“Recent intelligence gathered by the U.S. and other Western countries indicates
Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seeking more weapons from Tehran, raising
concerns that the militant group is determined to continue attacks on shipping
in the Red Sea and threatening a wider conflict in the Middle East. U.S.
officials have for at least a month analyzed information on the Houthis’
planning for the stepped-up attacks, including their attempts to procure
additional weapons needed to launch missiles at freighters, according to a
readout of the intelligence obtained by POLITICO and a U.S. official familiar
with the matter. The intelligence also indicated that the group may try to
attack Western forces in the region. Yet it is not clear if the recent strikes
by the U.S. in Yemen have shifted the Houthis’ planning for those types of
attacks. The developments come days after President Joe Biden acknowledged that
U.S.-led strikes against the group have failed to stop attacks from the
militants on commercial shipping, while also vowing to continue hitting sites
in Yemen to sap the Houthis’ capabilities and break their will.”











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Politico: Houthis Seek More Iranian Weapons To Step Up Red Sea Attacks, Intel
Shows
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“Recent intelligence gathered by the U.S. and other Western countries
indicates Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seeking more weapons from Tehran,
raising concerns that the militant group is determined to continue attacks on
shipping in the Red Sea and threatening a wider conflict in the Middle East.
U.S. officials have for at least a month analyzed information on the Houthis’
planning for the stepped-up attacks, including their attempts to procure
additional weapons needed to launch missiles at freighters, according to a
readout of the intelligence obtained by POLITICO and a U.S. official familiar
with the matter. The intelligence also indicated that the group may try to
attack Western forces in the region. Yet it is not clear if the recent strikes
by the U.S. in Yemen have shifted the Houthis’ planning for those types of
attacks. The developments come days after President Joe Biden acknowledged that
U.S.-led strikes against the group have failed to stop attacks from the
militants on commercial shipping, while also vowing to continue hitting sites
in Yemen to sap the Houthis’ capabilities and break their will.”



Time: U.K. Police Warn Of ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Terrorism Threat Amid
Israel-Hamas War
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“The head of counter-terrorism policing in the U.K. warned there has been an
“unprecedented” spike in terrorism threats since the Israel-Hamas war began in
October. Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Matt Jukes told a gathering
of journalists on Friday that there has been a 25% rise in counter-terrorism
intelligence, which is "a significant increase,” Sky News reported. He said the
war had created a "radicalization moment,” which had the potential to push
people toward terrorism, per the BBC. "It's hard to remember a more unstable,
dangerous and uncertain world,” Jukes, the U.K.’s most senior counter-terrorism
officer, said. Threats have increased since the militant group Hamas, which
governs Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and taking
some 240 hostage. Israel responded by bombarding and invading the territory,
killing 24,762 people as of Friday, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The
conflict has ignited protests and hate crimes against both Muslims and Jews
around the world.”




CEP Expert Analysis

* U.K. DECLARES HIZB UT-TAHRIR A TERRORIST GROUP
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CEP Mentions



Fox News: Exclusive: Alleged Qatar Spy Operation Said To Have Targeted GOP
Lawmakers Opposed To Muslim Brotherhood
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“... Chalker and GRA in "Project ENDGAME" also zoomed in on the American
organization Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in an effort to "Mitigate Attacks"
against Qatar. Former U.S. Ambassador Mark Wallace, the CEO of the Counter
Extremist Project, told Fox News Digital that after the Qatari operation
"hacked accounts that contained email correspondence with members of CEP
leadership, they engaged in a PR campaign to destroy us and paid Americans to
do their bidding. All to whitewash their support of Hamas in the face of our
criticism. We have called out their support of Hamas since 2017."



Al-Monitor: What Is Hizb Ut-Tahrir, Anti-Israel Islamist Group Banned In The
UK?
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“... Hizb ut-Tahrir is global, and much of its current leadership is in the UK
and Australia. The group is banned across the world, including in the Middle
East. Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Turkey have all outlawed Hizb
ut-Tahrir, according to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project.”

Daily Caller: Nations Accused Of Human Rights Violations Lecture World At Davos

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“... Qatar has been accused by several U.S. allies of state-sponsored
terrorism, and serves as a hub for terror financing and a “safe haven for
religious extremists expelled by other countries,” according to The Counter
Extremism Project. Qatar indirectly funds Hamas with hundreds of millions of
dollars through its funding of Gaza and has blamed Israel as being
“responsible” for the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, according to The Foundation of
Defense for Democracies.”



