Eye on Extremism: November 5, 2026
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Reuters: Saudi Arabia warns of potential danger in Yanbu oil hub as Houthi attacks continue
Saudi Arabia issued alerts on Thursday warning of potential danger in Yanbu, the kingdom’s Red Sea oil export hub, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis continue attacks on the kingdom that have opened another front in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chose controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker to host its official election night livestream, drawing a blunt response from Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who accused the group of elevating rhetoric supportive of terrorism and antisemitism.
CEP Mentions
Welt: “Then there will be a series of hearings on almost all of Donald Trump’s cabinet members.”
What happens between the US and Iran after the midterms? “Congress actually has very little say in foreign policy,” says Middle East expert Hans-Jakob Schindler.
NTV: Plane bomb threats: “Either Russia or Iran”
For the second time in a week, a series of bomb threats against aircraft in Europe has surfaced. Security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler believes that only one type of perpetrator is realistic: a foreign power.
Analysis
Mother Jones: “They Hate the Groypers Because They Were Right”
In the lead-up to Election Day, white nationalist troll Nick Fuentes had simple instructions for his followers, known as “groypers”: “Stay home or vote Democrat.” And as the election results began to roll in last night, he tweeted, simply, “I love winning.”
Afghanistan International: Washington Acknowledges Pakistan’s Concerns Over Cross-Border Terrorism
The United States acknowledged Pakistan’s concerns regarding terrorism from Afghanistan during a speech at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Atlanta. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “we agree with Pakistan and we don’t want them to be targets of terrorism.”
United States
Fox News: Jewish teens prepare to confront antisemitism on college campuses
Jewish Student Union leaders, educators and student activists equip high schoolers with the tools to face antisemitism, defend their identity and stay proudly Jewish on campus.
New York Times: Jury Selection Begins in First Death-Penalty Case at Guantánamo Bay
Jury selection has begun in the case against a Saudi man who is accused of orchestrating the bombing of a U.S. Navy ship that killed 17 American sailors more than 25 years ago.
Modesto Bee: Modesto gang leader convicted in jail assault that left inmate with broken jaw, nose
A Modesto man described by prosecutors as a leader of a white supremacist criminal street gang inside a Stanislaus County jail has been convicted of felony assault after authorities said he orchestrated the beating of another inmate over perceived disrespect.
Jewish Insider: Shapiro blasts antisemitic bike rally targeting Philly Jewish businesses
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro slammed a planned bicycle rally targeting Jewish- and Israeli-owned businesses in the heart of Philadelphia on Sunday and said that state police are engaging with local law enforcement about the incident.
The California raisin heir charged with hurling a slew of antisemitic insults at his rabbi neighbor from the balcony of his $6 million Pacific Palisades mansion has been ordered to stay away from the alleged victim. Bruce Lion appeared Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom and was warned not to get within 300 yards of Rabbi Zushe Cunin per a restraining order.
Canada
The owner of a Montreal bakery targeted by two arson attempts in less than 48 hours says she fears the attacks were motivated by antisemitism after a second fire left her family business destroyed. Montreal police assigned their hate crimes unit to investigate the incidents at Mimimelon on St-Louis St., citing the bakery’s ties to the Jewish community.
Global News: Canadian woman accused of joining ISIS was ‘brainwashed,’ former friend testifies
A witness testifying at the trial of a Canadian woman accused of joining ISIS in Syria has described watching her close friend become “brainwashed.” Naveed Deol said she and Ammara Amjad were once like sisters. But Amjad’s extremist rhetoric eventually became so preachy that they parted ways.
Belgium
JNS: Brick thrown through Brussels synagogue window
Unidentified individuals hurled a brick through a window of a synagogue in Brussels on Monday, shattering the glass in a suspected antisemitic attack, police said.
France
Le Monde: French government uses anti-terror measures to prevent activists from protesting
A legacy of France’s 2015-2017 state of emergency after terrorist attacks, French authorities can restrict freedom of movement in the name of counter-terrorism. In recent weeks, they have imposed these measures on people who have taken part in the cost-of-living protests.
