adviser probed over ties to Iranian influence network 'The Biden-Harris Administration is no stranger to Iran accommodators, appeasers, and accomplices,' Cotton and Stefanik write

July 31, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched a probe into Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser over his ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. In a Wednesday […]

CAIR leader mourns Hamas head Haniyeh: ‘His martyrdom is not in vain’ Terror group's leader attended Iranian president's inauguration, where chants of 'death to Israel' and 'death to America' rang out, shortly before his death

July 31, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) San Francisco branch, mourned the death of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, portraying the terrorist as a martyr before calling for Israel’s eradication. “Never say that those martyred in the […]

Rashida Tlaib lambasts ‘genocidal’ Israeli officials for killing Hezbollah commander after silence on Golan attack

July 31, 2024 Corey Walker

(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) lambasted Israeli officials as “genocidal” for targeting a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, despite remaining silent just days earlier when Hezbollah killed 12 children in a rocket attack on northern Israel. “This is exactly what the […]

Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn

July 31, 2024 Steve Swann

(BBC) The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been,” according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is […]

3 Palestinian terror suspects caught after crossing border illegally as overwhelmed agents warn: ‘I probably let terrorists in’

July 28, 2024 Jennie Taer

(NY Post) Border agents detained three Palestinian migrants who illegally crossed the southern border after they were found to have possible ties to terrorist organizations earlier this month, according to sources. One of the migrants had “salacious photos” on their phone — […]

Independent MP recorded telling Muslim male voters they had ‘duty’ to vote for him Iqbal Mohamed, who won in Dewsbury & Batley, denies breaching strict rules on improper religious interference at the general election

July 28, 2024 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) A newly elected Muslim independent MP has been recorded telling people to “follow the teachings of the prophet” and vote for him, days before the general election. Iqbal Mohamed, who won in Dewsbury & Batley, and faced claims that his […]

Muslim family slammed for flying Taliban flag outside their NYC home: ‘Terrorist supporters’

July 27, 2024 Rich Calder and Matthew Sedacca

(NY Post) A Muslim family came under fire this week for brazenly hoisting a Taliban flag outside their Brooklyn home — only to remove the terror symbol after being called out by a local pol and grilled about it by the Post. […]

FM says ‘Iranian terrorist proxies’ might attack Israeli athletes, tourists in Paris Katz thanks France for ‘unprecedented’ measures to protect delegation to Olympics; hackers say they posted personal info of athletes, claiming they are covert IDF agents

July 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a letter to his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné on Thursday, warning him of an Iranian-backed plot to attack Israeli tourists and athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “There are those who seek to undermine […]

Ex-Islamic State fighter remains silent in German attack plan trial

July 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A former fighter for the terrorist militia Islamic State has been back in a German court since Thursday around nine months after his re-arrest. The 30-year-old is accused of having planned an “Islamist-motivated attack” on a pro-Israel demonstration last year. According […]

Arab leaders urge Netanyahu’s arrest, while Hamas leader called real war criminal

July 24, 2024 Hannah Mackay

(Detroit News) Detroit-area Arab and Muslim community leaders condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress, while some said it’s too early to declare support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential front-runner. Arab and Muslim […]

Montreal electronic traffic signs altered to display pro-Palestinian slogans Pro-Palestinian slogans on Montreal traffic signs

July 24, 2024 Joe Bongiorno

(Canadian Press) Montreal police are investigating after electronic message boards at two road construction sites in Montreal displayed pro-Palestinian political slogans Wednesday morning instead of usual traffic alerts. The message boards that normally advise motorists of roadwork were tampered with to display […]

U.S. senators sound alarm over Canada’s acceptance of Gaza refugees U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio warned that Canada's initiative could give Palestinians with ties to terror groups easy access to the United States

July 24, 2024 Bryan Passifiume

(National Post) Canada’s acceptance of Palestinian refugees from Gaza is setting off alarm bells south of the border. In a letter Wednesday to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed concern over the program, which he […]

Anti-Israel agitators burn American flags, accuse Netanyahu of being ‘war criminal’ as he addresses Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking before Congress

July 24, 2024 Danielle Wallace and Brie Stimson

(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]

Pennsylvania rep met with Hamas supporters before boycotting Bibi’s speech CAIR's executive director said he was 'happy to see' Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7

July 24, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean (Pa.) met with the pro-Hamas advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, before announcing her boycott of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress, she said Wednesday. In an interview on CNN, Dean said […]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib holds up ‘war criminal’ sign during Israeli prime minister’s speech

July 24, 2024 Melissa Nann Burke

(Detroit News) Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, held up a sign saying “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide” Wednesday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to lawmakers, during which he delivered a fiery […]

Tlaib: Congressional invitation to Netanyahu ‘utterly disgraceful’

July 24, 2024 Lauren Irwin

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday called it “utterly disgraceful” that Congress has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address it Wednesday. “Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in the […]

Fake video of threat to Olympic Games appears to be from Russia, researchers say Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center, which reviewed the video at NBC News’ request, said it appears to have come from a known Russian disinformation group.

