ISIS video released on May 19, which was available on Instagram on May 22.
Online ISIS Supporters, White Supremacists Celebrate Murder of Two Israeli Embassy Employees in Washington, D.C.
Following the May 21 murder of two Israeli embassy employees at the Capital Jewish Museum, online ISIS supporters and white supremacists celebrated the attack despite the perpetrator belonging to neither group. The suspect allegedly released a manifesto dated the day before the murders, claiming that peaceful protests against Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza were insufficient and noting satisfaction that many in the U.S. would allegedly view the attack as justified.
Online ISIS supporters posted photos from the aftermath of the shooting on RocketChat. On Telegram, pro-ISIS channels posted information on the attack. White supremacist Telegram channels also celebrated the attack. The administrator of an antisemitic channel with over 1,200 subscribers hoped that the perpetrator shared their ideology. Nathan Damigo, the former leader of the extreme right group Identity Evropa, claimed that the killing was “ultimately a good thing,” alleging that all Israeli diplomatic personnel are involved in the secret control of American politics. Users of a chat affiliated with Murder the Media posted antisemitic content following the attack. A neo-Nazi Telegram channel with over 2,500 followers that had posted a meme promoting violence against Jews on May 20 posted content celebrating antisemitic violence less than two hours after the May 21 attack.
Second Edition of Neo-Nazi Prison Newsletter Released
On May 17, the second issue of a neo-Nazi prison newsletter was released. The issue celebrated the upcoming 100th anniversary of the publishing of Mein Kampf and contained a post originally published on an accelerationist website by Ryan Hatfield, the former leader of the Atomwaffen Division successor group National Socialist Resistance Front, that promoted the concept of revolutionary “racial struggle” despite seemingly overwhelming obstacles.
Other articles encouraged taking inspiration from the famous Battle of Rorke’s Drift in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 to “fight back and resist the horde,” an article originally from 1982 by William Luther Pierce, the author of The Turner Diaries, and submissions to the newsletter by individuals in prison that denounced the lack of unity in the white power movement.
A reading list in the second issue included books by Adolf Hitler and Savitri Devi, as well as Siege by James Mason, the accelerationist book Harassment Architecture by Mike Mahoney, a.k.a. Mike Ma, and two publications affiliated with an accelerationist website that promotes Atomwaffen Division successor groups.
The first issue of the bimonthly newsletter was released on March 15.
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