Eye on Extremism: February 18, 2025

“Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners, prolonging a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that appeared to be teetering only days ago. The hostages — Alexander Troufanov, 29, known as Sasha...

“After the attacks in Munich and Villach, the authorities are investigating the perpetrators' Internet accounts. There are indications of Islamist motives. Extremists have long been radicalizing themselves on the Internet and developing their own...

“... The Munich attack once again shows the increased threat of terrorism in Germany. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains why reforms in the regulation of social media, the legal basis of security and police services and the management of...

“... Six suspected extremist-motivated attacks in one year. “That is far too many,” says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler at IPPEN.MEDIA . Germany has a security problem. After the car attack in Munich, the political debate about deportations...

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) announced last week that the building known as “House 88,” which once served as the residence of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and which literally overlooked the Auschwitz extermination camp, will become the...

"Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace announced last month. the purchase the house of the infamous Nazi official Rudolph Höss who commanded the German death camp Auschwitz in occupied Poland during the Holocaust."

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown interviewed: “Bill is joined by Caleb Weiss and Edmund Fitton-Brown to discuss the latest UN Sanctions Monitoring Team report on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda that was released this week.”

“How can we prevent what happened in Munich this week in the future? In an interview, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler makes three demands. Mr. Schindler, Mannheim, Solingen, Magdeburg, Aschaffenburg - and now an attack in Munich... Hans-Jakob...

“It was the sixth apparently extremist-motivated attack in just over ten months: on Thursday morning in Munich, an Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a demonstration by the Verdi trade union. According to police, at least 36 people were injured...

“Yesterday a car drove into a crowd in Munich. How do such incidents affect the feeling of security? And: The Munich Security Conference begins. In the Munich district of Maxvorstadt, a 24-year-old Afghan drove a vehicle into a crowd and injured...