Email from Counter Extremism Project (CEP) US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks Eye on Extremism June 29 2026 Top Stories Daily Telegraph Sydney: Terror group al-Qaeda glorifies Bondi massacre and urges followers to replicate attack The terror group – through its violent Yemeni affiliate – has also told its followers in the West “the least” they can do is replicate that massacre, claiming it is impossible for security agencies to foil every lone wolf attack, from which “there was no escape”. It comes ahead of the royal commission into anti-Semitism holding its third public hearing block in Sydney from Monday – and as ASIO director-general Mike Burgess this week warned how extremists were embracing mixed ideologies while increasingly becoming radicalised online, alone and rapidly. Associated Press: US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts, though one of Iran’s top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun—In Facism Young Columbia is the first all-female white nationalist youth club to emerge within the wider Active Club network in the U.S.  New Blog by Alexander Ritzmann: Read Here.  CEP Mentions SWR Radio: Radicalized online – How Islamists reach young people Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks to SWR on the radicalization of young individuals via social media in Germany. Analysis Iran International: How a US-Iran deal can reshape the Middle East The preliminary memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington to end the 70-day conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz has reshaped the regional balance, with consequences extending far beyond the battlefield. Le Monde: To join the 'system' or overturn it? Bardella's private life and policies raise doubts By openly seeking to appeal to economic elites and the right, far-right leader Jordan Bardella breaks with Marine Le Pen and her father's historic 'anti-system' hostility. Some party members question his desire to pursue radical policies. United States Fox News: Former House intel leader points to Dem rhetoric 'encouraging' violence; eighth man charged in UFC terror plot An eighth person was charged in a thwarted plot allegedly targeting the Freedom 250 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House, and a former key lawmaker, ex-FBI agent and current candidate for Senate warned that escalating rhetoric on the left is stoking violence. The Guardian: The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event Almost two weeks ago, the US Department of Justice announced that it had foiled a plot by Proper and a number of co-conspirators to assassinate Donald Trump and other elected officials at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event recently held at the White House. As of Friday, eight people from around the country are in custody. All appear to be men in their 20s or early 30s. Jerusalem Post: CAM weekly antisemitism report – Far-left incidents jump nearly 20% as DSA makes gains The Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM documented 93 far-left incidents this week, a 19.2% weekly increase. The rise came as Democratic Socialists of America (DS)-backed candidates, including prominent anti-Israel activists, made gains in Democratic primaries across the New York City metro area. JTA: Tennessee GOP leaders denounce ‘No wars for Jews’ mailers bearing Young Republicans name A rural Tennessee region was rocked this week after thousands of homes received mailers encouraging them to join the local Young Republicans chapter with a campaign platform including “No wars for Jews.” Fox News: Dem sounds alarm on party antisemitism after primary loss 'Journal Editorial Report' investigates Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman's grave warnings about surging antisemitism, particularly among younger progressives. Following his primary election defeat, Goldman faced public backlash and a coffee shop ban for supporting Israel. Panelists criticize ignorance fueling anti-Israel narratives, referencing a New York Democratic socialists' rally just after the October 7 massacre. amNewYork: Mamdani, Menin blast act of antisemitic hate on Upper East Side after swastika scrawled on Tesla Two of the city’s top elected officials condemned an ugly hate crime on the Upper East Side on Friday after someone scrawled a swastika onto the hood of a parked vehicle. According to multiple reports, the car’s owner discovered the vandalism near the corner of East 85th Street and 1st Avenue just after 9 a.m. on June 26. The symbol of hate had been etched into the hood of a parked Tesla sedan. Colorado Sun: Progressive leaders criticize Melat Kiros for declining to call deadly Boulder firebombing antisemitic Three progressive leaders in Colorado are criticizing democratic socialist Melat Kiros, who is running to represent the 1st Congressional District in Denver, for refusing days before the primary election to call the deadly firebombing attack last year on a Jewish community rally in Boulder antisemitic. Jerusalem Post: California state senator harassed at pride parade, fellow democrats call out antisemitic hate California State Senator Scott Wiener was harassed for his stance on Gaza during the San Francisco Trans March on Friday, to the point where it was no longer safe for him to remain, Wiener said. A group of people were so “physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park,” Wiener stated, adding that this was the first time he did not participate in the march. Canada Jerusalem Post: 'Zero tolerance': Non-Jewish Canadian CEOs, politicians, professionals condemn rising antisemitism Over 70 non-Jewish Canadians published an open letter in Canada’s leading publications condemning antisemitism. The 78 Canadian professionals, including the CEO of the National Bank of Canada; former prime minister Stephen Harper; and presidents of universities, have created the Stopping Antisemitism movement, an ad hoc, non-partisan group. Germany Independent: Stade shooting latest: Five people killed and two detained after attack on youth centre in Germany Five adults have been killed in a shooting at a youth centre in the town of Stade in northern Germany, police have said. Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including the suspected shooter, police told The Independent. The motive for the attack remains unclear. Der Spiegel: Germany's Antifa Prepares for a Summer Showdown with the Right-Wing AfD The German right-wing party AfD is preparing for its national convention. Leftist activists are getting ready as well. This time, the left wants more local support - and is putting on a friendly face. CNN: Germans are researching their Nazi past as the far right urges them to move on The promotion of these online search engines comes at a time when Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party continues to enjoy strong support. Prominent voices from within the AfD have rejected Germany’s post-war Erinnerungskultur, or “culture of remembrance,” arguing that the country should move past its history of guilt and focus on national pride. United Kingdom BBC: Soldier with 'homemade cannon' denies terror motive A soldier has admitted possessing firearms and explosives but denied they were connected to terrorism, a judge has been told. Mark Broadhurst, 28, was arrested at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, in September 2024 and a range of weaponry and explosive substances was found at his home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Sheffield Crown Court heard. The Guardian: UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions – experts British foreign correspondents could be at risk of prosecution if they use sources within state-backed groups in countries such as Iran under national security legislation being rushed through parliament this week. The Telegraph: Far-Right extremists exploiting Buy Me A Coffee fundraising app A fundraising platform designed to help fans support struggling artists and performers is being exploited by far-Right activists, The Telegraph can reveal. The Buy Me A Coffee platform has been used to raise thousands by white supremacists and campaigners who have thrown their support behind Restore Britain. NPR: Could neo-Nazi youth, or 'active clubs,' have played a role in Belfast riots? The violence that drove scores of ethnic minorities from their homes earlier this month in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has drawn attention from those who study violent extremism in the U.S. Jerusalem Post: Man yells ‘f*** the Jews’ at Orthodox woman in upscale British supermarket chain A man hurled antisemitic abuse at an Orthodox Jewish woman in a London supermarket last Monday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. The Telegraph: Pro-Palestine Greens try to water down anti-Semitism guidance Pro-Palestine Greens are trying to water down anti-Semitism guidance. Activists associated with Young Greens, the youth wing of Zack Polanski’s party, are proposing new guidance which critics claim could open the door to anti-Jewish discrimination. Russia Moscow Times: Orenburg Court Jails 3 Bar Workers for LGBTQ+ ‘Extremism’ A court in the Orenburg region on Monday handed down prison sentences to a bar owner and two of his employees in Russia’s first criminal case targeting people accused of belonging to what authorities call the “international LGBT movement.” The trio was arrested on LGBTQ+ “extremism” charges in March 2024, representing the first instance of criminal charges being pressed in connection with the Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the non-existent “LGBT movement” as “extremist” the year before. Middle East Jerusalem Post: US releases full text of Trilateral Framework with Lebanon, Israel The United States on Friday announced that it had reached a trilateral agreement with Israel and Lebanon. The aim of the deal is to create a path to peace for both countries and to establish diplomatic relations between them. Naharnet: Trump presses Syria to take on Hezbollah, raising alarm in Lebanon and Israel As the White House has soured on Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria's autocratic President Bashar Assad a year and a half ago and formed a new government would do a better job of rooting out Hezbollah than the Israeli army. Afghanistan Afghanistan International: Former Police Commander Shot Dead In Herat Sources in Herat told Afghanistan International that Mohammad Hussain, the former police commander of Shahrak district in Ghor province, was killed in an attack on Airport Road in Herat. According to the sources, unidentified gunmen carried out the shooting. Afghanistan International: US Sought Military Base In Afghanistan, Says Senior Taliban Official Shahabuddin Delawar, a member of the Taliban’s Doha negotiating team, said US officials sought to retain a military base in Afghanistan during the Doha talks. He also claimed former US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad warned Afghanistan could become “another Syria” after the US withdrawal. Gaza Strip/West Bank Times of Israel: Report: IDF warns Hamas is readying to return