(Global News) Vancouver police staged a raid Thursday morning at the home of a woman facing a hate crime investigation. Neighbours awoke to the sound of a “bang” around 9 a.m., and were surprised to see an armoured police vehicle and heavily […]
(JTA) U.S. law prohibits nonprofits from providing support to terrorist organizations, but enforcing that prohibition requires the government to furnish proof of a violation, triggering a judicial process that can be lengthy and arduous. In the more than two decades since the […]
(National Post) United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese has withdrawn from a Montreal conference featuring Charlotte Kates, the founder of Samidoun, a designated terror group.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) 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 […]
(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 […]
(National Post) The families of two Canadian-Israeli women killed in the October 7 attack on Israel are suing a wide range of organizations, arguing they’re liable for $350 million for the death of their family members. Among them is Samidoun, a Vancouver-based […]
(NY Post) A powerful House panel asked the IRS Tuesday to revoke the tax-exempt status of nine nonprofits that sowed “chaos and discord” during anti-Israel protests on college campuses, according to letters exclusively obtained by the Post. House Ways and Means Committee […]
(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has cut ties with a political consultant the Washington Examiner reported this year has a history of working for groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions. The reason for the Tlaib campaign’s decision is unclear, and […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 — […]
(Jerusalem Post) To stop rising antisemitism in the Netherlands and Europe political leaders must put an end to open border mass immigration and reverse the cultural relativist failure to foster integration, Dutch Party for Freedom founder and leader Geert Wilders told the […]
(Global News) Immigration officials have launched deportation proceedings against five more suspected members of the Iranian regime found in Canada, according to newly released figures. The Canada Border Services Agency has alleged they held senior positions in Iran’s repressive government and has […]
(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal has ordered the deportation of a Palestinian woman formerly employed by a Mississauga, Ont., relief group linked to Hamas. Majeda Sarassra was deemed inadmissible to Canada on security grounds because she worked for the International Relief Fund […]
(Washington Examiner) An organization connected to an anti-Israel activist who fundraises for “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has quietly dissolved in Virginia, documents show. Corporate records filed in Virginia show the advocacy arm of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a nonprofit […]
(Free Beacon) A coalition of senators on Wednesday petitioned the IRS and other federal law enforcement agencies to launch an investigation into the Palestine Chronicle, alleging the nonprofit outlet violated its tax-exempt status by routinely publishing a Hamas hostage taker, the Washington […]
(Free Beacon) An American nonprofit that published the writings of a Hamas affiliate who held three Israelis hostage has ties to the Iranian regime and Al Jazeera, the Qatari-funded outlet that has served as a leading mouthpiece for Hamas, according to a […]
(Jerusalem Post) This weekend, a publicly funded venue in Detroit, Michigan, will host “The People’s Conference for Palestine,” a conference that defies so-called American imperialism. The event, featuring Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)-affiliated figures, is organized by groups with […]
(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars since being elected to Congress to a consulting firm led by an anti-Israel activist working on behalf of groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions, records show. Tlaib, who […]
(NY Post) The wife of an ex-college professor convicted of terrorism-related charges was spotted hanging out at Columbia University’s encampment prior to the dramatic NYPD raid where cops busted 109 people Tuesday night. Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday blamed “outside agitators” for the campus chaos, saying cops had […]
(CBC) Vancouver police have arrested a woman as part of a hate crime investigation sparked by comments made last week at a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. In a statement, Sgt. Steve Addison said the Vancouver Police Department’s major crime […]
(Jerusalem Post) Anti-Israel protesters praised the October 7 massacre and several terrorist organizations at a Vancouver rally on Friday according to a video published by Free Palestine Tri-cities British Columbia, demanding that the groups be removed from Canada’s list of terrorist entities. […]
(Free Beacon) During his confirmation hearing, embattled Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi told senators that he left the board of an anti-Israel think tank because it was not sufficiently “productive.” But in his resignation email, Mangi said he was leaving the board […]
(Press Release) The Charity Commission has confirmed it has launched a statutory inquiry to investigate funds raised for charitable purposes by and on behalf of Aozma Sultana. Aozma Sultana was sanctioned by the UK government following suspected involvement in providing financial support […]
(NBC) Facing a potentially devastating Democratic defection in the Senate, the White House is ramping up its fight to confirm an embattled judicial nominee who would be the first Muslim American to serve as a U.S. federal appeals court judge. The White […]
(NBC) President Joe Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to be a powerful U.S. circuit court judge is in peril after two Senate Democrats announced they will oppose his nomination. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have said they will […]
(Washington Examiner) A federal judicial nominee under fire for his prior role at an anti-Israel group was a key figure at a Muslim lawyers conference co-sponsored by a terrorism-linked group that the Biden White House disavowed over its Hamas support, documents show. […]
