Eye on Extremism

Extremism News Roundup

March 16, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 16, 2026

A string of recent synagogue attacks across North America and Europe has left security officials sounding the alarm bells. “We are in the midst of the most elevated and complex threat environment the Jewish community and this country has seen in...

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March 13, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 13, 2026

Officials have not yet offered a motive for the attack at the synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday. But the case is the latest in a series of assaults and threats against synagogues and Jews in recent months, with tensions accelerating in the wake...

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March 12, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 12, 2026

Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying Thursday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage...

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March 11, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 11, 2026

European Union envoys have approved new ​sanctions targeting 19 ‌Iranian officials and entities responsible for serious human rights ​violations, the bloc's ​foreign policy chief, Kaja ⁠Kallas, said on Wednesday. "As ​the Iran war continues, ​the EU...

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March 10, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 10, 2026

ran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war started by Israel and the United States that has rattled world markets and shows no signs of a letup. In Bahrain, authorities...

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March 9, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 9, 2026

US President Donald Trump told The Times of Israel on Sunday that a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one that he’ll make together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump also asserted in the brief telephone interview...

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March 6, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 6, 2026

Armed police have arrested four men suspected of spying for Iran and allegedly targeting synagogues and Jews in London. Counter-terrorism detectives are investigating why the alleged surveillance of Jewish locations and individuals was being carried...

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March 5, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 5, 2026

Iran’s Assembly of Experts is set to hold an emergency session on Thursday to formally announce Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the late Supreme Leader, as the next leader, despite opposition from some members who warn against “hereditary leadership,”...

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March 4, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 4, 2026

Any replacement selected to replace Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by Israel on the first day of the war with Iran on Saturday, will be in Israel’s crosshairs, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned on Wednesday....

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March 3, 2026

Eye on Extremism: March 3, 2026

US President Donald Trump says Iran’s military assets and leadership are “gone” and that it’s “too late” to hold talks with Iran, in a brief post on his Truth Social account. “Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to...