DW News: What Is Behind The Allegations Against Israel?
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"The European Union's foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell has accused Israel
of financing the creation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. He alleged
that Israel supported the militant group to weaken the more moderate
Palestinian Authority. In the past, Israel's prime minister has denied similar
allegations of supporting the militant group responsible for the terror attacks
in Israel on October 7. Borrell made these allegations during a speech at a
university in Spain without elaborating."



BBC News: Germany's Far-Right Faces Protests Over Deportation Plan
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"This meeting in November that came to light a couple of days ago really just
confirmed the fact that we have a deeply, deeply anti-democratic strand in this
party which, unfortunately, is polling between 20% - 30% nationally."



United States



Associated Press: US Forces Strike Houthi Sites In Yemen As Biden Says Allied
Action Hasn’t Yet Stopped Ship Attacks
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“U.S. forces on Thursday conducted a fifth strike against Iranian-backed
Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen as President Joe Biden acknowledged that
the American and British bombardment had yet to stop the militants’ attacks on
vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping. The latest strikes
destroyed two Houthi anti-ship missiles that “were aimed into the southern Red
Sea and prepared to launch,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted to
X, formerly known as Twitter. They were conducted by Navy F/A-18 fighter
aircraft, the Pentagon said. Biden said the U.S. would continue the strikes,
even though so far they have not stopped the Houthis from continuing to harass
commercial and military vessels. “When you say working, are they stopping the
Houthis, no. Are they going to continue, yes,” Biden said in an exchange with
reporters before departing the White House for a domestic policy speech in
North Carolina.”



NPR: U.S. Personnel Are Injured After Iranian-Backed Militants Attacked An
Iraq Air Base
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“An unknown number of U.S. service members and at least one Iraqi service
member suffered injuries in an attack by Iranian-backed militants on an air
base in western Iraq, U.S. officials said. A barrage of missiles and rockets
targeted the Ain al-Asad base on Saturday evening, U.S. Central Command said in
a statement. Most of the missiles were intercepted by the base's air defense
systems, according to the military, but an untold number hit the base where
Americans and Iraqis are stationed. A damage assessment is ongoing. A "number"
of U.S. personnel are being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries, CENTCOM
said, without specifying how many. Last month, three U.S. service members were
wounded, one critically, in a drone attack on their base in northern Iraq. The
U.S. responded with airstrikes that it said destroyed facilities and likely
killed a number of Kataib Hezbollah militants in Iraq.”



The New York Times: 2 Navy SEALs Declared Dead After Mission To Stop Iranian
Weapons
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“The U.S. military said on Sunday that it had declared two Navy SEALs dead
after they went missing 10 days ago during an operation at sea to intercept
weapons from Iran headed to Houthi fighters. They are among the first known
U.S. fatalities in Washington’s campaign against the Houthis, who have launched
dozens of attacks on ships in the Red Sea since November, roiling the global
shipping industry. In recent weeks, the United States and its allies have
launched a barrage of strikes on the Houthis inside Yemen, in a bid to deter
future attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. The episode involving the SEALs
occurred in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Somalia on Jan. 11. During that
nighttime commando mission, according to the U.S. military, American troops
boarded a small boat, called a dhow, and seized weapons including Iranian made
ballistic-missile and cruise-missile components bound for Yemen.”



Syria



Associated Press: An Israeli Airstrike On The Syrian Capital Killed At Least 5
Iranian Advisers, Officials Say
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“An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used
by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five
Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the
building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh was
entirely destroyed, adding that the Israeli air force fired the missiles while
flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military did
not comment. A few hours later, an Israeli drone strike on a car near the
southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed two people, including a Hezbollah
member, who were in the vehicle and two people who were in a nearby orchard, an
official with the group and Lebanon’s state news agency said. One of those
killed was Ali Hudruj, a local Hezbollah commander, said the official, who
spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, without giving
further details."



