Eye on Extremism: November 9, 2026
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Associated Press: Poles mourn rare mass killing as authorities say attacker had far-right views
Mourners on Sunday laid candles and flowers alongside bullet holes in Krakow, Poland, after the city’s central square turned into a site of bloodshed and grief. A 24-year-old man with far-right views opened fire a day earlier, killing six people and wounding 15 before police shot and wounded him.
European Jewish Association (EJA) Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin opened the annual symposium and EJA delegation to Auschwitz in Krakow on Monday, issuing an urgent call for European political leaders to take decisive legislative action against surging antisemitism across the continent.
CEP Mentions
ZDF Heute: Interview with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: “A government-led operation”
Schindler views the threats against aircraft as a state-sponsored operation in the sense of hybrid warfare. However, the investigation is still in its early stages.
ZDF Heute: Bomb Threats Against Flights: What Happens Onboard
“We are still in the early stages of the investigation,” says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler on ZDF. He considers it rather unlikely that the threats have a criminal or terrorist background; instead, he suspects a “state-sponsored operation in the sense of hybrid warfare.” According to Schindler, “uncertainty and economic damage” are most likely the actual goal of the bomb threats.
Jacek Purski, political scientist, president of the Institute of Social Security, and expert on countering radicalization at the Counter Extremism Project think tank: “We can say with absolute certainty that we’re dealing with a person who underwent a radicalization process. And I’m convinced it wasn’t a short-lived process. Such a person sends warning signals early on. The most important question we should ask ourselves today is: could we have interrupted this process before the tragedy occurred?”
Jacek Purski, a political scientist and expert on countering radicalization at the Counter Extremism Project think tank and president of the Institute of Social Security, warned in an interview with PAP that “if Poland does not start to effectively counteract radicalization, there will be further attacks.”
New York Sun: Al-Shabab Names Christians as Targets in Kenya, Borrowing a Page From ISIS
“Concretely, over the past years, al-Shabaab has regularly attacked Christian communities in their area of operation but generally has refrained from prominently highlighting this in its propaganda output,” the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, tells the Sun. “Therefore, the shift here is propaganda messaging rather than operational. Indeed, this is mimicking the general propaganda messaging by Islamic State affiliates.”
DW News: Krakow shooting: What do we know about the suspect and motive?
Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, joins DW News to examine what distinguishes a terrorist attack, the significance of the suspect’s reported far-right ideology and what his access to weapons could tell investigators. We also discuss the broader question of whether there was outside involvement in the attack in a bid to exploit extremist violence as part of hybrid warfare.
Senior research analyst Sofia Koller examines the use of AI by extremists and CEP’s new ExTech German-French network.
Analysis
Twenty-five years after 9/11, much of the world has moved on from the war on terrorism. Following the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Washington has turned to other major concerns; along with many of its European allies, the United States has been more preoccupied with the growing confrontation with China, and with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, than with the threat of transnational extremism. Buttressing this shift has been a general decline in terrorist attacks in many parts of the world since ISIS’s peak, in the mid-2010s.
United States
Wall Street Journal: White House Weighs Executive Order Attaching Terrorist Label to Some Nonprofits
The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would list some nonprofit organizations as having terrorist ties, a move that would suspend their tax-exempt status immediately and could cripple their operations.
JNS: Jews, who are 10% of NYC, targets of nearly 60% of Big Apple hate crimes last month
The New York City Police Department released official crime statistics for last month on Monday, and again it said that major crimes were down but that Jews are increasingly hunted in the city.
Newsweek: Seattle Diwali Celebration Disrupted by ‘Vile and Racist’ Protest
Two far-right activists disrupted a Diwali celebration in Seattle with placards calling for the deportation of Hindus and invoking a conspiracy theory about the replacement of Christians. The incident, which took place in front of festivalgoers, including children, prompted condemnation from U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Hindu advocacy groups.
News 12 New Jersey: Mayor of Clark condemns threatening, racist letter targeting Somali family
People all around Clark received what many view as a racist and threatening letter in their mailboxes on Monday. The anonymous letter targeted one family along Alice Lane for being Somali.
More than 2,000 people supported Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia targeted by a “boycott ride” on Sunday, after lawmakers, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, said the ride was antisemitic.