July 23, 2024 Brandy Zadrozny

(NBC) A video spreading on X and Telegram of a man purporting to be a Hamas fighter threatening the Olympics in Paris is part of a Russian-linked disinformation campaign meant to disrupt the event, according to researchers at Microsoft. On Telegram, Hamas […]

Arab Americans ‘thrilled’ Biden stepping down, but want new Gaza policy

July 22, 2024 Niraj Warikoo

(Detroit Free Press) Arab American advocates in metro Detroit are relieved President Joe Biden announced Sunday he’s stepping down as the Democratic Party nominee, blaming him for a war in Gaza that has resulted in thousands of deaths. And now, they’re hoping […]

Canadian citizen attempts terror stabbing at moshav near Gaza, is shot dead IDF notes attacker arrived at Netiv Ha’asara through Israel, not from the Strip; witnesses report assailant shouted in English, ‘You’re murdering people in Gaza!’

July 22, 2024 Emanuel Fabian

(Times of Israel) A Canadian man attempted a terror stabbing on Monday morning at the entrance to Netiv Ha’asara, a moshav in southern Israel close to the Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces said, adding that the assailant was shot and killed. […]

Harrow GP who led banned Islamist group has work suspension overturned Lawyers for Dr Wahid Shaida, former UK head of Hizb ut-Tahrir, called the decision by NHS England a 'significant triumph'

July 22, 2024 Michelle Rosenberg

(Jewish News) The NHS has overturned the suspension of a Harrow GP who headed the UK branch of recently banned Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, leaving him free to resume his practice as a GP. Dr Wahid Shaida, who also uses the name […]

France to give 24-hour protection to Israeli Olympics team amid Gaza tensions

July 22, 2024 John Irish and Tassilo Hummel

(Reuters) Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns and […]

‘We will repeat Munich 1972’: Israeli Olympic athletes threatened ahead of Paris Games Though Israeli security officials say threats generated by bots and are not of real concern, country’s Olympic Committee remains on alert

July 21, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Israel’s Olympic athletes have been receiving threatening messages by email and phone in the last week, according to Hebrew media reports over the weekend. The first messages were sent to 15 athletes’ emails, and were signed by an entity […]

French police arrest knife-wielding assailant on terrorism charges

July 19, 2024 Dominique Vidalon

(Reuters) French police arrested on Friday a man on terrorism charges accused of trying to murder a taxi driver with a knife while expressing support for Palestinian militant group Hamas, a source at the terrorism prosecutor’s office said. France is on its […]

Is Islamist radicalization returning to the Western Balkans? The recent crossbow attack on a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade has stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could trigger a wave of radicalization in the region. Are these fears justified?

July 19, 2024 Claudia Mende

(Deutsche Welle) The Islam practiced in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sandzak region in southwestern Serbia is considered open-minded and tolerant. For centuries, Sunni Muslims have lived their own form of a European Islam here alongside Christians and Jews. Since the 1990s, however, this […]

Jordan summons Dutch ambassador over ‘racist’ Wilders social media post

July 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Jordan has summoned the Dutch ambassador on Thursday to explain a “racist” post by PVV leader Geert Wilders on X earlier in the evening. Wilders wrote that Jordan is “the only real” Palestinian state, responding to the news that the […]

PFLP-affiliated NGO leader ‘extremist hate preacher’ may be kicked out of Belgium 'The asylum procedure is for those fleeing war or unjust persecution. There is no place for people who pose a danger to society,' said Belgian immigration minister.

July 18, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) A leader in an NGO affiliated with a Palestinian terrorist group may have his refuge[e] status in Belgium revoked over his extremist activism, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said in a statement on Tuesday. Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib […]

Paris Olympics faces twin terror threats of ISIS and teenage extremists Games will feature vast security operation to keep 15 million visitors safe as radicalisation spreads, not least though short viral videos

July 18, 2024 Tariq Tahir

(National-UAE) Paris is facing the threat of terrorist attacks during the Olympics from a branch of ISIS resurgent in Afghanistan as well as teenagers radicalised on social media, experts have told the National. A major security operation is under way in France […]

Spain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel

July 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, […]

Muslim feminists denounce Islamist patriarchy at Beverly Hills event 'The problem is going to continue as long as we have organizations like CAIR having a seat,' said Zainab Khan, of Muslim American Leadership Alliance.

July 17, 2024 David Swindle

(JNS) Since the suicide attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim American voices like Zainab Zeb Khan’s “have been bullied into silence,” the founder of the Muslim American Leadership Alliance told an audience in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday. “I call this coerced […]

New York Times profiles angry Dearborn voters. It doesn’t tell readers they’re also Hamas supporters NYT features imam who said 'may Allah eradicate' the 'sick, disgusting Zionist regime'

July 17, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) The New York Times over the weekend published a splashy profile of Arab-American activists in Michigan, detailing Muslim voters’ anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It didn’t tell readers, however, that several of the people featured […]

CAIR honcho and ‘Squad’ donor suggests Israel behind suspected Iranian plot to assassinate Trump Nihad Awad said last year he was 'happy to see' Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel

July 17, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) The executive director of the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) pushed the baseless claim that the Jewish state is behind a suspected Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump. Nihad Awad asserted that reports of Iran’s plans to […]

American Muslims for Palestine ordered to turn over potentially damaging donor documents in Virginia terror financing probe Leading anti-Israel group must open its books amid probe from Republican AG Jason Miyares, judge says

July 16, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A Virginia judge on Tuesday ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a prominent anti-Israel advocacy group, to disclose its funding channels as part of an investigation by Republican attorney general Jason Miyares into allegations of terrorism financing. AMP, a nonprofit […]