Iran



BBC: Iran Warns Air Strike On Syria Will Not Go Unanswered
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“Ebrahim Raisi said Israel was to blame for the attack, which also killed a
number of Syrian forces. Israel has not commented. For years it has carried out
strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria. Such strikes have intensified since
the Israel-Gaza war began following Hamas's 7 October attacks on Israel. In a
statement posted on the president's officials website, Mr Raisi expressed his
condolences to the families of the "high-ranking martyrs". He vowed to avenge
their deaths, and described the attack as a "cowardly assassination of five of
Iran's most distinguished advisors". The statement described the strike as
"terrorist and criminal" and said it "shows the height of [Israel's]
desperation and weakness against the combatants of the resistance front". "It
will not remain unanswered," said the statement. Iran's foreign ministry said
the attacks were an "aggressive and provocative" act by Israel, urging
international actors to condemn then”



Iraq



Reuters: Iraq Finds Nearly $800 Million Fraud In Funds For Islamic State
Victims - State Media
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“Iraq's National Security Service announced it had uncovered a corruption
scheme involving fraud and embezzlement of payments intended for victims of
Islamic State that saw more than 1 trillion Iraqi dinars ($760 million) taken
from state coffers. Iraqi state media said a three-month investigation had led
to the arrest of more than 30 suspects including senior employees at several
state entities such as retirement funds and the country's Martyrs Foundation.
The alleged corruption scheme based in Anbar province saw defendants falsify
pension transactions with faked identities and false credit card information
and sell confidential data. The wasted funds totalled more than 1 trillion 32
billion Iraq dinars, state media said. Islamic State rampaged across Iraq in
2014, at one point holding nearly a third of Iraq's territory before it was
beaten back and declared territorially defeated in Iraq by the end of 2017.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said one of his priorities is
fighting the rampant corruption that pervades the Iraqi state and has led to
the pilfering of billions of its oil wealth over the years.”



Afghanistan



Associated Press: A Russian Private Jet Carrying 6 People Crashes In
Afghanistan. The Taliban Say Some Survived
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“A Russian private jet carrying six people crashed in a remote area of rural
Afghanistan but the pilot and some of the others on board survived, the Taliban
said Sunday. The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area in Badakhshan
province, regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri said, adding that a rescue team
was dispatched to the area. The province is some 250 kilometers (155 miles)
northeast of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. It is a rural, mountainous area,
home to only several thousand people. The Taliban’s Transportation and Civil
Aviation Ministry issued a statement online saying the plane was found in the
province’s Kuf Ab district, near the Aruz Koh mountain. “The pilot was found by
the search team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” the statement said.
“According to the pilot, four people including the pilot are alive. ... The
search and assistance of the Islamic Emirate investigation team for the
remaining survivors is ongoing.”



Pakistan



Bloomberg: Pakistan Schools, Universities In Capital Close On Attack Threat
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“The schools and universities in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, closed on
Monday after police reported a threat of a terrorist attack at education
institutions by a banned militant group. The Islamabad police received the
threat of a suicide attack, Inspector Inamullah Khan at Islamabad’s police
control said on phone, without identifying the terrorist group that issued the
threat. All education institutions are being closed, he said. The capital’s top
universities have closed down, Geo television channel reported. Terrorist
attacks have increased manifold in the South Asian country that the government
mainly blames on Tehreek-e-Taiban Pakistan, an offshoot of Afghanistan’s group.”



Associated Press: Pakistani Security Forces Kill 7 Militants During A Raid
Near The Border With Afghanistan
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“Pakistan security forces killed seven militants in a shootout in the
country’s volatile southwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military
said Monday. The military said the intelligence-based operation was conducted
in Zhob district in southwestern Baluchistan province. In a brief statement, it
said security forces also recovered munitions after the shootout. Quetta is the
capital of Baluchistan province, where Baloch nationalists, Islamic militants
and the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for attacks on security
forces in recent years. Gas-rich Baluchistan province at the border with
Afghanistan and Iran has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baluch
nationalists for more than two decades. They initially wanted a share of
provincial resources, but later demanded independence.”



Associated Press: Pakistan Seeks To De-Escalate Crisis With Iran After Deadly
Airstrikes That Spiked Tensions
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“Pakistan’s political and military leaders on Friday moved to de-escalate
tensions with Iran after this week’s deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad
that killed at least 11 people and marked a significant escalation in fraught
relations between the neighbors. The decision was apparently reached at a
meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, chaired by caretaker Prime
Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar on his return home after cutting short his trip to
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Pakistan’s powerful army chief
Gen. Asim Munir attended the meeting. A statement after the meeting said the
leadership discussed the situation following the Iranian airstrikes and praised
the “professional, calibrated and proportionate response” by Pakistan’s
military. The committee stressed that existing communication channels between
Pakistan and Iran “should be used to address each other’s security concerns in
the larger interest of regional peace and stability,” according to the
statement.”