A planned boycott of six Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia is drawing condemnation from Jewish organizations and Democratic officials, particularly because it coincides with the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht. The demonstration, organized by activist group Philly Bike On Your Left, targets Goldie, K’Far Café, Dizengoff, Huda, Mac Mart and Schlesinger’s Deli. Promotional materials declare, “No business for Zionists!” and demand the businesses leave the city.
CBS 21: White supremacist flyers distributed to residents in Lancaster County
Residents in multiple Lancaster neighborhoods said they received flyers from apparent white supremacist groups on Friday. The flyers were placed in mailboxes on Putnam Drive and Pitney Road, according to residents from each neighborhood who reached out to CBS 21.
New York City Police Department officers arrested Mohamed Barssoun, 26, and charged him with assault and harassment on Saturday morning, the NYPD told JNS. The department did not confirm if the attack was being probed as a hate crime.
New York Times: A Look Inside Jury Selection in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
A week of exhaustive questioning in the U.S.S. Cole bombing case ended on Friday with just the first three of 20 U.S. military officers chosen for a jury in the first death penalty trial by military commission.
Canada
CBC: Parents warned extremist groups are targeting a growing number of kids online across Prairies
Violent extremist groups are grooming, recruiting and radicalizing a growing number of children and teenagers across the Prairies, police and researchers say. They’re using social media platforms and popular online video games to connect, coerce and extort victims to harm themselves, kill people and animals, or commit school shootings.
South America
JNS: Israel organizes first-of-its-kind Latin American Forum to Combat Antisemitism
The Latin American Forum to Combat Antisemitism met in Buenos Aires on Nov. 1–3. Israel and the Latin American Jewish Congress jointly created the new forum in Argentina, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem noted on Sunday.
In much of Latin America, antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories circulate among people who have never met a Jew. But since Oct. 7, antisemitism has taken on new urgency in the region, as Israel has become an increasingly charged presence in domestic politics, embraced by some politicians and rejected by others.
Europe
In the diplomatic calculus of contemporary European Jewry, timing is everything. Yet when the European Jewish Association (EJA) convenes its annual delegation to Auschwitz in Krakow this week, the choice of dates is pointedly deliberate. Rather than aligning with standard calendar routines, the gathering serves as an intentional focal point for high-level political engagement across the continent.
Financial Times: Estonia accuses Russia of state-sponsored terrorism over hybrid attacks
Estonia’s interior minister has said Russian acts of aggression in Europe should be considered “state-sponsored terrorism” rather than hybrid incidents, as European authorities probe who was behind the hacking of supermarket fridges around Europe.
France
France24: Russian network used social media to blame French riots on immigration, EU report says
An internal EU assessment has uncovered a Russian network that aimed to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration. The assessment, seen by Reuters, offers an insight into how external actors have been exploiting France's domestic turmoil for their own political ends.
Netherlands
Some 200,000 people gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday to protest the Dutch government’s policy toward Israel, local media reported, in the latest of a series of “red line” demonstrations in which participants dress in red to form a line against alleged war crimes against Palestinians.
Poland
Homeland Security Today: Polish Prosecutors Open Terrorism Investigation Into Kraków Mass Shooting
Polish prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation after a 24-year-old man opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, killing six people including a Briton and injuring 17, in an attack that authorities said was probably inspired by far-right ideologies.
Reuters: Krakow mass shooter dies as political dispute over motives builds
A gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Saturday in an unprecedented Polish mass shooting died in hospital on Monday, as national shock and grief gave way to an increasingly bitter dispute over his motives. Very little information has come out about the shooter, who was shot and arrested by police minutes after opening fire from his car in Krakow's historic main square.
Spain
At least 12 members of the self-styled Neo-Nazi, Nucleo Nacional, have been arrested in a police operation across Spain. Amongst those detained were the group’s leaders Ivan Rico and Isabel Peralta.
The name Enrique Lemus comes as little surprise to left-wing political circles in the Spanish city of Valladolid. Nobody asks who he is when questioned about far-right groups in the city, where he is widely identified as having been the visible head of Democracia Nacional for many years. His involvement dates back more than a decade, when he was already acting as a spokesman at rallies where Francoist flags were displayed, though some trace his ties to extreme-right factions back to the 1980s. The neo-fascist party was based in Calle Renedo in Valladolid—the very address where Lemus registered Noviembre Nacional in February, marking the political vehicle of Núcleo Nacional, a far-right movement forged in the heat of the 2023 Ferraz protests against the Spanish government's investiture deal.
