Radicalization

Why the future of Gaza will be decided in mosques - opinion

The mistake of the international community in recent decades has been its exclusive focus on the security or economic dimension: But without deep de-radicalization nothing will truly change.

|BySHIMON REFAELI
PALESTINIANS anti-Israel slogans and lift flags during a demonstration at the Temple Mount’s al-Aqsa Mosque complex, in 2023.
DEMONSTRATORS FROM the ‘Palestine Coalition’ hold a large Palestinian flag earlier this month in London, after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect.

Why is the UAE fearful of radicalization on UK campuses? - explainer

Recent years have indicated that the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology is becoming increasingly more influential in the UK, with several student groups maintaining links with the UAE-proscribed group.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People walk past tents at The University of Manchester campus, as students occupy parts of British university campuses to protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, May 7, 2024.

UAE cuts state funding for citizens studying at UK universities due to fears of radicalization

"The UAE will not send its students to become hostages of Islamist jihadist ideology disguised as campus activism," said Emirati Expert in Strategic and Political Affairs, Amjad Taha.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Okotch Mondoh, Robert Weinger, Sarah Boulos, Rory Kaye, and Stephanie Bahn Poteet, with a red, white and blue shofar, at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, January 14, 2025.

Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to address Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast's Mar-a-Lago event

Veksler said Pahlavi’s presence “creates hope that there will be regime change. … Wouldn’t it be something of a relief, not just for us, but for the Iranian people?”

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

Germany arrests minors in strike against far-right 'terrorist' group

The male minors formed a group, styling itself as the "last wave of defense" to protect the "German nation."

MAY 21, 2025ByREUTERS
An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

Iran’s infiltration of Swedish gangs is a dangerous escalation - analysis

The challenge in Europe is that this could lead to more crimes against Israeli or Jewish targets.

APRIL 8, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

The UK’s inaction on Islamist radicalism Is a crisis for Israel and the West - opinion

The UK must abandon the dangerous belief that critiques of radical Islamist ideology equate to Islamophobia, instead adopting the UAE’s clear stance to protect society from this threat.

MARCH 17, 2025ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.

Right-wing Zionist group Betar wars with ADL after being added to its extremism database

Pro-Israel group Betar US escalates feud with ADL after being added to extremism database, highlighting growing divisions in the Jewish community's approach to fighting antisemitism

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Recent videos and images shared by the Betar US social media account in February 2025 that helped lead the Anti-Defamation League to add the group to their glossary of extremism.

Indictment filed against two brothers for planning terror attack against IDF soldiers, civilians

Yousef and Hadi Nassar began identifying with Hamas, watching extremist incitement content, and consuming radical terror-related materials, the prosecution said.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cyber Attack

Without taking action against radicalization, Europe risks losing stability - opinion

Significant cultural clashes between Western values – freedom of speech, secularism, and gender equality – and conservative Islamic norms exacerbate tensions.

DECEMBER 7, 2024ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
PEOPLE MOURN in front of Le Petit Cambodge restaurant as they pay tribute to the victims of a series of deadly attacks in Paris, in November 2015. Since then, France has faced countless terror attacks and murders carried out by radicalized Muslim immigrants, says the writer.

Radical Islamists gather in Hamburg to call for caliphate

Muslim Interaktiv is classified as extremist by the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution. 

OCTOBER 13, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Muslim Interaktiv organize a rally calling for caliphate in Hamburg, Germany

'Hate and division': Ex-neo-Nazi activist explains how kids are radicalized

Amid recent far-right violence, former neo-Nazi warns that extremists use false information to radicalize children through family members.

AUGUST 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, U.S. on April 21, 2018.

Germany bans Islamic Centre Hamburg over radical Islamist ties and extremism

Germany’s interior ministry banned the Islamic Centre Hamburg and its branches for pursuing radical Islamist goals and promoting extremism.

JULY 24, 2024ByREUTERS
Pro Palestinian protesters demonstrate during the UN Climate Change Conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Bonn, Germany, June 7, 2024.

Geert Wilders to 'Post': Mass immigration, lack of integration cause antisemitism

In his first interview with Israeli media since his coalition's formation, Geert Wilders spoke to The Jerusalem Post about his support for Israel.

JULY 10, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Geert Wilders seen in a graphic depicting relations between Israel and the Netherlands.