Eye on Extremism: December 7, 2023

“The Israeli military has killed about half of Hamas’s midlevel commanders in Gaza, Israeli officials said, as its troops pressed forward Wednesday into the suspected hiding place of the group’s leader in a bid to eliminate its top brass. Israel is...

"Qatar has played a major role in getting Israeli hostages out of Gaza, but it’s facing growing pressure to distance itself from Hamas. In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green”, Fran Townsend...

Eye on Extremism: December 6, 2023

“Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war...

Help Keep Watch Over Extremist Content Online

The links between terrorist and extremist content on tech platforms and real-world violence are undeniable. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has long been at the forefront of monitoring these online spaces and responding to content that puts users...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "Online incitement to terror ‘is key’: Hans-Jakob Schindler"

CEP CALLS ON DOHA FORUM SPEAKERS TO CALL OUT QATARI HOSTS

Today Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend called on speakers at the upcoming Doha Forum on December 10-11 to use that platform for good — and publicly demand that...

Eye on Extremism: December 5, 2023

“A Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 civilians observing a Muslim festival in the north-west on Sunday, the country’s armed forces have admitted. Villagers in Tudun Biri in the state of Kaduna had gathered for the Maulud...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for story: "There's growing concern about the violence the Israel-Hamas war could be inspiring here in Europe. Over the weekend a German tourist was fatally stabbed in Paris. The suspect was...

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, a senior director at the non-profit Counter Extremism Project (CEP), told DW the attack demonstrated the 'new terror method of not actually planning complex attacks, but trying to inspire individuals online to conduct attacks.'...

"The lack of international attention on Afghanistan’s renewed terror threat is laying the groundwork for what Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Berlin- and New York-based Counter Extremism Project, called a “back to the future” repeat of...