Extremism

Democracy’s blind spot: Extremism that no longer fears exposure - opinion

Extremism today does not fear visibility and no longer relies on secrecy to grow.

|ByASHER STERN
A PROTESTER holds a placard using the IDF acronym of Israel Defense Forces instead as ‘Infant Death Force’ in London last month. Today’s ideological manipulation echoes the rhetoric that paved the way for the Holocaust, the writer asserts.
Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City, flanked by his wife Rama Duwaji and New York Attorney General Letitia James, at Old City Hall Station, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

Mamdani praises disbanding of Zionist organization Betar accused of Islamophobia, extremism

The AG announced the settlement with Betar, which is considered to be a far-right Zionist not-for-profit group, on Tuesday.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Palestine protesters hold flags and chant outside the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition at Darling Harbour on November 04, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Australia’s new anti-hate bill may shield Islamic hate preachers, critics condemn loopholes

The amendment includes a legal cover for extremists to preach hate by stating that the offense does not apply if the individual is quoting or referencing a religious text.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Friends and family attend the funeral of Dan Alkayim, who was murdered in a mass terrorist shooting attack on December 14, 2025 at Bondi Beach in Sydney, at a cemetery in Ashdod, southern Israel, December 25, 2025.

Bondi Beach crossroads: In the wake of terror, Australian Jews stand tall, not small - opinion

There is a real possibility that this attack will mark not only a descent into fear, but the beginning of a different kind of reckoning – one where Jews respond by standing taller, not smaller.

|ByDAVID ELIEZRIE

Netanyahu is getting clumsier, and Israel is suffering for it - opinion

Several surveys showed that if elections were held today, Netanyahu and his extremist allies would be driven out of office.

MARCH 29, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
A WEARY Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Christian fundraising site platforms neo-Nazi raising funds to build 'all-white' town

GiveSendGo has facilitated 230 campaigns by or for extremists, according to an ADL report, and states that they are not obligated to remove any content shared.

MARCH 25, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People gesture and shout slogans during a rally of the far right group Proud Boys, in Portland

Israel must return to the Center to restore loyalty, support from abroad - opinion

How could these voters, these Americans, be more favorably inclined to Palestinians than they are to Israelis?

MARCH 20, 2023ByMICAH HALPERN
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses the media. US media portrays the Israeli government as influenced by a minister who fires a police commander for not quelling demonstrations against him, says the writer.

Are Israel's zealots the same as ancient Judea's zealots?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The zealot attacks regardless of his resources, training or skill.

MARCH 10, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE the US Consulate in Tel Aviv on March 7 call on the US to intervene to stop the government’s judicial overhaul.

My Word: The spirit and spirits of Purim

If the Purim story were to take place today, far from being strung up on his own gallows, Haman would have been invited as a guest to address the UN General Assembly

MARCH 2, 2023ByLIAT COLLINS
Shushan Purim celebrations amid ongoing coronavirus outbreak in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2021

White supremacists behind 80% of extremist US murders in 2022

The Anti-Defamation League labeled 25 murders in 2022 as “extremist-related,” with 18 of those “committed in whole or part for ideological motives.”

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByREUTERS
White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, August 12, 2017.

Underwear at the Western Wall: Two wrongs don't make a right - opinion

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, looked at the role of the Jewish people and said that we are taught to fight darkness with light. This is how we will solve our issues.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
A prayer calling for unity and dialogue takes place near the Western Wall, on Monday.

Amid extreme politics, appealing to the center can restore sanity - opinion

The political landscape may seem extreme and divisive at the moment but history teaches us that political dynamics can change quickly.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023BySRULIK EINHORN
THEN-US president Barack Obama acknowledges supporters at his election night victory rally in Chicago, on November 7, 2012. The Republican Party appeared to be dead after Obama’s decisive victories, only to be resurrected in 2016.

Charlottesville revisited: Confronting resurging antisemitism - opinion

We must not remain silent in the face of this hatred. We must fight back and join forces to end antisemitism once and for all.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023ByYUVAL DAVID
THE WRITER visits Charlottesville. On the wall, it reads: ‘It can happen again – gone but not forgotten.’

UK counter-terrorism strategy needs to refocus on Islamism -review

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByREUTERS
People pay their respects to the victims of the deadly suicide bombing in Manchester that took place during an Ariana Grande concert.