Eye on Extremism: November 13, 2026
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Reuters: Iran says tanker carrying LNG hit mine, suffered explosion in Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday while using what they described was an “unauthorised and dangerous route,” state media reported.
Jerusalem Post: Trump says US antisemitism at levels ‘like Germany in 1938’
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that antisemitism in the United States was at levels “like Germany in 1938,” at the beginning of the Holocaust. The president was asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about the recent rise in antisemitism in the US and what his administration was doing to combat it.
CEP Mentions
Pro7/SAT1 Newstime: November 13, 2026
CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on the cyberattack against the German drone company Quantum-Systems.
Analysis
While it won’t be possible to establish the real incident until Microsoft issues a public status report and completes an internal investigation, three facts push the cyberattack theory aside.
Terrorism has morphed in myriad ways, making it more challenging than ever to analyze and defend against, Assaf Moghadam, the new head of the International Institute of Counterterrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, recently told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive first interview since taking the job.
Parliament Magazine: The Krakow shooting points toward Europe’s changing extremist threat
The Krakow shooting highlights concerns about attackers radicalized online, whose pursuit of chaos is making extremist violence harder to predict.
Across global digital subcultures, extremist networks are increasingly weaponising edgy internet humour and memes to spread covert propaganda. In the West, the far-right extremist movement has successfully exploited the culture of shitposting and internet memes to normalise hate speech in the public sphere. This practice of meme hijacking and the exploitation of pop culture has also been used by ISIS sympathisers, who have constructed subcultural counter-narratives using everyday internet elements, ranging from the ‘mewjahid’ trend on Twitter to humanise extremists to the exploitation of memes featuring characters from popular culture to appeal to a younger demographic.
United States
Guardian: US terrorism case sheds light on RAF Fairford arrests mystery
When the US took custody of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi in May, investigators hoped the string of terrorist and arson attacks he was accused of promoting and directing against American and Jewish targets in the UK and Europe on behalf of Iran would stop. They were wrong.
Seven employees of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sued the city, the department and its equal employment opportunity director for allegedly discriminating against them by refusing to recognize a Jewish employee group and retaliating by probing the group’s leaders after they mourned Jews killed at Bondi Beach in Australia.
MLive: Michigan elected official married to neo-Nazi influencer resigns her office
Some of Meghyn Booth’s constituents began calling on her to resign as treasurer of Maple Valley Township in Montcalm County more than a year ago. Her husband, Christopher Booth, had been exposed by a reporter for the British newspaper The Guardian as a neo-Nazi influencer who posted videos under the name Shameless Sperg.
USA Today Network: West Michigan TPUSA club cancels anti-Muslim meeting. What they asked
A West Michigan high school club backed by Turning Point USA said it has canceled a meeting slated for Thursday, Nov. 12, following backlash over Instagram posts that publicized the session and questioned the role of Muslims in America.
West Orange Police Department officers assured a Jewish event organizer that protesters would be kept off of synagogue property but then let them breach the grounds and pursued criminal charges against the organizer after he intervened to protect a fellow Jewish congregant, a federal lawsuit alleges.
UC Berkeley’s Jewish Student Union released a statement Monday condemning an ASUC Senate resolution passed Oct. 28 that opposed campus’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
Schwimmer has been outspoken about antisemitism since long before the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. Over the course of his career, he’s spoken at multiple Anti-Defamation League events and called for other people to stand against hate, routinely saying, “Silence is complicity.” The actor appears to have never explicitly identified as a Zionist, and his statements have focused more on galvanizing support for Jews and Israelis — rather than on the Jewish state. But this is of little importance to his critics.
CBS News: Support pours in for Michigan halal restaurant targeted by Islamophobic letter
Halal Bros 2 Go in Taylor, Michigan, is receiving hundreds of supportive comments and dozens of new customers after an Islamophobic letter directed at the restaurant was passed out earlier this week.
Canada
Toronto Blue Jays CEO Mark Shapiro has issued a statement about recent Islamophobic posts shared to social media by Anthony Santander — though the slugger has still remained silent.
A Montreal kosher restaurant was broken into and robbed early Wednesday, adding to a string of incidents at Jewish-owned businesses in the city in recent days. The break-in at Schnitzel, a café and restaurant on Queen Mary Rd., occurred two days after a window was smashed at Pizza Pita in Décarie Square and following two suspected arson attacks at Mimimelon, a kosher bakery in St-Laurent.
CBC: U of T rejects report saying school over-polices, under-protects Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians
A review of the University of Toronto's policies and practices has found the school has a "general pattern of over-policing and under-protecting" Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians, with a report laying out dozens of recommendations related to academic freedom, on-campus security methods, institutional autonomy and other concerns.