(NBC) The White House is slamming three Republican senators for leveling what it deems to be “cruel and Islamophobic attacks” at a Biden judicial nominee as part of a larger “smear effort” to discredit the man, who would be the first Muslim […]
(Daily Caller) Border Patrol agents arrested more illegal immigrants whose names appeared on the terror watchlist between October and January than in fiscal years 2017 through 2021 combined, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data updated on Tuesday. Border Patrol nabbed […]
(Fox) The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a conservative judicial advocacy organization based in Virginia, is rolling out a digital ad campaign against one of President Biden’s controversial nominees who has alleged ties to 9/11 hijacker sympathizers. The advertising campaign from JCN — […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration launched a civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim incidents at Harvard University based on a complaint from a Muslim legal fund that has represented convicted terrorists and pushed anti-Semitic rhetoric. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights […]
(Daily Caller) Federal authorities caught a terrorist at the U.S. southern border and released him into the country, where he roamed freely for nearly a year before being arrested in Minnesota just days ago, according to an internal federal memo exclusively obtained […]
(Daily Caller) The number of suspected illegal alien terrorists removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) skyrocketed in fiscal year 2023. ICE removed a total of 139 known or suspected terrorists in 2023, a 148% increase compared to 2022, according to […]
(Free Beacon) President Biden’s “historic” nominee for a federal appellate court served on the board of a Muslim advocacy group that has blamed Israel for provoking Hamas’s terrorist attack and hosted an event with a convicted terrorist fundraiser on the 20th anniversary […]
(Reuters) Two people have been arrested in Italy for spreading online terrorist propaganda linked to militant groups Palestine Islamic Jihad, Islamic State and al-Qaeda, police in the northern city of Brescia said Monday. The suspects are a Pakistani national and an Italian […]
(Dallas Express) A Texas community leader and ally to prominent Democrats has a history of making anti-Israel comments and associates with Hamas-linked groups, according to an investigation by the Dallas Express. Dr. Omar Suleiman is an ethics advisory board member at Southern […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration tapped an anti-Israel advocacy group that accuses the Jewish state of genocide to participate in a forum on the surge in hate crimes following Hamas’s attacks. The Arab American Institute joined the Justice Department’s “United Against Hate” […]
(Daily Caller) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t provide the number of illegal immigrants in the country that are known to be tied to terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Republican Kansas […]
(Daily Caller) Federal officials are warning that members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hezbollah could be crossing through the southern border, according to an internal Oct. 20 memo exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The San Diego Field […]
(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a member of the far-left “Squad,” repeated during a Wednesday protest the debunked claim that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were responsible for the bomb that struck a Gaza hospital, reportedly killing many civilians. Tlaib also accused the […]
(CBC) Markham Public Library removed Islamic Heritage Month displays from its branches after it received complaints from the community amid the Israel-Hamas war, but put the displays back the same day following a management review, its CEO says. At a news conference on Tuesday, Catherine […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan attended an art show in May that glorified Palestinian “martyrs” and called for the end of Zionism, according to a Facebook post. The event was put on by the Handala Coalition, a collective of […]
(Jewish Insider) On the same day that she hosted a controversial “Nakba Day” event on Capitol Hill, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) also introduced a resolution that would ask the Biden administration to target Israel with a law aimed at preventing genocides and […]
(Jewish Insider) After being canceled by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), a “Nakba Day” event organized on Wednesday by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was moved to the Senate side of the Capitol complex, to the hearing room of the Senate Health, Education, […]
(Ynet) The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) advertised late last month an upcoming art exhibit titled “75 Years of Resistance. 75 Years of Glory” at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, set to be on display from May 20 to August […]
(IPT) An Indiana University (IU) dean admits its School of Philanthropy “failed in our due diligence” when it invited deported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) board member Sami Al-Arian to participate in a program about the war on terrorism and its impact on […]
(IPT) Every so often, Sami Al-Arian emerges to opine on some domestic issue, reminding us of two things: He’s an inveterate liar who continues to whitewash his years of service to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). And a disappointing number of American […]
(Bergen Record) Eighteen months later, a city school commissioner’s critical comments about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians are dogging him on the campaign trail — and fueling a debate over political speeches during public meetings. Fahim Abedrabbo, a trustee on the Clifton Board […]
(IPT) When U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib argued last month that true progressives cannot “back Israel’s apartheid government,” she and her supporters insisted it wasn’t an antisemitic statement covering the vast majority of American Jews. As I noted at the time, however, the […]
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