Hamas Leadership Confirm Iran’s Role In Planning, Executing Terror Attacks Against Israel

Senior officials of U.S.-designated terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah confirmed that the Islamic Republic of Iran had a central role in planning and authorizing the terrorist attacks launched against Israel on Saturday that killed hundreds...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov – Part 2

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violence-oriented transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and, particularly, its re-invasion of...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov – Part 1

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violence-oriented transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and, particularly, its re-invasion of...

Register Now: CEP’s Alternative Pathways Conference

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)—with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—will host an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC with leading experts in the fields of rehabilitation...

Extremist Content Online: Hamas Attack Documented On Telegram, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, White Supremacists Praise Attacks On Israel

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers found multiple Telegram posts on the main...

“…These so-called “Active Clubs” are now recruiting across the United States, according to Alexander Ritzmann, a Berlin-based senior adviser who co-authored the report “Hiding in Plain Sight–The Transnational Right-Wing Extremist Active Club Network...

"The decision for Hamas to take at least 100 Israeli hostages, Sir Ivor Roberts states would have 'carefully planned' by Deif 'with the aim of securing the release of thousands of Palestinians'. The adviser to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) said...

Eye on Extremism: October 10, 2023

“As thousands of people danced at a music festival in an Israeli desert area in the early hours of Saturday, Hamas militants from Gaza descended upon the revelry. Videos show young Israelis dancing to trance music under a giant Buddha statue and...

"Josh Lipowsky, research analyst for the Counter Extremism Project, told the Washington Examiner that much of what Hamas posts on the platform is available on its website but that when its website is down, it provides it the ability to continue its...

"By August, research conducted by Alexander Ritzmann for the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a nonprofit that tracks extremist groups, found that there were 46 clubs operating in 34 different states—a 50 percent increase in the number of clubs and a...