Belgium
Reuters: Belgian ministers at odds over Iran’s alleged role in refrigerator cyberattacks
Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said Iran was “very likely” behind the recent refrigerator cyberattacks on European shops, while Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said there was insufficient evidence to draw conclusions. “There was enough evidence from our security services for me to say that Iran is very likely behind the cyberattacks we have seen targeting our shops,” Quintin told Belgian broadcaster VRT NWS Thursday evening.
France
Reuters: France’s Le Pen seeks to square pension promises with budget reality
France's far-right National Rally (RN) will present its pension plans next Tuesday as it seeks to convince increasingly nervous investors that its programme will be affordable if, as opinion polls suggest, it takes power in five months'’time.
Reuters: France favours adding pressure on Yemen’s Houthis, foreign ministry spokesperson says
It is necessary to raise pressure on Yemen’s Houthis so that they end their attacks in the region, notably on Saudi Arabia, France’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “Our position is that it is necessary to increase pressure on the Houthis so that they put an end to their unacceptable attacks and provocations, particularly against Saudi territory, but not only there,” Pascal Confavreux told a news conference.
Germany
ZDFheute: Car of “Nius” editor-in-chief Reichelt set on fire
The car of “Nius” editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt was set on fire and largely destroyed. According to Reichelt, the arson attack took place in Berlin-Charlottenburg on Friday night.
Der Spiegel: The German Bundestag passes a “reform of the century” for the intelligence services.
German intelligence services are being granted expanded powers to combat espionage, terrorism, and sabotage. The Bundestag has passed a fundamental reform of intelligence law. 309 members of parliament voted in favor, 190 against, and 71 abstained. This will give the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) additional tools, for example, in telecommunications surveillance and the matching of biometric data.
DPA: Poll: Germany’s far-right AfD extends lead over Merz's conservatives
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is maintaining its strong lead in opinion polls ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, according to a poll released on Friday.
Netherlands
Ellen van Praagh warned of the deteriorating environment facing Dutch Jewry and expressed stark alarm over how rapidly security and social acceptance have eroded in the Netherlands since October 7, ahead of the European Jewish Association (EJA) delegation to Auschwitz on Monday.
Spain
Reuters: Spanish judge suspends prominent ultra-right group Nucleo Nacional
A Spanish judge has ordered the suspension of ultra-right group Nucleo Nacional’s activities as part of an investigation into alleged hate crimes and illegal association, a court in the northern city of Gijon said on Thursday.
United Kingdom
Counter Terrorism Business: Two men convicted of spying for IRGC
Following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London, two men have been found guilty of spying for Iran. After a six-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Manesh were convicted of engaging in conduct likely to assist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Times: Hamas chief’s bodyguard faces extradition from UK for terror plot
A former bodyguard to the leader of Hamas who is wanted in Germany for orchestrating an antisemitic terror plot was smuggled into the UK in the back of a lorry, The Times can reveal. Mohammed Naim, 40, worked for Ismail Haniyeh when he was the Islamist group’s leader before entering Britain illegally in 2014.
A neo-nazi jailed for running a racist radio station that broadcast daily readings of Mein Kampf has been accepted into Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, the Daily Mail can reveal. James Allchurch, 54, from Pembrokeshire, was sentenced to two years at Swansea Crown Court in May 2023 after being convicted on ten of 15 counts of distributing audio material to stir up racial hatred.
JNS: UK warns London mosque charity over anti-Jewish sermons
The government body in charge of registered charities in England and Wales on Thursday said it had issued a warning last month to an Islamic charity in London tied to antisemitic sermons. The Charity Commission’s Oct. 20 warning to the Lewisham Islamic Centre will be in force for a year, the commission said in a statement. It does no entail any sanctions but, if deemed to have been ignored, the warning could lead to imitations and even a seizure by the government.
Save the Children UK has decided to not adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, despite its recommendation in the independent review commissioned by the charity.
Afghanistan
Guardian: Afghan women told to ‘go home’ after de facto ban on male doctors treating them
Afghan women told to ‘go home’ after de facto ban on male doctors treating them
The unofficial Taliban restriction has forced women into desperate and absurd situations as they seek medical help, according to interviews given to the Guardian and Zan Times
Afghanistan International: Taliban Seek Russian Investment In Oil Refineries & Mining
The head of the Afghanistan Cooperation Business Council at Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the Taliban administration wants to purchase Russian petroleum products and involve Moscow in building small oil refineries in Afghanistan.
Kabul Now: Former Afghan Security Force Member Found Hanged in Northeastern Afghanistan
The body of a former member of Afghanistan’s security forces has been found hanged at his home in Dara district of northeastern Panjshir province, local sources told KabulNow.
Middle East
The U.S. military said it intercepted two Iranian attack drones headed toward Bahrain, as the Revolutionary Guard claimed it struck a U.S. early warning radar system in the kingdom. The Guard also said a tanker struck a naval mine while attempting to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, causing an explosion.
