Tag: Terrorism
Report: Pro-Palestinian group ‘is main driver of Jew-hatred on campus’
A report released on Wednesday argued that the pro-Palestinian student group National Students for Justice in Palestine is a “ main driver of Jew-hatred on campus” at many colleges.
The Institute for the Study of...
ISIS names new leader following al-Baghdadi’s death
The Islamic State has named Abu Ibrahim Hashimi al-Quraishi as its next leader, succeeding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who detonated a suicide vest and killed himself after being detected in a U.S. special forces’ operation...
Israeli, Jewish leaders respond to Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Germany
Israeli and Jewish leaders issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, during the Jewish holiday of Yom...
India issues Yom Kippur terror alert for Israelis, Jewish institutions in country
Israeli security services are working with their Indian counterparts to prevent an attack in the country during the Jewish holidays and especially on Yom Kippur, which begins on Tuesday evening, Israel’s Channel 12 reported...
Incomparable Attractions of Immortality in World Politics: Jihadist Terror and Countervailing Policies of “Mind”
Though generally unseen, the most compelling form of power on earth is power over death. Always. Today, after an American president declared "victory" over one especially notorious organization with aggressive claims to such ultimate...
IDF chief: Israel’s enemies will face ‘unprecedented firepower’ in next war
The terrorist threat facing Israel has changed in recent years, requiring the Israel Defense Forces to adapt, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Thursday.
Speaking in Zichron Yaakov near Haifa at...
Florida man apprehended for threatening to shoot Jews
A Florida man who threatened to shoot up a local synagogue and has said publicly that he hates Jews was apprehended on Friday by the FBI.
Hanson Larkin, 25, was in an Orlando federal court...
Israeli teen killed, family members injured in West Bank bombing
Israeli security forces have been searching for terrorists behind an explosion on Friday near a natural spring in the West Bank that killed a teenage Israeli girl, and seriously injured her father and brother.
Israel...
Bruised, but not broken, Israeli kids near the Gaza border make the most of...
It was supposed to be the first sight that greeted them as they entered the camp and embarked on their first day of vacation: a vivid sign welcoming the children, surrounded by colorful balloons.
But...
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Are Terrorists “Abonormal?”
While the consciously self-destructive behavior sometimes characteristic of terrorism is out of synch with what most would regard as “normal behavior,” it is more-or-less consistent with the discernible hierarchies of jihadist fighters whether in...