Germany
Deutsche Welle: The 2011 discovery of neo-Nazi killers aired biases in German policing
Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has German society reacted to NSU crimes? Has justice been done?
Greece
To Vima: Far-Right Violence in Greece Raises Fears of a Resurgence
On the afternoon of Oct. 8, a 32-year-old man left his home in Elefsina, west of Athens, to walk his dogs. A short time later, he was found covered in blood after being stabbed. Two men, ages 18 and 22, have been charged with attempted murder and placed in pretrial detention as investigators examine whether the attack was politically motivated.
Netherlands
JNS: Dutch museum cancels synagogue exhibit over Oct. 7 ‘tensions’
A publicly funded museum in the Netherlands has canceled an exhibition about a synagogue because of “tensions following Oct. 7, 2023,” organizers said on Tuesday. The exhibition, titled “300 Years Amersfoort Shul,” which has been planned for years and was due to begin before the 300th anniversary in February, will not happen because organizers “find the tension that this brings with it difficult,” Paul Baltus, the director of the nonprofit that runs the Amersfoort Museum, told the AD newspaper.
Sweden
JNS: Sweden makes Holocaust denial a criminal offense
The Swedish parliament on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation outlawing denial of the Holocaust. The move comes amid a sharp increase in Holocaust denial and distortion around the globe following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
United Kingdom
Times of London: Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Supreme Court hearing on ban
Protesters holding placards in support of Palestine Action have been arrested outside the Supreme Court as justices heard an appeal against the Home Office’s decision to ban the group.
Guardian: Met settles claim brought by Palestine activist ‘treated like a criminal’ during arrest
The Metropolitan police have settled a claim brought by a 68-year-old pro-Palestinian activist who accused the force of treating him “like a criminal” when he was arrested under anti-terrorism legislation. Tej Singh Bhandal was returning to the UK on Eurostar this year when police pulled him from a queue at St Pancras International station in London.
JNS: Report: England Greens leader reposted antisemitic users
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has repeatedly shared posts from accounts that have trafficked in antisemitism, a watchdog group said on Wednesday.
A legal challenge to a major government-backed review of antisemitism in education has been labelled a “disgrace” by several Labour MPs and Jewish groups. The challenge by the Good Law Project (GLP) comes in response to a report by former top Department for Education (DfE) civil servant Sir David Bell, which last month made 27 key recommendations – one of which was that all English schools and colleges adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
Jewish Chronicle: UK sanctions on Israel ‘stoking antisemitism’, warns former minister
The government’s sanctions on Israel will “stoke” antisemitism, a former minister has said, as a vote criticising the measures was passed by peers. Baroness Altmann said the West was “being played” as she quoted the late Lord Sacks, former chief rabbi, who said human rights was used as a cover for antisemitism.
Afghanistan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that the Taliban has established an extensive system of surveillance, intimidation and repression to silence Afghanistan’s media. The organisation said the Taliban’s intelligence agency had created a feared unit known as 015 to target journalists.
Kabul Tribune: Taliban, UN Officials Meet in Uzbekistan for Doha Process Talks
A two-day meeting of working groups under the Doha process began Wednesday in Uzbekistan, bringing together Taliban officials, U.N. representatives and international participants to discuss counternarcotics efforts and support for Afghanistan’s private sector, the Taliban Foreign Ministry said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Western countries are incapable of resolving Afghanistan's problems and that regional countries should take responsibility for managing its affairs.
Diplomat: Opium Is Back in Afghanistan
The much-hailed ban on drugs by the Taliban since April 2022 notwithstanding, opium production in Afghanistan is again on the rise. The latest findings of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on opium production in Afghanistan are revealing. The era of Taliban success in controlling and diminishing opium production seems to be over. To the contrary, production has jumped fivefold in a year, with a new growing area away from the traditional southwest.
