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CBC: Could an explosive drone at a German airport signal a growing Russian threat to NATO?
Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said Russia is testing how much Germany is willing tolerate, calling the drone incident in Leipzig an “aggressive escalation” of such interference.
Analysis
Homeland Security Today: Assessing the Current State of Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrency
Over 12 years ago, when terrorists and jihadi groups first started using cryptocurrency, I began researching this subject. During that time, this use has greatly expanded and become much more sophisticated. Today, not a single one does not use cryptocurrency. What began as jihadi experimentation with it as a fundraising tool has become an integral element of global jihad’s financial and operational ecosystems across the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, Africa, and North America.
The Atlantic: Islamophobia Has Corroded American Values
I'm not usually one to read much into the symbolism of anniversaries, but this year marks both 250 years since the founding of the United States and 25 years since 9/11. I can't think of one without the other, because September 11 not only transformed how the United States interacted with Muslims abroad and at home; it also changed our collective view of American values around citizenship, identity, and civil liberties.
United States
Associated Press: Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
A Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities despite government investigations that were rushed and incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools, a former Justice Department lawyer alleged in a whistleblower disclosure obtained by The Associated Press.
Jewish Insider: Rick Scott: We have to ‘fight, fight fight’ antisemites running in the Republican Party
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) expressed confidence ahead of Florida’s primary elections on Tuesday that voters will reject the Republican candidates who have embraced blatantly antisemitic messages as part of their campaigns.
The National: Use of words ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’ will be limited in Lockerbie trial
Use of the word “terrorism” will be limited during the trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, who is accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988. US District Judge Dabney Friedrich made the decision at the request of Mr Masud's court-appointed defence team during a pre-trial hearing on Monday.
Newsbreak: Acworth man charged with hanging posters promoting white supremacist group across city
An Acworth man is facing charges after police say he plastered multiple posters promoting a white supremacist group across the city. James Franco DeMarco, 21, is accused of using a roll-on adhesive to stick multiple “political propaganda” posters on a large city power box, street signs, light poles and pedestrian crossing signs throughout the downtown area, according to his arrest warrant, filed by the Acworth Police Department.
Oklahoma Voice: Investigation ordered by Oklahoma governor will demonize Muslim people, expert says
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s latest effort targeting Muslim groups is “political theater” meant to tap into a broader undercurrent of Islamophobia and create unwarranted fears during an election year, experts said. They said Stitt’s demand that state resources be used to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is similar to previous efforts nationally and in other Republican states. It comes amid a hotly contested election cycle where a Muslim American recently won a high-profile primary in Michigan and the GOP is looking to justify why the U.S. is at war with Iran.
Denver Post: Castle Rock man who intended to join ISIS pleads guilty in federal terrorism case
A Castle Rock man arrested in 2023 as he attempted to board a flight at Denver International Airport pleaded guilty last week in a terrorism case, according to federal officials. Davin Daniel Meyer, 21, took a deal and pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, federal court records show.
JNS: Fliers referencing ‘dirty Zionist money’ appear near NYC apartment buildings slated for redevelopment
Several fliers containing antisemitic, racist and homophobic messages have appeared around two Manhattan public-housing developments targeted for a major redevelopment project. The posters, found near the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, include references to “dirty zionist money,” “Talmudists” and the Rothschild family and appear to be aimed at opponents of the redevelopment.
JNS: Former Mamdani campaign staffer says she was ‘mistaken’ after claiming NYC synagogue attack was not antisemitic
Debbie Saslaw, a co-founder and executive producer of Brooklyn-based political production company Melted Solids, said she was “mistaken” after initially claiming that an attack at a Manhattan synagogue was not antisemitic because the alleged assailant was Jewish.
JNS: Police probe ‘offensive message’ at Philadelphia Jewish museum
Police are searching for a suspect who defaced the “OY/YO” art statue at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History with an “offensive message” on Aug. 13, a Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson told JNS.
Canada
CBC: Hamilton police seek suspect after neo-Nazi, anti-Black stickers placed on East Hamilton building
Hamilton police are asking for the public’s help identifying a person accused of placing neo-Nazi and anti-Black stickers on a property in East Hamilton. Police say the incident happened between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on June 13 at 51 Adair Ave. S.
Iran International: Forced to serve in the IRGC, now fighting to stay in Canada
Iranian men conscripted into the Revolutionary Guards for their compulsory military service fear they and their families could lose the right to remain in Canada, after letters warned the mandatory stint may amount to membership in a terrorist organization.
