Extremism

Charlie Kirk’s assassination: Terrorism has become a mainstream strategy in America - analysis

As Charlie Kirk is assassinated, America faces a dire turn: ideas are vilified as violence, and political murder gains ground as legitimate resistance.

FILE PHOTO: Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, greets the crowd during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 19, 2024.
EVYATAR DAVID, a 24-year-old hostage, is seen in a Hamas video released last month. While our hostages starve in tunnels, the world remains blind to their suffering, the writer charges.

Extremism and antisemitism are becoming mainstream - opinion

DEMONSTRATORS CALL for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv this week. The writer asks: How did such an issue as the hostages, and solidarity with their families, become yet another weapon in Israel’s endless political battles?

Solomon’s judgment: The need for a shared dream to save the hostages - opinion

DEMONSTRATORS HOLD placards and flags as they take part in a Nationwide March for Palestine in Sydney last week. This is not a fringe issue anymore; it is the mainstreaming of extremism in Australian streets, the writer maintains.

Australia at a crossroads: From the Opera House to the August marches - opinion


One click away: ADL research shows how online radicalization leads to extremism

Unrestricted internet access may seem harmless, but it can lead to devastating acts of real-world violence.

 School shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Body of Awdah Hathaleen released to family for burial

His remains had been held for over a week, as Israeli forces arrested Palestinians in the community, leaving Levi free from arrest for hours.

Protests over the death of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian peace activist.

Samidoun, Muslim Brotherhood face potential ban in Belgium as PM unveils new bill

The bill would permit the prohibition and dissolution of all organizations that “pose a threat to national security or the foundations of the rule of law.”

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever speaks to the media upon arriving to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025.

Israelis oppose gender segregation - opinion

The value of gender equality has eroded in Israel over the past two decades, but the majority of the public does not support separation measures.

 WOMEN AND children at a separate beach in Haifa. Supporters of separation see it as pluralism allowing religious people to operate in the public sphere while maintaining their lifestyles, the writer notes.

Shooting of Jewish minor in West Bank incident was unintentional, IDF finds

The IDF also pointed out that this type of wounding would be permissible under the rules of engagement, as throwing rocks at a moving vehicle is considered extremely dangerous.

 IDF operating in the West Bank June 18, 2025.

Jewish violence in the West Bank is a moral and strategic liability for Israel - analysis

While the numbers can be debated – depending on who is doing the reporting and what is being reported – wider trends are harder to deny.

 Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 28, 2025

'We are not afraid of the word occupation,' Smotrich says at Jerusalem Day rally

“We are liberating Gaza – and settling it,” Smotrich said, addressing a crowd gathered for the annual celebration.

 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 30, 2024.

After Washington Jewish Museum shooting, silence is no longer an option - opinion

Those of you who remain silent—my gentile and Jewish brothers and sisters—we need you.

 A man looks on next to police officers working at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 21, 2025.

Inside the heads of terrorists: Does Israel know its enemies? - interview

To explore this root cause of October 7, the Report interviewed Prof. Arie Kruglanski, a world expert on the psychology of terrorism and extremism.

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

German spy agency pauses 'extremist' classification for AfD party, local court says

The BfV won't refer to the AfD as a "right-wing extremist movement" until the court ruleson an AfD motion to issue a temporary injunction.

 Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel looks on, as she and AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla (not pictured) give a statement, in Berlin, Germany, March 12, 2025.

AfD files lawsuit against German spy agency's extremist classification

The extremist classification allows the spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD, for example, by recruiting informants and intercepting party communications.

 Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla give a statement in Berlin, Germany. March 12, 2025.