Democrata: Arrested in Barcelona a suspected repeat jihadist for violating parole surveillance
The National Police have arrested in Barcelona a suspected jihadist affiliated with the terrorist organization Daesh, who is attributed with a crime of terrorist indoctrination, both active and passive, after repeatedly breaching the precautionary measures that had been imposed on him following a previous conviction for praising and jihadist indoctrination.
United Kingdom
Reuters: Man who sent racist threats to UK Conservative leader Badenoch receives jail sentence
A man who sent racist threats to the leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail on Monday. Kieran Kyle, a 43-year-old former teacher from Kent, sent three emails to Badenoch in early May this year using very offensive racist language and threatening to kill her.
Telegraph: Pro-Palestine groups plot Remembrance Day protests
Pro-Palestine activists are planning protests to coincide with Remembrance Day. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine (GMFP) have organised demonstrations to coincide with Armistice Day on November 11.
Telegraph: Pro-Palestine activists ‘intimidating patients’ by handing out leaflets in hospitals
Pro-Palestine activists have been accused of intimidating Jewish patients and staff by distributing leaflets accusing Israel of genocide in hospital treatment rooms and waiting areas.
ITV: Prison sentence for couple who shouted at child outside Jersey’s Mosque during Ramadan
A couple who shouted abuse at a teenager outside Jersey's Mosque earlier this year have been dealt a prison sentence. Tamara Nadine Dubois and Jade Clarke James Hamon were found guilty of threatening, abusive, and disorderly conduct following an incident outside the Islamic Centre in St Helier earlier this year.
Manchester Evening News: The Stockport streets where parents are afraid to take kids to the mosque
Parents in Stockport say they have been left too scared to take their children to their local mosque, after it was subjected to six vile Islamophobic attacks in 18 months. Windows have been smashed, pork products thrown onto its roof, and copies of the Qur'an - Islam’s central religious text - have been damaged at the Elaf Masjid in Edgeley.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan International: ISIS Operates From Safe Havens In Pakistan, Says Taliban
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday, 7 November, that Afghanistan had been cleared of Islamic State. He said Taliban forces had fought the group decisively and achieved significant results.
Afghanistan International: Taliban Intelligence Seeks Telegram & TikTo’'s Help In Combating ISIS
The Taliban’s intelligence chief, Abdul Haq Wasiq, urged technology companies, including Telegram and TikTok, to cooperate with the Taliban administration against ISIS-K.
Atlas Press: UN Warns of ISIS-K Threat in Afghanistan Armed with New Drones
Alexander Zuev, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for Counter-Terrorism, announced an increase in the operational capacity of the ISIS-Khorasan group in Afghanistan during the Shanghai Plus security meeting in Samarkand. He stated that in addition to acquiring modern drones and training their forces to utilize this equipment, the group is also leveraging artificial intelligence to produce propaganda content in Central Asian languages.
Sada-e Hindukush, a media outlet linked to Taliban intelligence, has released a video of what it describes as a forced confession by former Afghan police commander Allah Dad Fedayee following his arrest. In the video, Fidai expresses regret over his past activities and asks Taliban leaders for forgiveness.
AmuTV: Taliban army chief claims armed opponents are not Afghan
The Taliban’s army chief, Fasihuddin Fitrat, claimed Sunday that members of anti-Taliban armed opposition groups, including the resistance front and the freedom front, were not Afghan and that they were equipped and supported by Pakistan
8AM Media: Resistance Front Reports Killing Three Taliban Fighters in Herat
Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front has announced that three Taliban fighters were killed in an attack by its forces in Rabat Sangi district of Herat province. In a statement released on Sunday, November 8, the front said its forces had organized and carried out an operation near the Torghundi market in Rabat Sangi district the previous night.
Gaza Strip/West Bank
Ten terrorists planning to launch an attack against Israeli citizens were arrested in the city of Arrabe, near Jenin, on Monday morning, the IDF announced.