Yemen



Reuters: Iranian And Hezbollah Commanders Help Direct Houthi Attacks In Yemen
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“Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and
Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground in Yemen helping to direct and
oversee Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, four regional and two Iranian
sources told Reuters. Iran - which has armed, trained and funded the Houthis -
stepped up its weapons supplies to the militia in the wake of the war in Gaza,
which erupted after Iranian-backed militants Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7,
the four regional sources said. Tehran has provided advanced drones, anti-ship
cruise missiles, precision-strike ballistic missiles and medium-range missiles
to the Houthis, who started targeting commercial vessels in November in
solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the sources said. IRGC commanders and
advisers are also providing know-how, data and intelligence support to
determine which of the dozens of vessels travelling through the Red Sea each
day are destined for Israel and constitute Houthi targets, all the sources
said.”



Reuters: Yemen's Houthis Say They Do Not Seek To Expand Red Sea Attacks
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“Yemen's Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on
shipping in and around the Red Sea further, beyond their stated aims of
blockading Israel and retaliating against the United States and Britain for air
strikes. In an interview with Reuters, spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam, who is
also the chief Houthi negotiator in peace talks over the country's decade-old
civil war, told Reuters the group had no plans to target longstanding foes
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "We do not want the escalation to
expand. This is not our demand. We imposed rules of engagement in which not a
single drop of blood was shed or major material losses," said Abdulsalam. "It
represented pressure on Israel only, it did not represent pressure on any
country in the world." The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control most of Yemen's
populated areas, have attacked ships at the mouth of the Red Sea since October,
in what they say is a show of solidarity with Palestinians by targeting vessels
linked to Israel.”



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“A senior official of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group says Chinese
and Russian vessels will have safe passage through the Red Sea. Mohammed
al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political leadership, said in an interview
with the Russian outlet Izvestia that the shipping lanes around Yemen are safe
to ships from China and Russia as long as vessels are not connected with
Israel, Agence France-Presse reported Friday, citing Izvestia. The Houthis have
said they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s war against
Hamas militants in Gaza and have carried out more than 30 attacks in the Red
Sea. However, the Houthis have launched attacks on ships with no apparent
connection with Israel, resulting in some shipping firms avoiding the shipping
lanes where the Houthis have launched attacks. Major shipping companies have
responded by rerouting vessels on the longer and more expensive route around
Africa. The Red Sea route is a vital shipping link between Europe and Asia,
carrying about 15% of the world’s maritime traffic.”



Lebanon



Reuters: Two Hezbollah Fighters Killed By Israeli Drone In Lebanon
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“Two Hezbollah fighters were killed on Sunday when an Israeli drone hit their
vehicle in southern Lebanon, security sources said. Their ranks were not
revealed but a source close to the Iranian-backed group said they were not
senior figures. It was the latest strike in an area where Israel has targeted
dozens of Hezbollah fighters. Israel's military said it does not comment on
foreign reports. Earlier, residents and security officials said a drone had
killed two people and injured at least four others near the village of Kafra
8km from the border. Hezbollah has been trading fire across Lebanon's southern
border with Israeli forces in support of the militia group's Palestinian ally
Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hamas militants rampaged across the Gaza border into
Israel on Oct. 7, prompting an Israeli invasion of the enclave backed by heavy
air strikes that has killed thousands and laid much of the heavily populated
area to waste.”



Middle East



Associated Press: Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Surpasses 25,000 While Israel
Announces The Death Of Another Hostage
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“The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has soared
past 25,000, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Sunday, while Israel
announced the death of another hostage and appeared far from achieving its
goals of freeing more than 100 others and crushing the militant group. The
war’s deaths, destruction and displacement are without precedent in the
decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war has divided Israelis while
the offensive threatens to ignite a wider conflict involving Iran-backed groups
in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen that support the Palestinians. Furious with
the Israeli government and demanding the release of remaining hostages,
relatives and others set up a tent camp outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem and vowed to stay until a deal is reached.”



Reuters: Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Conditions For Israeli Hostage Deal
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“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions
presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include
Israel's complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli
planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas
official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters the Israeli leader's refusal to end the
military offensive in Gaza "means there is no chance for the return of the
(Israeli) captives." "In exchange for the release of our hostages, Hamas
demands the end of the war, the withdrawal of our forces from Gaza, the release
of all the murderers and rapists," Netanyahu said in a statement. "And leaving
Hamas intact." "I reject outright the terms of surrender of the monsters of
Hamas," Netanyahu said. Under a deal brokered in late November by the United
States, Qatar and Egypt, more than 100 of the estimated 240 hostages taken
captive to Gaza during an attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 were freed in
exchange for the release of 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.”