Jordan
Reuters: Australia’s friendly against Jordan moved to Qatar over security concerns
Next week's international friendly between Australia and Jordan has been moved to Doha, Football Australia (FA) said on Friday, after security concerns were raised over playing the fixture in Amman. Australia, who face Qatar in Doha later on Friday, had been set to travel to Jordan for Tuesday's game.
Iran
IranWire: IRGC Deputy Commander Threatens to Expand Attacks Beyond the Region
Mostafa Izadi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), threatened on Friday, November 13, 2026, in an interview with the Al Mayadeen network, that potential strikes by the Islamic Republic in the event of a renewed war would not be confined to Israel and the Middle East, but would extend to areas beyond the region.
AzerNews: IRGC vows ‘horrifying’ response to any attacks
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi (pictured) warned on Friday that any “hostile” actions against Iran would be met with a “horrifying and painful” response.
Iran International: Iran’s top clerical governing body calls for nuclear doctrine review
Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body of Islamic jurists tasked with choosing the supreme leader, has become the first governing institution to call for a review of the country's defense doctrine, potentially paving the way for a reversal of the religious ban on nuclear weapons.
Israel
Former Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said Israel should deploy its intelligence and cyber capabilities to help combat rising antisemitism around the world, arguing that the Jewish state is not currently doing enough to protect diaspora communities facing growing threats.
Lebanon
Naharnet: US reportedly mulling Egypt-like monitoring team for Lebanon
The Trump administration is considering establishing a mechanism similar to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) stationed in Egypt to monitor the trilateral agreement between Lebanon and Israel, as a potential post-UNIFIL arrangement, Asharq Bloomberg has reported.
Naharnet: Hezbollah compares Bsharri detainees to prisoners held by Israel, report says
Hezbollah has tasked MP Hussein Hajj Hassan with contacting judicial authorities— specifically Public Prosecutor Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj — to request that the five Hezbollah men arrested earlier this week in Bsharri be handed over, MTV said in a report Friday.
Syria
Arab News: Syrian forces free kidnapping victim in raid on suspected Daesh cell in Aleppo
Syrian security forces dismantled a suspected Daesh cell in Aleppo, arresting four people and freeing a kidnapping victim whose family had been pressured to pay a ransom, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Pakistan
Independent: Pakistan’s army says it killed 74 militants in raids on hideouts
Pakistan’s military said on Friday that 74 militants had been killed in a series of raids on their hideouts over the past 10 days. The operations took place in the northwest and in the southwest, in regions along the border with Afghanistan.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York Times: Caught Between Killers: Ebola on One Side, Islamic State on the Other
“We see the same mistakes as before,” said Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, who helped discover Ebola in 1976 and now heads Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research. “It’s as if we were starting from zero. It’s very disappointing.” And if that were not enough, the campaign to contain the epidemic has run into a terrifying new threat: the Islamic State.
Le Monde: Islamic State group-linked fighters kill 66 civilians in Ebola-hit east DR Congo
Islamic State group-linked gunmen killed 66 civilians, including three health workers, in an attack last week in the Ebola-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, African health authorities said Thursday, November 12.
Nigeria
Reuters: US officials say violence against Christians in Nigeria remains a key concern
Violence against Nigerian Christians remains a key concern, the US State Department said, a year after the Trump administration accused Nigeria of violating religious freedoms and designated it as a “country of particular concern” (CPC). President Donald Trump last November threatened military action against the West African nation over the treatment of Christians. The Nigerian government rejected the CPC designation and said the move was based on misinformation and faulty data.
Australia
Australian Associated Press: Australia prepares for ‘terrorism 2.0’ with online hub
Australia's threat level rating system will be overhauled at the same time as national intelligence agencies are brought together to tackle online radicalisation. ASIO chief Mike Burgess will brief Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke in the coming days on a new system for estimating terrorism and extremist threat levels amid an ongoing review of the process.
Australian: Royal commissioner lets PM and his team off the hook
Anthony Albanese, Tony Burke, Penny Wong and other Labor ministers should be hauled before new hearings of the royal commission into antisemitism and publicly grilled over the government’s collective failure to keep Jewish-Australians safe. It was on the Albanese government’s watch that security agencies were left without adequate laws, resources and political support to fight hate and violence, which led to father-and-son Islamic extremists committing Australia’s worst-ever terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.
Technology
eJewishPhilanthropy: When seeing shouldn’t be believing: AI and the future of antisemitic libel
Antisemitism may be history’s longest-running multimedia franchise. It began as rumor, then scripture, then images carved into church walls. The printing press made it portable. Radio gave it a voice. Cinema gave it motion. Social media made it participatory and ubiquitous. Each edition has had higher production values and felt more real than the last.
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