Belgium
Brussels Times: Controversial ‘neo-Nazi’ music festival in Ypres cancelled
After coming under widespread criticism, Ypres city council has revoked the permit of the controversial Frontnacht festival, local media report. Earlier on Tuesday, Flemish socialists Vooruit threatened to leave the city if the permit wasn't revoked.
Bulgaria
Balkan Insight: Vigilante Murder Raises Fears of Russian Neo-Nazi Influence in Bulgaria
After a ‘paedophile hunt’ by teenagers in Plovdiv resulted in a livestreamed murder, police are trying to crack down on a neo-Nazi subculture influenced by Russia's far-right skinhead movement.
Georgia
Caliber: Georgia detains suspected ISIS recruiter wanted by FBI in Tbilisi VIDEO
A US-Uzbek citizen wanted by US law enforcement on charges of financing a terrorist organisation has been detained in Tbilisi, according to a publication by Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Facebook.
Germany
Jerusalem Post: German state bans anti-Israel ‘Palästina e.V.’ group over antisemitic propaganda, terror support
The Hesse Interior Ministry has banned the anti-Israel organization ‘Palästina e.V.’ due to its role in spreading Jew-hatred, praising terrorism, and disseminating antisemitic propaganda.
Deutsche Welle: Germany’s AfD is labeled far right, populist or extremist
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is often classified as a “far-right extremist party.” However, the term has no clear-cut definition. In the broadest sense, it means that a party stands far to the right of the political center. Far-right parties are often associated with strong nationalism, racism, an authoritarian view of the state and a rejection of a liberal, pluralistic society.
Deutsche Welle: German activists target neo-Nazis with trademark law
Neo-Nazi clothing is a growing business. But activists in Germany are fighting back. By trademarking extremist symbols and brands, they're forcing online shops to remove products, disrupting a key source of revenue.
Portugal
Jerusalem Post: Portuguese gov't demands investigation for antisemitic threats against Israeli doctoral student
Portugal’s attorney general has been asked to open a criminal investigation into alleged antisemitism, incitement, and threats at the University of Coimbra, following complaints by an Israeli-American-Portuguese doctoral student who claims he was targeted by hostile posters, Hezbollah flags, death threats, and physical assault.
United Kingdom
The Independent: Children’s commissioner warns young people are being ‘intoxicated by extremism’ on social media
Children are becoming “intoxicated by extremism” and are increasingly becoming radicalised online, the children’s commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza said that almost three quarters of the 4,700 referrals to the government’s anti-terror scheme Prevent were not prescribed to a particular ideology such as Islamist or right-wing extremism, but had a “fascination with extreme violence or mass casualty attacks.”
Jewish Chronicle: BBC’s highest complaints body rules ‘moneybags Rothschild’ is not antisemitic
The BBC has been accused of sparking an “unnecessary and unedifying row” after its highest complaints body rejected a complaint about the use of the phrase “Moneybags Rothschild”. The reference to the Jewish banking dynasty came during a February episode of the corporation’s long-running Radio Four programme, Gardeners’ Question Time, which is still available on BBC Sounds.
The National: First Minister John Swinney to hold anti-far-right summit
First Minister John Swinney has said that “hatred, extremism and racism have no place in Scotland” ahead of a summit in response to far-right agitators.
Afghanistan
NDTV: 50 Children Injured In Hand Grenade Attack Near Kabul School
A hand grenade attack near a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday afternoon wounded multiple children, authorities said. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said late Monday that “a number of children” had been wounded and said an investigation was underway. He did not provide further details.
Afghanistan International: Repeated Attacks On Kabul’s Hazara Community Are ‘Appalling’, Says UN Rapporteur
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has described an explosion near a school in Dasht-e Barchi, a predominantly Hazara area of Kabul, as deplorable. He called for a full and independent investigation to bring those responsible for the attack to justice.
Gaza Strip/West Bank
The Telegraph: Hamas could disarm within 30 days, says Kushner
Donald Trump’s son in law has suggested Hamas could begin handing over its weapons within a month, following a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. Jared Kushner met the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem alongside Sir Tony Blair after Israel publicly rejected Mr Trump’s plan to bring peace to Gaza.
Times of Israel: Amid Israeli pushback, source reveals Board of Peace weighing new disarmament framework
The Board of Peace is considering abandoning its phased framework for Hamas’s disarmament amid Israeli pushback to the US-controlled body’s original plan, a source directly familiar with the negotiations told The Times of Israel on Monday.
