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Germany turned blind eye against PFLP website run on German servers, report reveals The German company that provides serves to the PFLP admitted to BR24 that it had done so, and that it had taken appropriate action.

December 12, 2024   

(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 […]

Crime

Hamas official banished from Milan Mohammad Hannoun, designated recently by the US for transferring millions to Hamas through his ‘sham charity’ organization ABSPP, was banished by the city police on grounds of incitement to violence.

November 18, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) Authorities in the city of Milan issued an expulsion order against Mohammad Hannoun, a designated Hamas official who is blacklisted by the US and Israel. The order was issued following comments he made during a pro-Palestinian protest, in which he […]

Demonstrations

German trial opens over alleged Islamist Sweden attack plot Two men with Afghan citizenship are accused of plotting an attack near the Swedish parliament in Stockholm. They hatched the plot amid uproar in parts of the Muslim world over two protests involving Quran burning.

November 15, 2024   

(Deutsche Welle) A trial opens in Jena in the eastern German state of Thuringia on Friday against two men with Afghan citizenship accused of plotting a terrorist attack near the Swedish parliament in Stockholm. What are the pair accused of?  One of the […]

Academics & Education

Pro-Hamas messages intensify on college campuses Pro-Palestinian protests have been less disruptive this fall, but at some schools, the rhetoric is more extreme.

November 10, 2024 and   

(Washington Post) When antiwar protests disrupted campuses nationwide last year, signs and chants demanded “Divest!” and “Cease-fire now!” This fall, much of the protest language has grown darker, celebrating the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, echoing language used by Hamas and declaring, “Glory […]

Crime

Evidence from WhatsApp, Telegram groups shows Amsterdam pogrom was organized One message sent to a Dutch-language WhatsApp group the day before Thursday night's violent outbursts reads 'tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt. Tomorrow we work them.'

November 9, 2024   

(i24) Screenshots of electronic messages on WhatsApp and Telegram obtained by the Daily Telegraph show that the attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam represent a planned and organized pogrom. One message sent to a Dutch-language WhatsApp group the day before Thursday […]

Immigration

ISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda The Afghanistan-based terrorist group has revamped its online recruiting tactics, experts say, as it seeks to carry out attacks against the U.S. and other Western countries.

October 20, 2024   

(NBC) The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terrorist plots in the U.S. and […]

Academics & Education

Germany arrests teen suspected of planning terror attack on Jews during school trip to Holland The teenager, who reportedly shared pro-ISIS material on TikTok, was allegedly being groomed online to carry out attacks on Jewish community centers in Europe.

October 3, 2024   

(Jerusalem Post) The Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office arrested a 15-year-old Turkish-German teenager for allegedly planning Islamist-style attacks against European Jewry, Spiegel reported on Thursday. The police reportedly classified the teenager as a “threat.” The teenager had been in contact with Islamist terrorists […]

Clerics & Preachers

Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for at least 28 years for directing terrorist propaganda organisation Police in Britain, the US and Canada ran separate investigations as they became concerned that Anjem Choudary was seeking to recruit a new generation of followers.

July 30, 2024   

(Sky News) Anjem Choudary has been jailed for life with a minimum of 28 years for directing a terrorist propaganda operation aimed at encouraging attacks and spreading messages of “hate and division.” Choudary, 57, from Ilford, East London, helped found al-Muhajiroun (ALM) […]

Government & Politics

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   

(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 […]

Internet

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   

(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 […]

Clerics & Preachers

Anjem Choudary facing life in jail after being found guilty of directing terrorism During a lecture Choudary gave, he boasted he had been labelled 'the number one radicaliser in Britain,' adding: 'That is a badge of honour for me. It's a medallion on my chest. What do you want to call me? An extremist? Fanatic? All of these.'

July 23, 2024   

(Sky News) Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist preacher, is facing life in jail after he was found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation following an unprecedented joint investigation by MI5, Scotland Yard, the New York Police Department, and Canadian police. Choudary, 57, […]

Children & Teens

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   

(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 […]