Egypt



Reuters: President Sisi Says Egypt Will Not Allow Any Threat To Somalia Or Its
Security
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“Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
said on Sunday after Ethiopia said it would consider recognising an
independence claim by Somaliland in a deal that would give it access to a sea
port. The remarks were the strongest yet made on the issue by Egypt, which
already has frosty relations with Ethiopia, and were a sign that Cairo may get
involved in a dispute that has raised fresh tensions in the volatile Horn of
Africa. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has not won
recognition from any country. The port lease deal, which was agreed earlier
this month but not yet finalised, would be a boon to landlocked Ethiopia and
has enraged Somalia. "Egypt will not allow anyone to threaten Somalia or affect
its security," Sisi said, speaking at a news conference with visiting Somali
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. "Do not try Egypt, or try to threaten its
brothers especially if they ask it to intervene," he added.”



Russia



Reuters: Russia Says It Pressed Hamas To Free Hostages During Moscow
Delegation Visit
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“The Russian foreign ministry said on Friday it had received a delegation from
the Hamas movement and had urged it to release hostages the group is holding in
the Gaza strip, including three Russian nationals. The ministry said in a
statement that Mikhail Bogdanov, a deputy foreign minister, had received Hamas
Politburo member Abu Marzouk. "During the conversation, the focus was on the
ongoing confrontation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, against the
backdrop of which the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached
catastrophic proportions," the foreign ministry said in a statement. "The
Russian side stressed the need for the speedy release of civilians captured
during the attacks of 7 October 2023 and held by Palestinian factions,
including three Russian citizens - A. Kozlov, A. Lobanov and A. Trufanov."

In a separate statement, issued later on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry
said Bogdanov also held talks with Israel's ambassador to Russia, Simona
Halperin. The ministry said Russia supported a comprehensive Middle East
settlement based on U.N. Security Council decisions.”



Germany



Reuters: Hundreds Of Thousands Demonstrate Against Right-Wing Extremism In
Germany
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“Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across towns and
cities in Germany this weekend as the country enters a second week of
nationwide protests against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Demonstrations have gained momentum after reports emerged from investigative
news website Correctiv of a meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam at
which migration policies including mass deportations of people of foreign
origin were discussed. The AfD, which is polling second in nationwide surveys,
has denied the reported migration plans are party policy. On Sunday, rallies
were held in Berlin, Munich and Cologne, as well as in more traditional AfD
voting strongholds in eastern Germany such as Leipzig and Dresden, with turnout
in many places far higher than expected.”



Europe



Politico: EU’s Top Diplomat Accuses Israel Of Funding Hamas
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“The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell on Friday openly accused Israel of having
financed the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “Hamas was financed by the
Israeli government in an attempt to weaken the Palestinian Authority,” Borrell
was quoted as saying by Spanish newspaper El País. Borrell was speaking at
Spain’s University of Valladolid, where the Spanish politician was awarded an
honorary doctorate. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied such
allegations in the past. In his speech Friday, Borrell — who is in charge of EU
foreign policy — also stressed that creating a Palestinian state is necessary
in order to solve the ongoing conflict. “The only solution is to create two
states that share the land for which they have been dying for 100 years,”
Borrell was quoted as saying. He added that such a solution must be “imposed
from the outside.” The Israeli government pushed back strongly against
Borrell’s accusations.”



Southeast Asia



Bloomberg: Vietnam Sentences 100 People In Terrorism Trial, VnExpress Says
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“Ten people received life sentences for attacks last year on government
offices in Vietnam, news website VnExpress reported, citing a court verdict for
around 100 defendants in the case. Nine people including four police officers
were killed in the attacks in June that took place in the coffee-growing
province of Dak Lak, and others were seriously injured. In addition to those
facing life imprisonment, a total of 43 people were also charged with
“terrorism against the people’s government” and will serve between 6 and 20
years. A further 45 defendants have been sentenced to up to 11 years on charges
of terrorism, according to the VnExpress English service. The Central
Highlands, known for its coffee production, has a history of political unrest
among minority groups over land rights.”



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