Israel Hayom: Hamas prisoner scandal exposes calls with Sinwar, terror plots from Israeli jails
An indictment against Salama Qatawi, who served as the “emir” of Hamas prisoners at Ramon and Ketziot prisons, reveals a sweeping failure of oversight in Israel's handling of security prisoners. Qatawi maintained regular contact with Hamas leaders in Gaza, Turkey and Iran. In 2021, Sinwar promised to fire rockets at Israel if the prisoners launched a general strike.
JNS: Hamas ‘impedes’ ability to provide help for Gazans during winter, COGAT says
The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories unit said it is monitoring the humanitarian situation in Gaza following this weekend’s rainfall but cannot allow certain equipment into the Strip because Hamas could use it “to develop terrorist capabilities.”
Iran
Iran International: Iran says missiles no longer bound by range limits
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that restrictions on the range of the country's ballistic missiles had been lifted, raising the prospect of strikes against targets farther afield if US or Israeli attacks resume.
Times of Israel: IRGC claims a self-imposed limit on ballistic missile range ‘has been lifted’
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that a self-proclaimed limit of 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) on the range of its ballistic missiles “has been lifted,” suggesting the country may seek to develop missiles capable of reaching more distant targets amid fears of renewed all-out war.
IranWire: IRGC Says Tanker Transit Halted in Southern Strait of Hormuz
Fars News Agency, citing an informed official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, reported that the destruction of navigational aid systems on the southern rocks of the Strait of Hormuz completely halted tanker traffic through the passage last night.
Israel
Jerusalem Post: Police arrest east Jerusalem teen for allegedly tearing mezuzah from Jewish home
A 16-year-old east Jerusalem resident has been arrested on suspicion of tearing a mezuzah from the doorpost of a Jewish home in the Silwan neighborhood and spraying graffiti on its front door, police said on Sunday.
Times of Israel: 11 arrested in Lod brawl after far-right ‘sovereignty march’ in Arab neighborhood
Eleven people, including a woman and a minor, were arrested late Sunday night in a brawl involving dozens of people in Lod following a far-right march through an Arab neighborhood in the central city, police said. Police denied reports that any stabbing took place, after far-right activists led a self-proclaimed “sovereignty march” in an Arab area of the mixed Arab-Jewish city.
Jordan
Alhurra: Jordan Confronts Extremism After Wave of Attacks
Less than two weeks after an attack on Hamoud Church in Jordan’s Karak governorate left nine people dead, the killing of a police officer in Amman, which authorities classified as a terrorist attack, has once again brought attention to the security challenges posed by extremism in the kingdom.
Lebanon
Naharnet: Hezbollah MPs urge Lebanese authorities to reconsider stance, join Islamabad track
Two Hezbollah MPs called on Lebanon on Monday to join a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding reached in June, claiming that the Islamabad talks would end the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
Naharnet: Salam says govt's top priority is keeping Lebanon out of new war
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday during a ministerial meeting that protecting Lebanon and avoiding any involvement in a new war represent the government’s foremost priorities during the current phase.
Naharnet: Jumblat throws support behind Aoun, Salam on disarming Hezbollah
Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Monday noted that “what happened in the U.S. elections does not directly affect us, because what is required in Lebanon is the restriction of weapons exclusively to the state.”
Naharnet: Berri reportedly meets Hezbollah delegation amid rift rumors
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has met with a senior Hezbollah delegation amid reports of a rift between the Amal Movement and Hezbollah, al-Modon newspaper reported Monday.
India
The Tribune: NIA secures conviction of accused in Maharashtra ISIS terror module case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has secured the conviction of Dr Adnanali Sarkar in the Maharashtra ISIS terror module case. The special NIA court in Mumbai convicted him under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and Sections 201 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York Times: Islamist Militant Attack Forces Patients to Flee Ebola Clinic in Congo
Militants affiliated with the Islamic State burned down a health center treating Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, forcing infected patients to flee amid violence that killed dozens of people, according to health and United Nations officials.
Australia
A Northern Territory teenager charged with terrorism offences was a “young man fantasising while he’s hating the world” and a “keyboard warrior” who should be “treated, not penalized” in custody, a court has heard.
News.Com.Au: Missing teen rescued after 521 days as police target violent 764 online network
“Predators have victimised children using the internet since its creation, but the increasingly online social lives of young people and the influence of extremist organisations have created a toxic cocktail, fuelling new forms of abuse from a subculture of nihilistic violence known as the 764 network,” a new Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) report finds.
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