Gaza Strip/West Bank
Israel Police opened an investigation into a Palestinian schoolteacher in his 30s on suspicion of incitement and expressing support for a terrorist organization following a series of social media posts allegedly glorifying terrorism, police confirmed on Wednesday.
JNS: Israeli airstrike eliminates Hamas terrorist who held Omer Shem Tov captive
The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had eliminated a senior Hamas terrorist who held Israeli civilian Omer Shem Tov hostage during the war.
JNS: New analysis challenges Gaza famine, casualty claims using Hamas-run ministry data
An analysis of Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry data challenges claims of widespread famine and disproportionate civilian casualties during the war, citing population growth and mortality figures that its authors said contradicted widely circulated assessments.
Iran
Associated Press: Iranian college students face pressure as authorities crack down on dissent
After participating in an anti-government protest on campus, the social sciences student was called into a disciplinary hearing at his university and faced an intimidating panel: It included a cleric representing Iran’s supreme leader and an official who refused to identify himself.
Israel
The consultations between President Isaac Herzog and party representatives on whom to recommend to form the next government continued at the President’s Residence on Thursday, with two of the four factions attending backing Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot to receive the mandate.
MK Mansour Abbas, head of the traditionalist Arab party Ra’am, declined to call Hamas a terror group during consultations with President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, citing a desire to remain a “bridge” to Palestinians as well as potential danger to himself and his family.
President Isaac Herzog sent an unusual warning letter on October 8 to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Council head Shmuel Ben Ezra, warning of a dangerous escalation in nationalistic violence in the West Bank.
Jordan
Associated Press: Security officer attacked and killed near Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan’s capital
An assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman on Thursday, in what Jordanian authorities described as a terrorist act. The attack comes weeks after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in southern Jordan, killing nine people and wounding dozens more.
Jerusalem Post: Sbarro bombing terrorist Ahlam Tamimi served with US lawsuit via X
Ahlam Tamimi, the terrorist responsible for the Sbarro bombing in Jerusalem in 2001, was served with legal papers on X/Twitter on Tuesday in a case brought by the National Jewish Advocacy Center on behalf of the estate of Malka “Malki” Roth, according to the organization’s Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder. The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Arnold and Frimet Roth, the parents of 15-year-old Malka Roth, could serve Tamimi with legal papers through social media on X/Twitter, because Tamimi continues to reside in Jordan at an unknown address.
Lebanon
Naharnet: US, UK, and allies back Lebanese state monopoly on arms and war decisions
The Embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan affirmed Thursday their strong support for the Lebanese government as the sole entity authorized to hold weapons and decide on matters of war and peace.
Naharnet: Aoun: We won't accept to share our sovereignty with anyone
President Joseph Aoun stressed Thursday that Lebanon is an independent and sovereign state, stating that “we will not accept anyone sharing our sovereignty, so that we do not pay the price of past mistakes again.”
Naharnet: Judge issues arrest warrants for two held over Hezbollah explosives
Judge Ghada Abou Alwan interrogated the detainees Haitham Amhaz and Ali al-Kurdi on Thursday in the Hezbollah explosives case and issued two arrest warrants against them, MTV reported.
Ynet: Hezbollah is back: Lebanese army fails to fill the vacuum left by IDF
More than 100 days after the IDF handed three southern Lebanese villages to the Lebanese army, Hezbollah-linked aid groups have returned and oversight talks remain stalled, raising fears in Israel that the failed pilot could lead to renewed fighting
Naharnet: Aoun calls Yemen’s leader to reject ‘any interference’
President Joseph Aoun has called the Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, Rashad Muhammad al-Alimi to convey Lebanon’s commitment to Yemen’s state sovereignty, after the internationally-recognized government accused Hezbollah of having military advisers in the war-torn country.
Naharnet: Gemayel demands executive steps to keep Lebanon out of war
Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel has called for “executive measures” to prevent Hezbollah from dragging Lebanon into a war. “The state cannot leave the decision to avoid war to Hezbollah and build on reassurances from the group,” Gemayel told journalists on Wednesday.
