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CEP Mentions
BR24: German jihadists are part of the Syrian armed forces
Many of these people originally traveled to Syria deliberately to join Islamist groups, fight against the ousted ruler Assad in 2024, and build an Islamist state, says Hans-Jakob Schindler of the transatlantic think tank Counter Extremism Project.
Welt TV: "China is playing a very complex game."
China is pursuing an opaque strategy in the Middle East, balancing economic interests with political influence. The Taiwan issue remains unresolved. "China will continue to position itself as a mediator," says security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler.
Financial Times: Should the Auschwitz commandant’s house be hosting exhibitions?
CEP’s takeover can be seen as “rescuing this house before it could really become an object for neo-Nazis, because we know they’ve been interested [in buying it],” says Jacek Purski, Polish manager of the organisation’s project. “This could have become a monument to hatred, but we’re taking it back to society.”
Analysis
ProPublica: Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump
The finished product, released May 6 after months of delays, is a 16-page, typo-sprinkled document that ranks threats based on politics rather than intelligence assessments, according to several current and former counterterrorism officials and threat analysts.
United States
Fox News: Highest-ranking Tren de Aragua member ever extradited to US set to appear in Houston courtroom: DOJ
The highest-ranking member of Tren de Aragua to face justice in the United States has been extradited from Colombia and will appear in a Houston federal courtroom to face terrorism and drug charges, the Justice Department said.
IranWire: US Announces $15 Million Reward for Information on IRGC Drone Network
The U.S. State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” program has authorized a reward of up to $15 million for information regarding members of the Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS). According to the official announcement, the reward will be granted for any information leading to the disruption of the “financial mechanisms of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).” The IRGC is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States.
Times of Israel: Jews protest at New York Times office against column alleging systematic sexual abuse of Palestinians
Protesters gathered outside The New York Times offices in Manhattan on Thursday to demonstrate against a widely-criticized column that alleged systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates in Israel. Around 200 demonstrators, mostly Jewish, gathered on the sidewalk, chanting, “New York Times, shame on you,” “We will not be silent,” and “New York Times, get it straight, stop the libels, stop the hate.”
Fox News: Mamdani is building a ‘pattern’ of minimizing antisemitism, activist argues
National Jewish Advocacy Center director Mark Goldfeder says New York City officials are not properly condemning antisemitism on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’
Fox News: NYC Republican lawmaker slams Mamdani antisemitism office as a ‘black hole’ lacking public-facing resources
As anti-Israel agitators take to the streets in New York City, a councilwoman is calling out the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism, saying that it lacks public-facing resources. "Mayor Mamdani continues to gaslight the Jewish community in New York City by creating a black hole of an office — the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism — an office that has no website, no phone number, no resources," New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, R-District 48, told Fox News Digital. "There's nobody to reach out to, there's nobody to talk to. The public has no sense of how this office can help Jewish New Yorkers."
Fox News: Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Brooklyn Jews feel the hate
Violent chaos erupted in Brooklyn as anti-Israel protesters swarmed a synagogue this week, blocking access to a real estate event and sparking physical brawls with Jewish supporters. The visceral footage captures a neighborhood under siege, showcasing a breakdown of civility and a desperate police response. This confrontation highlights the escalating domestic tensions and the growing threat to religious freedom in New York City.
JNS: US civil rights report details antisemitic conduct at Denver’s Auraria campus
A federal civil rights advisory committee report found that anti-Israel demonstrations and a weeks-long encampment at Denver’s Auraria campus featured antisemitic conduct and rhetoric that marginalized Jewish students and disrupted campus operations.
Christian Post: Sebastian Gorka blasts Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes: 'Not conservative'
Trump administration official Sebastian Gorka recently rebuked outspoken commentators Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, asserting that neither man represents the conservative movement. In an appearance on Breitbart News' “The Alex Marlow Show” last week, Gorka, the White House senior director for counterterrorism, discussed the terror threats facing the nation following the administration's release of a new Counterterrorism Strategy report. Gorka said he played a central role in crafting the document, which he described as a “career highlight.”
Jerusalem Post: Nazi swastika flag flown at NYU during graduation week, condemned by officials, including Mamdani
A flag emblazoned with Nazi swastikas and the Star of David was flown on a New York University campus building on Wednesday, during the week that students commemorated their graduation.
Canada
CBC: Canadian, U.S. fascist fight clubs joining forces south of the border, CBC investigation finds
Members of Canada's biggest white nationalist group trained this spring with U.S. counterparts south of the border and met with the founder of a global movement of fascist fight clubs, a CBC visual investigation has found. One expert called it a "very significant" signal of closer co-ordination between white supremacist groups on both sides of the border.