to war; US opposes new Israeli offensive The Israel Defense Forces’ Military Intelligence Directorate and Southern Command submitted a warning last week to Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir that Hamas’s military wing is preparing for renewed war with Israel, the Kan public broadcaster reported Sunday. Iran Jerusalem Post: IRGC dismisses claim 20 m. barrels of oil used to promote, fund war effort IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi appeared to play down Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s claim last week that his government had allocated 20 million barrels of oil to the IRGC Aerospace Force to support the war effort, saying that “it is the government's responsibility to support the armed forces,” according to footage released by the IRGC-linked Fars News Agency. Iran International: Khamenei mourning site shut as shroud-wearing hardliners expose loyalist rift A mourning site set up near the place where Ali Khamenei was killed has been shut down after shroud-wearing ultra-hardliners turned it into a three-day sit-in, exposing a widening rift inside Iran’s loyalist camp over how to use the slain leader’s memory. Iraq Iran International: Iraq orders Iran-backed groups to disarm by Sept. 30 Iraq’s government has given Iran-backed armed groups operating in the country until September 30 to disarm, its spokesman said during a press conference on Monday. Iran International: Iraq arrests officials tied to Iran-aligned parties in Baghdad raids, sources say Iraqi security forces arrested dozens of officials in Baghdad on Sunday, including figures linked to Shia parties close to Iran, sources told Iran International, in a sweeping operation tied to a corruption case involving alleged smuggling of Iranian oil. Israel Times of Israel: Nearly three-quarters of Israelis fear a repeat of Oct. 7-style attack, poll finds Nearly three out of four Israelis fear a potential future attack similar in scale to the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, according to a television poll aired Friday. Jerusalem Post: When Hezbollah escalated the war with a record drone assault Israel’s security establishment has identified a significant escalation in Hezbollah’s drone threat following a large-scale attack on northern Israel - an incident described by a security official as “the most powerful drone attack ever launched against Israel.” Several drones penetrated Israeli territory, causing fires and injuring both soldiers and civilians, while others reportedly hovered above Israeli towns and strategic sites in the north, further deepening residents’ fear and sense of insecurity. Yemen Online: Israeli Army Radio: Israel Preparing Major Operation Against Houthis Israel appears to be preparing for a large‑scale military operation against Yemen’s Houthi militias, according to reports aired by Israeli Army Radio. The broadcast suggested that the operation could include targeted assassinations aimed at curbing the Houthis’ growing military capabilities, particularly amid their recent missile tests designed to improve accuracy and range. Lebanon Reuters: Senior Lebanese official slams US-brokered deal with Israel, warns of divisions Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah, on Monday slammed a U.S.-brokered agreement between Lebanon and Israel, warning it could lead to​attempts to divide Lebanese and said it would not be implemented. Israeli officials suggested the agreement would move forward in the coming days, but there were no immediate ‌reports of any aspects of the deal being implemented on the ground. Naharnet: Qmati says Hezbollah won't quit govt. or resort to street action The deputy head of Hezbollah's political council, Mahmoud Qmati, noted Monday that the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement was "born dead," stressing that his group will not allow it to be implemented. "We will confront it with all possible means and methods," Qmati said in an interview with The New Arab news portal. Naharnet: Lebanon's deal with Israel requires Hezbollah to disarm. That might be difficult Hezbollah's leader has criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon have signed to end months of conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel, raising concerns about its effectiveness. The agreement signed Friday in Washington links Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon to Hezbollah's disarmament, something the group rejects. Naharnet: Fadlallah warns of 'internal conflict', as Israeli strikes on south continue Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah warned on Sunday of "internal conflict" in Lebanon over the country's agreement with Israel, which the Iran-backed group rejects, predicting that the deal would not be implemented. The agreement, which was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks and aims to pave the way to peace between the neighbors, includes plans to disarm Hezbollah. Naharnet: After Hezbollah supporters protest, Lebanese Army vows to keep peace The Lebanese military has vowed to maintain public order, after Hezbollah supporters staged street protests against the government's signing of an agreement with Israel. On Friday evening, after Israeli and Lebanese envoys met in Washington to agree a framework to pave the way towards a peace deal, many Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut. Naharnet: Qassem calls US-Israel-Lebanon deal 'grave blunder', deems it null and void Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem condemned the U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework agreement on Saturday, saying it is a major mistake by the government and that his group deems it null and void. The agreement -- which includes a pilot effort in which Lebanese soldiers take control of two areas currently occupied by Israel, as well as a process aimed at disarming Hezbollah -- was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks. Reuters: Israel destroys Hezbollah underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern ​Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the Israeli prime minister and defense ‌minister on Sunday. The U.S. was informed ahead of the attack, which targeted a 200-meter (656-ft)-long tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun, according to the statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ​Defense Minister Israel Katz. Reuters: Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah militants and attacked a launcher in the Nabatieh area Israeli military said ​on Sunday it ‌killed Hezbollah militants armed ​with rocket-propelled ​grenades and struck a ⁠rocket ​launcher in the ​Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon to ​remove ​threats to its soldiers. Yemen Jerusalem Post: Houthis use Israel-Iran ceasefire to upgrade missile range, sources tell 'Post' – exclusive The Houthis are using the current ceasefire between Israel, the US, and Iran to improve their missile capabilities, two Western intelligence sources told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. According to the sources, the Iran-backed group has recently been conducting missile tests aimed at enhancing its capabilities, with the objective of improving both the range and the accuracy of its attacks. Pakistan Reuters: Pakistan forces kill 29 militants in border operation, Kabul says dozens of civilians dead Pakistan's security forces said they had killed at least 29 militants in ​ground and air operations along the Afghanistan border, while the Afghan Taliban said ‌at least 38 civilians had been killed in airstrikes. Sunday's aerial assault was Pakistan's second on targets in Afghanistan that it said belonged to militants, and threatened to exacerbate an intermittent conflict between the former allies, who fought ​their worst battle in years in February. Mali France 24: All warring parties in Mali committed 'grave abuses' against civilians, report says Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists, the Malian army and its Russian allies have all committed "grave abuses" against civilians during and after the April attacks that rocked the West African country, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday. Nigeria Reuters: Gunmen abduct students sitting exams in northeast Nigeria Gunmen burst into a school in northeastern Nigeria and abducted students as they ​were sitting exams on Monday morning, police said. The ‌attackers fired sporadically as they charged into Government Day Secondary School in the town of Lassa, Borno State police ​spokesperson ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso said. Australia AFP: Bondi survivor tells Australian commission he was accused of being AI ‘crisis actor’ A Jewish lawyer wounded in December’s terror attack targeting a Hanukkah event at Australia’s Bondi Beach discovered that AI-generated images depicting him as a “crisis actor” were proliferating online as he was going into surgery, a royal commission inquiry heard Monday. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Bondi Beach terror attack royal commission to examine antisemitism in the media The "cesspool" of anti-Jewish material on social media is set to be examined when the antisemitism royal commission resumes this week. More than 20,000 submissions have been made to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, which mostly sat in secret last month due to national security and legal concerns. AAP: Prominent Jewish family hit by 1500 threats a month Thousands of attacks and death threats are levelled at one of Australia's most prominent Jewish families each year, a royal commission has heard. Steven Lowy, the former Westpac co-chief executive and son of billionaire Frank Lowy, retains a personal security team who monitor online threats to his family. Australian Jewish News: Schoolboy’s horrifying antisemitic abuse via app revealed A father appeared before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion this afternoon under the pseudonym ACF, giving evidence about a sustained campaign of antisemitic abuse directed at his then 11-year-old son through the social media chat app Discord, by classmates at a public secondary school in a major Australian city. Technology Follow The Money: Far-right groups rely on PayPal to spread extremism PayPal is being used to process payments by far-right groups that promote nationalist and anti-immigrant views under the guise of feminism, an investigation by Fuller has found. The findings raise questions about the payments giant’s failure to enforce its own rules, amid growing concerns over how Big Tech deals with extremist content. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a nonprofit and non-partisan international policy organization working to combat the growing threat posed by extremist ideologies. CEP depends on the generosity of its supporters. If you value what we do, please consider making a donation. DONATE Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe for yourself here. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) | PO Box 3980 | NEW YORK, NY 10185 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice