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WELT: How Donald Trump wants to bring peace to Lebanon
This has also affected the militia's financial basis in Lebanon, says security expert and terrorism researcher Hans Jakob Schindler. "Although these sources of income are of significant importance to the terrorist group, it is not facing financial collapse," says the head of the non-governmental organization Counter Extremism Project. This is because the terrorist organization also receives support from abroad. Since it was founded in 1988, Hezbollah has benefited from financial and military support from Tehran and has expanded its international networks. Among other things, it engages in drug trafficking and money laundering for organized crime and collects donations worldwide despite sanctions. "This guarantees the group's financial survival, albeit most likely at a reduced size," says Schindler.
ZDF: Expert warns of Russian drone espionage
Russian drones are increasingly appearing over German military bases and the routes of arms transports to Ukraine. The media report systematic espionage. Germany is said to be inadequately prepared for the resulting dangers. In an interview with ZDFheute live, security and intelligence expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains how Russia operates and what weaknesses German authorities have. Russia's espionage is about assessing and gradually destroying the fighting power of its opponents. The aim is "also to undermine cohesion within an opposing society, in this case Germany". To achieve this, Moscow relies on "misinformation and disinformation, propaganda, but also by spreading fear", explains Schindler.
Pro Sieben/Sat.1: CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on Newstime
Counter Extremism Project Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding Russian GPS jamming operations in Europe.
Analysis
Fareed Zakaria GPS: The United States vs. Iran
The narrative revisits the pivotal 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, emphasizing its roots in a 1953 CIA-led coup against Iran’s Prime Minister Mossadeq. The documentary explores the complex history between the two nations, focusing on Iran's Islamic Revolution, the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini, and the subsequent brutal consolidation of power into a theocratic regime. It details the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, the rise of Iran's proxy forces, and the U.S.'s shifting policies towards Iran.
The Telegraph: If we want peace in the Middle East, we must help free this country from Islamist terror
Lebanon today faces the existential question of whether it can emerge from decades of war and destruction, or whether it will again be consumed by civil conflict and terrorist domination. Its chance to return to “normalcy” is because of Israel’s strikes against Iran and its Middle Eastern terrorist proxies, following Hamas’s barbaric October 7 attack. Hezbollah had dominated Lebanon for decades. They have effectively ruled from the shadows by brute military force without visibly occupying the most important constitutional public offices. While many Shia citizens support Hezbollah, its real power comes from support supplied by Tehran, without which the terror group might never have come into being.
Iran International: Iran security council move shines faint light on post-Khamenei future
Iran’s new security chief Ali Larijani has appointed a longtime rival as his deputy at the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in a sign of potential shifting power dynamics at the apex of power at a delicate moment. The August 31 appointment of Ali Bagheri Kani carries implications for factional rivalries, the role of Iran’s powerful clerical families and the looming question of succession to supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
United States
New York Post: Qatar bankrolled over a decade worth of films directed by Zohran Mamdani’s mom
Hamas-backing Qatar has bankrolled film and stage projects by socialist Zohran Mamdani’s Israel-bashing movie-director mom — and one of its royals is now pushing her son’s mayoral bid, The Post has found. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, sister to the ruling emir, and the state-funded cultural institutions she controls, have supported Mira Nair and her creative projects since at least 2009, even extending a personal invitation to participate in the cultural program the country organized as part of the festivities around hosting the 2022 World Cup.
CBS News: Palestinian president's visa to the U.S. revoked ahead of key meetings at United Nations
The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.S. government on Saturday to reverse its decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he is meant to appear at the United Nations' annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state.
Daily Beast: Far-Right Influencer Isn’t Buying Trump’s Health Claims
President Donald Trump’s former ally, the white supremacist Nick Fuentes, reckons the White House is in the throes of a Biden-style health cover-up. The leader of the “America First” movement fanned the flames, saying that while the president is alive, he is not well.
ABC 7: Antisemitic messages spray-painted at Encino park is latest case of hate speech spotted in SoCal
A concerning spike in antisemitism is popping up around Southern California. For the third week in a row, hate speech has been vandalized in a SoCal community. On Saturday, disturbing messages were written on multiple businesses in Encino. The hateful messages are now gone, but neighbors say they fear they will return.
Ynet: Israeli man attacked by pro-Palestinian crowd in Los Angeles
An Israeli man living in the United States said he was assaulted by a group of about 20 pro-Palestinian demonstrators while visiting Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, in the latest incident highlighting tensions tied to the war in Gaza.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Boulder Israeli hostage march that was firebombed is now relocating amid ongoing harassment
The Boulder, Colorado chapter of Run For Their Lives, the Israeli hostage awareness event that was firebombed in June, will no longer publicize its demonstrations after weeks of continued threats, including from a local political candidate.
Canada
Jerusalem Post: 32 Liberal MPs call for action against antisemitism in Canada, but some Jewish orgs skeptical
Thirty-two Liberal Party members of parliament issued a Sunday statement decrying rising levels of antisemitism in Canada and diplomatically reminding Prime Minister Mark Carney to implement criminal code changes, but some Canadian Jewish groups were skeptical of the call to action.
Jerusalem Post: 'I am antisemitic': Elderly Jewish woman stabbed in Ottawa store by man with antisemitic history
An elderly Jewish woman was stabbed in an Ottawa grocery store this past week by another senior citizen, who allegedly has a long social media history of antisemitic tirades. Last Wednesday, the victim and her friend entered Loblaws, which has a large kosher food section, according to an Ottawa Police Service statement, and was approached by a man who stabbed her. The OPS updated the next day that the victim and assailant did not know one another.
Brazil
New York Times: How to Try, and Fail, to Carry Out a Coup
Mr. Bolsonaro, who denies plotting to kill Mr. Lula, will stand trial on Tuesday before Brazil’s Supreme Court on charges that he oversaw a sweeping plan to cling to power in a case many see as a crucial test of the country’s young democracy. With a vast trove of prosecutorial evidence, most analysts say he is almost certain to be found guilty and could face decades in prison. To piece together the case against Mr. Bolsonaro, The New York Times reviewed dozens of hours of testimony and hundreds of pages of police and prosecution documents from an investigation spanning nearly two years.
Austria
OE24: 41.5 % more Islamist crimes in Austria
The new annual report by the Documentation Center for Political Islam (DPI) reveals how Islamists are spreading their propaganda both online and on Austria's streets and targeting young people. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, there were a total of 215 Islamist attacks in 2024. This is a huge increase of 41.5% on the previous year. The extremists' strategy is perfidious: they instrumentalize global political events for their own purposes and try to reinterpret any criticism of political Islam as an attack on the entire Muslim community. Particularly alarming: Islamist symbols are increasingly appearing in public spaces - including the red triangle used by the terrorist organization Hamas to mark the enemy.
Belgium
Jerusalem Post: Belgian doctor writes 'Jewish' on nine-year-old patient's medical report
A Belgian radiologist wrote “Jewish” under the medical issues section of a patient’s Emergency Department report. This was first revealed when a censored version of the letter circulated on social media on Sunday.
Jewish News Syndicate: Belgium ties recognition of ‘Palestine’ to Hamas ouster, hostage release
Belgium’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state at this month’s U.N. General Assembly, but only on the condition that Hamas is removed from power in the Gaza Strip and the 48 remaining hostages it holds are released.
Denmark
Strait Times: Denmark high court rules Dane in ISIS was spy, not militant
Denmark’s Supreme Court ruled on Sept 2 that a Dane of Syrian origin who was jailed for having spent time in Syria with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group was in fact an informant for Danish intelligence services.
France
France 24: France issues arrest warrant for Syria's Assad over 2012 bombing that killed two journalists
French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said Tuesday.
Jerusalem Post: Paris Jews near synagogue threatened by knife wielding man
A knife-wielding man threatened and hurled antisemitic insults at Jewish community members near a Paris suburb synagogue on Friday evening, Neuilly-sur-Seine Mayor Jean Christophe Fromantin said in a statement.
Jerusalem Post: 'An intolerable act': Holocaust memorial in France vandalized with 'Free Gaza'
A Holocaust memorial in Lyon, France, was defaced with the words "Free Gaza," city officials told French media on Saturday. The words were scratched into the memorial plaque, marking the latest in a string of antisemitic acts and crimes in France.
Times of Israel: Deputy foreign minister: French government ‘isn’t doing a thing’ to fight antisemitism
The French government “isn’t doing a thing” to fight antisemitism, says Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel. “There is no deterrence. There is no enforcement.” “France is no longer safe for Jews,” she says in an interview with Army Radio, after the Holocaust memorial in Lyon was defaced with the words “Free Gaza” scratched into it.
Reuters: France's far-right RN urges snap elections
France's far-right National Rally urged President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to swiftly dissolve parliament and call snap elections, adding that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's efforts to stave off the collapse of his government would fail. The RN and other opposition parties have said they will bring down the minority government in a September 8 confidence vote, which Bayrou unexpectedly announced last week as he seeks to push through unpopular plans for a budget squeeze in 2026.
Germany
Deutsche Welle: German military chief reports GPS jamming during flights
The German military's inspector general has reported also experiencing GPS jamming during flights, hours after EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen's plane was hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming. Carsten Breuer, the Bundeswehr's (German armed forces) highest-ranking general, reported an incident when he experienced GPS jamming while flying over the Baltic Sea and another one when the jamming occurred during a visit to a military exercise in Lithuania. Pilots are usually capable of circumventing the jamming, Breuer said, adding that he could not tell whether the jamming targeted his aircraft or was part of a wider campaign.
Deutsche Welle: Dozens of Afghan nations arrive in Germany despite Merz's tough immigration stance
Dozens of Afghan nationals have arrived in Germany on a scheduled flight from Pakistan after receiving visas. German news agencies reported upwards of 45 Afghan nationals had arrived, landing at Hanover Airport on Monday on a commercial flight from Istanbul, having begun their journey in Islamabad. Many Afghan families have been waiting in Pakistan for months to secure passage to Germany. Others have waited years after fleeing their homeland due to the Taliban's return to power. In addition to former employees of German institutions and their relatives, Berlin had indicated it would take in other Afghans at risk of persecution due to their careers as lawyers, journalists or human rights defenders.
The Times: Neo-Nazi who changed gender before women’s prison sentence on the run
A convicted German right-wing extremist who changed gender and claimed to have converted to Judaism has gone on the run before the start of a sentence in a women’s prison. Police have urged the public to report any sightings of Marla-Svenja Liebich, previously known as Sven, after failing to arrive at the jail in the east German city of Chemnitz on Friday.
Italy
Jerusalem Post: 'Cowardly act': Swastika carved into KKL-JNF office doors in Rome
A swastika was carved onto the door of the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael–Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) offices in Rome on Friday, the organization said. The incident “adds to the disturbing rise in antisemitism targeting Jews across Europe and worldwide, ” KKL-JNF said in a statement.
United Kingdom
Police investigating plans to hold 'UK’s biggest white power gig for a decade' in Great Yarmouth
Police are investigating plans to hold what has been described as the “UK’s biggest white power gig for a decade”. The planned far-right music festival is said to take place on 6 and 7 September in Great Yarmouth and Norfolk Police said officers were currently making inquiries in a bid to establish where the event may take place.
Reuters: UK police arrest five in London during anti-asylum protest
British police said they arrested five people on Saturday after masked men tried to force their way into a hotel used by asylum-seekers, a day after the government won a court ruling on the use of another hotel to house migrants. Two groups of anti-asylum protesters marched to the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Heathrow Airport before some demonstrators tried to break in, London's Metropolitan Police force said.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan International: Taliban Policies Blamed For Aid Decline After Quake, Says Rights Group
Amnesty International on Tuesday said the Taliban are responsible for a decline in humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, citing the group’s ban on women working with the United Nations and aid organisations. In a statement, the rights group expressed sorrow over the deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan and extended condolences to the families of the victims. It said that protecting human rights must remain central to crisis response.
Afghanistan International: Taliban Detain Former Afghan Lawmaker For Second Time
The Taliban have again detained Haidar Jan Naeemzoi, a former member of parliament and a prominent elder of the Kuchi community. He was detained on the orders of Taliban’s Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharaee, sources in Kabul told Afghanistan International.
Afghanistan International: Taliban Teacher’s Death Sentence To Be Reviewed By Appeals Court
The case of an Afghan teacher sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy will go before a Taliban appeals court by the end of September, local sources in Paktika province said Sunday. Abdul Aleem Khamosh was convicted by a primary Taliban court in July on charges of insulting the Prophet of Islam and other sacred figures. The trial was held without a defence lawyer, according to relatives and rights groups.
Taliban International: Taliban Flog Three Women, Four Men In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province
The Taliban said Sunday they flogged three women and four men in Badakhshan province after convicting them of having extramarital relations. The group’s court announced the defendants were each sentenced to between one and two and a half years in prison and 39 lashes. The punishments, it said, were issued by a primary court in Badakhshan and approved by the Taliban’s Supreme Court before being carried out on Sunday.
Afghanistan International: UN Security Council to Review Afghanistan Amid Human Rights, Terror Concerns
The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Afghanistan in September, where Roza Otunbayeva, the UN secretary-general’s special representative, is expected to deliver her final report before the end of her mandate. A civil society representative and the UN human rights commissioner are also scheduled to brief the Council.
Afghanistan International: Taliban Leader Outlaws Criticism & Love Poetry Under New Law
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has approved a law banning poets from criticising his decrees or writing love poetry, further tightening restrictions on free expression in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Justice said Saturday the new legislation, published in the official gazette, sets out 13 articles regulating poetry gatherings. The law prohibits any criticism of Akhundzada’s orders and decisions and bars verses praising “boys and girls” or encouraging friendship between them. It also demands poetry be free of “worldly love, improper desires and inappropriate emotions.”
Afghanistan International: AFF Says It Targeted Taliban Intelligence Office In Kabul
An anti-Taliban armed group said Saturday it attacked a Taliban intelligence facility in the heart of Kabul, claiming casualties among the group’s fighters. The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said its fighters struck Taliban Intelligence Unit 40 in the Shash Darak area on Friday evening. In a statement, the group claimed at least one Taliban member was killed and four others were wounded.
Gaza Strip
Iran International: Israel says it killed longtime Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida
Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday. "Abu Ubaida was eliminated in Gaza and sent to meet all the thwarted members of the axis of evil from Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen at the bottom of hell,” Katz wrote on X.
Times of Israel: 1,000 operatives, overseen by slain Abu Obeida: Report details Hamas’s propaganda network deployed throughout Gaza
Army Radio has reported on Hamas’s propaganda and psychological warfare arm, which was led by the group’s military spokesperson, Abu Obeida, until his elimination in a weekend strike. The report says Hamas’s influence network currently includes over 1,000 operatives (with around 200 more killed in the war). It says Abu Obeida built it up over the past decade, with operatives embedded in Hamas combat units throughout the Strip, filming, editing and distributing propaganda material on combat operations.
Israel
Times of Israel: ‘Where were you on Oct. 7?’: Zamir said to upbraid Netanyahu, ministers at heated meeting
The head of the military reportedly upbraided Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other assembled lawmakers during a contentious meeting Sunday night, accusing them of only now deciding to seriously tackle the Hamas terror group as justification to widen the military campaign and shirk a possible hostage release deal. The comments from Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, reported by Channel 13 news Monday night, underlined the growing rift between the country’s leadership and the commander of its army as the government pushes ahead with a controversial plan to conquer Gaza City rather than pursue a ceasefire arrangement that could see at least half of the remaining hostages freed.
Times of Israel: Security said boosted around Netanyahu, other leaders amid Houthi revenge threats
Security has been greatly bolstered around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and other senior officials following the elimination of top Houthi leaders in Yemen, a report said Sunday, as the jihadist rebels vowed revenge. According to the Kan public broadcaster, the Shin Bet has been taking “special and unusual” measures to protect the senior officials.
Jerusalem Post: IDF ramps up massive logistics operations ahead of Gaza City invasion
The IDF is advancing preparations for a large-scale mobilization of reservists and an expected expansion of ground operations in the Gaza Strip, including a renewed push into Gaza City, the IDF announced on Tuesday. Troops are expected to receive full tactical gear, personal equipment, and weapons tailored to the missions they will be assigned. Concurrently, units have been undergoing extensive training in both urban and open-terrain combat to sharpen their operational readiness.
Iraq
Kurdistan24: Iraqi National Intelligence Service Foils ISIS Funding Network
On Monday, the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) announced the arrest of a network responsible for financing ISIS and plotting terrorist operations, including attacks in European countries and against Iraqi interests abroad.
Associated Press: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction
Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the mosque was destroyed by militants from the Islamic State group.
Lebanon
Naharnet: Hezbollah reportedly warns against 'major clash' if timetable is set for its disarmament
Amal and Hezbollah's ministers will attend a cabinet session that will discuss Friday a plan prepared by the army to disarm Hezbollah, but the ministers will not discuss the plan, sources told Saudi news interactive channel al-Hadath.
Naharnet: Will Amal and Hezbollah ministers attend Friday's disarmament session?
As political tensions boil over ahead of a Cabinet session that will discuss Friday a plan prepared by the army to implement the state's monopoly on arms, divisions are growing in the crisis and war-hit country, with no way out in sight.
Naharnet: What we know about army's plan to monopolize arms
The plan requested by the government for monopolizing arms before the year’s end was finalized by the Lebanese Army’s command more than two weeks ago, media reports said. “The plan contains stages and timetables for executing each stage,” Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Naharnet: Abbas: We're determined to withdraw all Palestinian arms from Lebanon
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that he is “determined to withdraw all Palestinian arms from Lebanon,” after his Fatah Movement handed over weapons from several Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut’s southern suburbs and south Lebanon. “The talk about disarming the camps in Lebanon started 15 years ago … The disarmament of Palestinian camps is a prelude to protecting Lebanon,” Abbas said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television.
Syria
The Guardian: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning
After Assad’s fall, a climate of fear and uncertainty descended over the countryside around the cities of Homs and Hama, and in the mountain villages. There were daily reports of arbitrary arrests, humiliations at checkpoints, kidnappings and killings. Some of those killed were former regime officers or shabeeha (thugs) accused of past crimes. Others were murdered because of disputes over confiscated lands. In some areas, people displaced by the war returned from years in refugee camps, only to find their homes destroyed and neighbouring Alawite villages thriving. There seemed to be no organised efforts by the forces of the new General Security Service to capture people accused of crimes under the regime. The result was individual acts of revenge, looting and murder by armed gangs.
Reuters: IAEA finds uranium traces in Syria linked to site bombed by Israel
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has found traces of uranium in Syria in its investigation into a building Israel destroyed in 2007 that the agency has long believed was probably an undeclared nuclear reactor, it said in a report to member states on Monday. The government of now-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad said the Deir al-Zor site that included the building was a conventional military base.
Arab Weekly: Fear of Arab tribal revolt drives SDF crackdown in Syria’s Hasakah
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the military arm of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in north-east Syria, launched a sweeping arrest campaign targeting members of Arab tribes in Hasakah province, following their recent visit to the Syrian capital, Damascus. The campaign reflects SDF fears of an Arab tribal revolt in areas under its control, which make up roughly a third of Syrian territory.
Yemen
Reuters: Yemen's Houthis say they attacked ship in northern Red Sea
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday that they had attacked a ship in the northern Red Sea with two drones and a missile over its connection to Israel. The group did not say when the attack happened.
Times of Israel: Houthis fire 2 missiles at Israel that fall apart over Saudi Arabia; drone intercepted
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired two missiles at Israel early Tuesday morning, but they disintegrated over Saudi Arabia, the Israel Defense Forces said. The IDF did not fire any interceptors, nor were warning sirens sounded in Israel.
Ynet: Houthis press UN to act against Israel on assassination of leaders
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched two missiles toward Israel early Tuesday, but both exploded inside Saudi territory, the IDF said. The attack came days after Israel killed the Houthis’ prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahwi, and several ministers in an airstrike on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Their funerals were held Monday.
Associated Press: Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees
The Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital Sunday, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees, officials said. The rebels tightened security across Sanaa after Israel killed their prime minister and several Cabinet members.
Associated Press: Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Yemen’s capital
An Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the Houthi rebel-controlled government in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the Houthis said Saturday. He was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iranian-backed rebels.
Yemen Online: Al-Qaeda Rocked by Internal Purge in Yemen: Senior Leader Shot Dead in Al-Mahra
A senior figure in Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has been assassinated in what appears to be part of a widening internal purge within the militant organization, according to local media reports. Abdul Salam Al-Khashi, known by his nom de guerre Shaddad Al-Khoulani, was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants in the eastern province of Al-Mahra. The killing has sent shockwaves through Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has faced mounting internal divisions and leadership disputes in recent months.
Pakistan
Arab News: Gunbattle ongoing as militants storm paramilitary compound in Pakistani town of Bannu
Three militants were killed while four police officers were injured in a gunbattle after militants stormed a paramilitary compound in Pakistan’s northwestern Bannu town on Tuesday, a police official confirmed. Bannu Police’s Public Relations Officer Bashir Khan said militants stormed the FC Lines compound in Bannu on Tuesday morning, ramming an explosive-laden vehicle into its gate. He said some of the militants entered the compound after the attack, following which an intense gunfire erupted between security forces, police and the militants.
Burkina Faso
Reuters: Burkina Faso parliament passes law outlawing LGBTQ practices
Burkina Faso's transitional parliament passed legislation outlawing conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, introducing fines, prison sentences and sanctions for persons convicted, its justice minister said. The Persons and Family Code law, making Burkina Faso the latest in a series of African countries to criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activity, also tightens rules on nationality and stateless people.
Australia
The Guardian: How neo-Nazis used the shield of ‘ordinary mums and dads’ anti-immigration rallies to sell white supremacy
Plenty of people in the lead-up to the so-called March for Australia on Sunday, and many who attended, said that the widespread promotion of the rally by known neo-Nazis did not mean it was organised by them; or that the presence of the National Socialist Network (NSN) in the crowd did not mean it was central to the day’s message.
SBS News: Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested in relation to alleged Camp Sovereignty attack
Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell has been arrested outside a Melbourne court. Footage from the Nine network showed Sewell being handcuffed outside the Melbourne Magistrate's Court on Tuesday afternoon, along with two supporters.
WA Today: No charges over neo-Nazi chants at Perth anti-immigration rally
Premier Roger Cook says the March for Australia rallies that took over the nation’s capitals on Sunday are “rejecting the very foundations of our multicultural society”, after neo-Nazis at the Perth march yelled “heil Australia”.
The Guardian: Bob Katter distances himself from neo-Nazi group associated with megaphone at anti-immigration protest
The federal MP Bob Katter has distanced himself from a neo-Nazi group that claimed ownership of a megaphone he used at a Townsville rally against mass immigration, with the veteran politician claiming he has been the victim of “bullying” in the media.
The Guardian: Teacher alleges she sustained black eye and broken nose in neo-Nazi-led attack on Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty
A 30-year-old schoolteacher says she has sustained a black eye and a broken nose that may need surgery after a group of men, including neo-Nazis, attacked Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne on Sunday. Yasmin*, who asked that her real name not be used, told Guardian Australia she had spent a couple of quiet hours at the camp, a standing First Nations protest site just south of the Yarra River, on Sunday afternoon after volatile anti-immigration rallies, led by neo-Nazis, had swept through the city earlier that day.
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