CEP Managing Director Daniel Roth writes: “For years, a dangerous myth has taken root in progressive discourse that the worst excesses of antisemitism were a problem of the far right. As philosopher and author Sam Harris asserted on a recent episode of his Making Sense podcast, “If you’re talking about antisemites who actually want to kill the Jews now, you’re not talking about the far left.” Current events have shattered that illusion.”

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the threat to Israelis and Jews abroad, and Israeli and Jewish institutions, in the context of the terror attack in Washington, D.C.

Alexander Ritzmann from the Counter Extremism Project has been researching the phenomenon for years and believes there is a danger that shadow militias could emerge from some of the groups and strike on D-Day. Day X is supposed to be the assumption of power by a right-wing dictator. The historical model for part of the movement is the Sturmabteilung (SA) of the NSDAP. Also Julian M.'s men in Berlin. In October 2024, a DJV member wrote to his leader in a chat that he now wanted to set up his own "subgroup along the lines of the SA".