Times of Israel: Settlers reported to torch West Bank fields and attack Palestinians overnight
Extremist settlers torched Palestinian fields in Turmus Ayya and carried out attacks in two other locations across the West Bank on Monday night, injuring at least two Palestinians, Palestinian media said.
Iran
News.Az: IRGC denies Trump’s backchannel talks claim
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday denied US President Donald Trump’s claims that Washington maintains back-channel communications with Iranian officials. Earlier in the day, Trump said there is a backchannel for peace talks with the IRGC during a phone interview with Fox News and that US officials are “directly” speaking with IRGC officials, a claim the corps later rejected, The New Region reported.
Iran International: Leaked audio: Iran's Basij brace for new protests and fear being named online
Officials of Iran's Basij militia can be heard on a leaked recording weighing the risk of a new round of protests and the danger that members will be identified online, a rare glimpse of the anxiety inside the force the state sends against demonstrators.
IranWire: IRGC Envoy Warns of Foreign “Cognitive Warfare”
Abdullah Haji-Sadeghi, the Supreme Leader’s representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated on Monday, August 17, that the primary objective of what he termed the “enemy’s cognitive warfare” is to seize the “command and intellectual direction of society.” Speaking at an event celebrating National Journalist Day, Haji-Sadeghi described cognitive warfare as one of the most dangerous forms of conflict, stating that many wars and military attacks are ultimately conducted to exert influence in this domain.
Iraq
Iran International: Iraq vows to pursue those behind drone attacks in Erbil
Iraqi authorities will investigate drone attacks targeting several locations in Erbil and pursue those responsible under the law, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi said on Tuesday. In a phone call with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, Zaidi condemned attacks on Barzani’s private office and the residence of the regional security agency chief.
Israel
Jerusalem Post: Israel not in sync with US on Hamas, Gaza, must avoid becoming ‘client state,’ ex-consul warns
Israel is not fully in sync with the United States, Yaki Dayan, a former Israeli consul in Los Angeles, told Radio 103FM on Monday while discussing the meeting between Jared Kushner, Board of Peace officials, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Times of Israel: Alleged Islamic State backer charged with planning car-bomb attack at Beersheba club
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 20-year-old from a southern Bedouin town with plotting a car-bomb attack on a popular Beersheba nightclub, after he contacted Islamic State enthusiasts and a person “who presented himself as a Palestinian terror operative,” police and the Shin Bet said.
Qatar
Iran International: Qatar says downed Iranian aircraft were ‘aggressors’
The Iranian aircraft shot down by Qatar were engaged in “aggression,” and Qatari forces responded in accordance with their rules of engagement, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem Post: Saudi textbooks continue reforms, remove antisemitic content – report
Saudi Arabia has continued a trajectory of educational reform in its 2025 to 2026 school textbooks, according to a newly published report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se).
Syria
Shafaq News: Senior ISIS military leader arrested near Syria's Manbij
Syria's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that it had arrested ISIS military leader Hamza Abdullah Muhammad, known as Abu Jihad Al-Muhajir, during a security operation in the countryside of Manbij, a city in Aleppo province in northern Syria.
India
Afghanistan International: India Deepens Taliban Engagement With Official Presence At ‘Victory’ Event
In the latest sign of closer ties between India and the Taliban, Anand Prakash, a senior Indian Foreign Ministry official, attended an event in New Delhi marking the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power. The Taliban held events marking the fifth anniversary of its return to power at the Afghan embassies in Islamabad and New Delhi, two days after the anniversary.
Mali
Politico: Washington’s Mali gamble
For more than a year, Washington and other Western capitals have fixed their attention on a deadly campaign being waged across Mali by an al-Qaeda affiliated group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, one of the Islamist militant groups fighting against the junta government.
Australia
The Australian: Bondi Royal Commission has ‘ignored the key factors’ in rising antisemitism
News24 host Chris Kenny says the Bondi Royal Commission has “ignored the key factors” regarding the rise in antisemitism. Mr Kenny said it ignores how Islamist extremist hatred was “unleashed publicly” against Jewish Australians the day after October 7. “Islamist extremism is the threat, and the Royal Commission has all but ignored it.”
Phys: Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians
“Students are funneled into echo chambers, lured into extremist content through innocent avenues such as gaming and workout videos, then exposed to extreme misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia.” That's how one Australian teacher described what they're seeing in their classroom.
Financial Review: ‘Detached from reality’: Judge slams Segal’s test for antisemitism
A NSW Supreme Court judge has attacked special envoy Jillian Segal’s preferred definition of antisemitism as verbose, imprecise and detached from reality, accusing those who promote the definition of using it to shut down protest against Israel.
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