Honduras
Iran International: Honduras designates IRGC as terrorist group
Honduras has officially recognized Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hamas as terrorist entities, according to a statement from the country’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Belgium
JNS: Criminal probe opened after antisemitic chants during soccer match in Belgium
The Brussels Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into antisemitic chants during last week’s top-of-the-table soccer clash between RSC Anderlecht and Club Bruges. Club Bruges’s president, Bart Verhaeghe, was invited Monday to the Prosecutor’s Office for questioning regarding the responsibility of the club in the incident.
France
Le Monde: How France's far-right RN lost a longstanding northern stronghold in the municipal elections
Villers-Cotterêts, a northern French town of 10,000 residents, had been governed by far-right mayor Franck Briffaut for 12 years. On March 22, independent centrist Jeanne Roussel took the town from the far right with 52.51% of the vote.
Germany
Deutsche Welle: How Germany is targeting violent neo-Nazi networks
German police have carried out major raids targeting suspected members of neo-Nazi youth organizations. Extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler says it could mark the start of a broader crackdown on right-wing extremist networks in Germany.
United Kingdom
Jerusalem Post: Hamas linked network behind Red Ribbon campaign for Palestinian 'hostages' - exclusive
A United Kingdom-based Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood-linked network is behind the global pro-Palestinian campaign, copying the slogans, ribbons, and hostage posters from the Israeli October 7 Massacre hostage advocacy campaign to cast Palestinian security prisoners and convicted terrorists as hostages.
The Guardian: Far-right activists barred from UK before Tommy Robinson rally
Eleven foreign far-right activists have been blocked from the UK before a rally by Tommy Robinson supporters as Keir Starmer accused him of “peddling hatred and division”. The archbishop of Canterbury urged people to “choose hope”, and faith leaders spoke out before the rally on Saturday, the second of its kind after more than 100,000 attended one last year.
France 24: London police brace for far-right march and rally marking Palestinian Nakba
London police were gearing up for one of their largest operations in recent years, a deployment of several thousand officers to keep the peace when far-right activist Tommy Robinson and pro-Palestinian groups hold duelling weekend marches.
BBC: Neo-Nazi jailed for trying to kill man with axe
A neo-Nazi teenager who attempted to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe in a terrorism-motivated attack has been jailed for 19 years and six months. Alina Burns, 19, of Lynton Road in Bristol, admitted attempting to murder Mohammed Mahmoodi, 27, outside a barber's shop in Bedminster, Bristol, on 2 August 2025.
Reuters: UK man appears in court over stabbing of two Jewish men in London
The trial of a 45-year-old man charged with attempted murder over a knife attack during which two Jewish men were stabbed will take place next March, a London court heard on Friday. Essa Suleiman, a British national who was born in Somalia, is alleged to have tried to kill two Jewish men on April 29 innorth London's Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population.
The Times: Jewish group accuses Prince Harry of minimising antisemitism
Jewish groups have questioned why the Duke of Sussex did not refer to the October 7 attacks when he spoke out in a magazine feature against rising antisemitism and linked Israel to inflamed community tensions.
Jerusalem Post: CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry discusses antisemitism
The CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry, Michael Wegier, the 265-year-old representative body of Britain's 275,000 Jews, gives a frank assessment of a community living through what the UK government has now officially declared an antisemitism emergency. Wegier sat down with Jerusalem Report Editor-in-Chief Ruth Marks Eglash as the UK responds to a wave of attacks on Jewish targets.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan International: Taliban Issue New Family Law Rules On Marriage & Divorce
The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice says a new regulation on marital separation, approved by the group leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has been published, setting out conditions for divorce and separation between spouses. The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday, May 14, that the regulation had been published in Official Gazette No. 1489.
Afghanistan International: Nearly 23,000 Militants Operating In Afghanistan, Says Russian Security Chief
Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, says between 18,000 and 23,000 militants from more than 20 groups are currently active in Afghanistan, calling the situation a major concern for regional security.
Bahrain
Asharq al-Awsat: Bahrain Sentences Three to Life for Spying for Iran’s IRGC
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced 24 defendants in separate cases tied to espionage for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), support for Iranian attacks against the Kingdom, and acts of violence and sabotage linked to those attacks.
Gaza Strip/West Bank
Times of Israel: Ignoring ‘pay-for-slay’ reform, Ramallah court tells PA to reinstate money for prisoner
A Ramallah court has ordered the Palestinian Authority to resume stipend payments to the family of a man held in an Israeli prison, in a seemingly precedent-setting ruling that could cast a shadow on efforts to answer international calls for the payout scheme to be scrapped.
The New Arab: Hamas urges unity talks as Fatah conference begins
Hamas on Thursday called for direct talks with Fatah to agree on a unified Palestinian "national strategy", as the rival movement convened its eighth general conference amid Israel's ongoing war on Gaza and mounting regional tensions.
Iran
IranWire: Former IRGC Commander: First Sanctions Relief and War Reparations, Then Negotiations
Mohammad Ali Jafari, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), emphasized a set of what he called “Iran’s primary conditions for negotiations with the United States” in an interview with the Tasnim News Agency. He stated that until these conditions are met, entering the negotiation phase is essentially meaningless.
Fox News: CENTCOM commander says IRGC still has moderate military capability despite diminished threat
Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on CENTCOM Cmdr. Adm. Brad Cooper’s testimony about Iran’s military capabilities on ‘Special Report.’
Israel
Times of Israel: Soldier killed by Hezbollah mortar shell in south Lebanon; rockets fired at north
An Israeli soldier was killed Thursday night by Hezbollah mortar fire in southern Lebanon, the military announced Friday morning, as both sides continued to exchange blows despite talks in Washington on Thursday aimed at ending the conflict.
Times of Israel: 4 civilians hurt in Hezbollah attack on north as Israel, Lebanon set for 3rd round of talks
Four Israeli civilians were wounded, one critically, in a Hezbollah drone attack Thursday in the Rosh Hanikra area, the military and hospital officials said, as clashes with the Iran-backed terror group continued hours ahead of another planned round of talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials.
Naharnet: Hezbollah says targeted troops in north Israel with drone
Hezbollah said on Thursday that it targeted Israeli troops in northern Israel with a drone, as Lebanon and Israel were holding a new round of direct talks in Washington. In a statement, the group said it "targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers at the Rosh HaNikra site" near the border with Lebanon with a drone.
Lebanon
Naharnet: Berri tells Aoun he can convince Hezbollah to cease fire if Israel does
Speaker Nabih Berri has told President Joseph Aoun in a phone call that Hezbollah would fully commit to a ceasefire if the Lebanese delegation managed to clench a ceasefire commitment from the Israeli side, MTV reported on Friday afternoon, shortly before the start of the second day of Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington.
Naharnet: Jumblat warns that Hezbollah can't be disarmed by force
Druze leader Walid Jumblat has said that he does not fear a new civil war in Lebanon because such a war "requires two armed sides, and currently only Hezbollah possesses weapons." "However, we are living through a period of dangerous instability, and some Lebanese leaders may actually desire a return to civil war because they are prisoners of their past," Jumblat said in an interview with French news portal Mediapart.
Naharnet: Hezbollah arms to be addressed internally after ceasefire and withdrawal, official says
A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon kicked off in Washington Thursday, days before the expiration of a truce that reduced but did not stop the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Yemen
Financial Times: Yemen prisoner swap boosts Saudi push to keep Houthis out of war
Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to the biggest prisoner swap in more than a decade in a sign that Saudi Arabia is stepping up efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Arab state and keep Houthi rebels out of the war in Iran.
Pakistan
Afghanistan International: Pakistan Dismisses Taliban Denial Over Bannu Police Attack
Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi, again claimed that the recent attack on a police post in Bannu was organised and directed from Afghan territory.
Australia
Associated Press: Australia bans a neo-Nazi network under new law that criminalizes hate groups
Australia identified a neo-Nazi network as the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them. The group, formerly known as the National Socialist Network and sometimes called White Australia, said it would disband after the government in January passed the law allowing certain organizations to be banned. The law was in response to the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December in which 15 people were killed.
New York Times: Spat On, Egged, Threatened: Australian Jews Testify on Experiences of Antisemitism
three walking to a bus stop during rush hour. A volunteer with an ambulance service working on duty at a music festival. A university student in a shared house with two of her best friends. It was in these otherwise mundane moments that Australian Jews were subject to brazen antisemitism, something they thought would not happen in their country, witnesses told a public commission this month.
Technology
Times of Israel: X agrees to UK crackdown on hate speech, terror content after antisemitic attacks
Elon Musk’s X has agreed to strengthen protection for UK users against terrorist content as well as antisemitism and other hate speech, Britain’s media regulator said Friday, after repeated attacks on the country’s Jewish community triggered mounting regulatory pressure.
Deutsche Welle: Next Level Hate - Far Right Extremism on Gaming Platforms
Most platforms are subject to regulation — but far-right ideology is nonetheless able to spread in associated forums. Originally just a form of entertainment, the gaming world is now part of mainstream society — comprising spaces that become stages for extremist political agitation. Security authorities have seen a rise in far-right activity in these online communities, while non-government groups warn of a growing risk of radicalization.
Boston 25 News: ‘More urgent than ever’: Groups look to tech, social media companies to fight online antisemitism
The vast majority of Jewish people living in America, 91 percent, say they feel less safe now in the United States than a year ago, a recent report found. Their fear is driven by rising online hate and violent attacks. Two organizations, the American Jewish Committee and Cyberwell, have partnered to expand work with major tech and social media
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