Syria
Shafaq News: Syrian intelligence dismantles ISIS cell in Manbij
Syria’s General Intelligence Directorate dismantled an ISIS cell linked to a series of attacks and assassinations in Manbij, eastern Aleppo province, the city’s Internal Security Command media office told Shafaq News on Thursday.
Syrian Observer: What Will Become of Turkey’s Military Bases and Observation Posts in Syria?
An investigation by journalists from Daraj and SIRAJ has identified 37 Turkish military bases and observation posts across rural areas of Aleppo, Idlib, Hama and Latakia.
Yemen
Yemen's internationally recognized authorities are moving to tighten financial controls over goods entering Houthi-controlled ports, according to a decision by the National Committee for Regulating and Financing Imports (NCRFI), circulated by the Aden Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The decision requires customs duties, taxes and other legally prescribed government revenues to be paid in advance on imports destined for Houthi-controlled ports.
Wall Street Journal: Saudi Arabia Has No Easy Choices as It Weighs How to Combat Houthi Threat
After Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea and seized territory commanding the strategic Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint, the kingdom reached out to the group to see what it would take to arrive at a negotiated halt to the hostilities. The answer it got back: $51 billion.
India
News Mill: NIA court to begin charge framing arguments in Red Fort blast case
The Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court at Rouse Avenue has scheduled hearings for arguments on the framing of charges in the Red Fort car bomb blast case, which occurred in November 2025. The hearings are set to commence on November 6 and will continue until November 27, with arguments on behalf of the accused slated for November 14.
Pakistan
Kabul Tribune: Pakistan, UK Reaffirm Counterterrorism Cooperation, Discuss Afghanistan
Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Wednesday expressed concern over the continuing threat posed by militant groups operating in and from Afghanistan, including the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, and called for a stable and secure Afghanistan to ensure lasting regional peace.
Mozambique
AllAfrica: Mozambique: Terrorists Kill 14 in Low-Lying Area Between Muidumbe and Mueda
Waves of violence carried out by Islamist terrorists in some districts of northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have caused the death of 14 people last week, according to local sources cited by the independent newsheet “Carta de Moçambique.”
Nigeria
Truth Nigeria: ISWAP Command Structure Tested as Troops Kill Senior Leaders in Kukawa
A Shura Council member, a commander linked to ISWAP’s leader and two Arab fighters were reportedly killed, but residents say fear and disruption continue.
Daily Post: Notorious bandit kingpin, Dogo Gide frustrates Islamic State expansion in Nigeria
Notorious bandit kingpin, Dogo Gide, has emerged as a major obstacle to the expansion of the Islamic State Sahel Province, ISSP, in Nigeria’s North-West, reportedly inflicting significant losses on the terror group and forcing its fighters to retreat.
Somalia
Somalia, which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly disparaged, is deepening its military cooperation with Washington, with its semi-autonomous Puntland region preparing nearly 100 security personnel for specialised American training as the US seeks to strengthen its counterterrorism presence in the strategically important Horn of Africa.
Philippines
Philippine News Agency: NTF-ELAC pushes interagency cooperation vs online extremism
The Executive Committee (ExeCom) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELAC) on Wednesday called for stronger inter-agency cooperation to address online radicalization and terrorism-financing.
Australia
Australian: Classrooms to combat hate under bold curriculum overhaul
Schoolchildren will be taught about the dangers of antisemitism, the Holocaust, democratic values and the rule of law under sweeping changes to the national curriculum given the green light by governments and set to be rolled out in classrooms within months.
The Australian: ‘Death to silly Jilly’: Man’s threat targets antisemitism envoy
A 63-year-old man has been fined and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond after posting a menacing threat directed at Australia’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal.
Technology
Forbes: Gaming Platforms Targeted In Anti-Terrorist Action
Europol is attempting to restrict online games that feature violent extremist and terrorist live action role-playing.
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