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by Benjamin Baird •
October 26, 2018 • Special to IPT News  
Looking
to "blow off steam," a pair of teenagers broke into the Ohio
Chapel United Methodist Church near Columbus,
Ind. last year to steal propane tanks. The vandals turned
crosses upside down, smashed windows, and even torched a
pew stored in the basement.
by Yaakov Lappin •
October 24, 2018 • Special to IPT News
The
recent reopening of a border crossing between Israel and Syria holds the
hope of stability as the Syrian war draws to a close. But if Iran,
Hizballah, and allied radical Shi'ite militias have their way, Syria will
be hijacked and turned into a radical Iranian power projection base. Any
hopes
for stability would then give way to destabilizing conflict,
terrorism, and new threats to Israel and Jordan.
by Abigail R. Esman
• October 22, 2018 • Special to IPT News
Mention
the Netherlands, and most people think of brightly-colored tulips,
gently-flowing canals, legal marijuana, and Rembrandt.
But
there is an underside.
by Patrick Dunleavy
• October 19, 2018 • IPT News
As
more foreign fighters return from the ISIS battlefields to their home
countries and face possible prosecution and imprisonment, the European
Union continues to wrestle with how to deal with Islamic radicalization
within its prisons.
by Tom Quiggin •
October 18, 2018 • Special to IPT News
Canadian
taxpayer money may be finding its way to Hamas, a listed terrorist group.
The Criminal Code of Canada forbids funding terrorism, as well as
forbidding the facilitation of those funding terrorism.
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- Ohio Man Allegedly Wanted ISIS Training, Hoped
to Trigger U.S. Conflict
An Ohio man was charged Wednesday with attempting to provide
material support to the ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, the Islamic State's
branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- One European Sharia Supporter Fears Losing
Democracy, the Other Enjoys Its Gifts
Of late, most of Europe has focused its counterterrorism efforts on
handling the potential returnees from Syria, and possible radicals
hiding among migrants from the region. Yet recent events indicate
that not all European countries are fully prepared to defend against
the radicals who already live there.
- Appeals Court Ruling Upholds Judgment Against
Radical British Cleric
A federal appeals court has upheld a radical British Islamist
cleric's 2014 terrorism conviction.
- Pro-Israel Attorneys Get PayPal to Cutoff
British Charity
Pressure from pro-Israel attorneys convinced PayPal to cutoff
donations to the British social justice group War on Want due to
alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) terrorist group.
- HRW Report: Palestinian Authorities
Systematically Torture and Repress Dissent
The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas use systematic torture and
repression to stifle any dissent against their rule, a two-year
investigation by Human Rights Watch (HRW) found.
- Chicago Man Charged with Disseminating Online
Propaganda for ISIS
A Chicago-based man is charged with conspiring to provide material
support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Ashraf Al
Safoo "aided ISIS in using social media to spread propaganda
supporting violent jihad, to recruit operatives, and to encourage
others to carry out terrorist attacks," a criminal complaint
unsealed Friday said.
- Iran, Assad Regime Using Palestinians to Train
Bahraini Terrorists
Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) and the Palestine
Liberation Army (PLA) and Hizballah trained Bahraini Shiite
terrorists in camps near Damascus. Dissident Syrian military
officers told the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat that
the Assad regime and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
(IRGC) supervised the training.
- Turkey Experts Worry Erdogan Might Use AQ
Against Kurds
Although Turkey and Russia agreed last month to "withdraw"
all jihadist groups from Syria's Idlib Province, a former Turkish
National Police official warns that Turkey may use al-Qaida-tied
Syrian fighters against Syria's Kurds.
Only in the News
October 25, 2018 • Times
of Israel
A
teenager who became an icon of the Palestinian cause after she was jailed
for slapping an Israeli soldier has urged others to follow her example
and assault IDF troops.
October 24, 2018 • Jerusalem
Post
The
former head of counterterrorism in Jordan was murdered on Tuesday in
Madaba, a city near Amman. According to local reports, retired Maj.-Gen.
Habis al-Hanini was shot by a gunman in front of his house in Madaba.
Al-Hanini played a pivotal role in confronting terrorism and
extremism in Jordan, which has been a key ally of the US in
the war on al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
October 24, 2018 • Jewish
News Syndicate
The
Zionist Organization of America has called for academic and activist Marc
Lamont Hill to be fired from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he
teaches, and CNN, where he is a contributor, for his support of Nation of
Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
October 23, 2018 • Alemeiner
Washington Post
coverage of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)
movement is, with growing frequency, violating the newspaper's own
policies and standards. US-designated terrorist groups support BDS
and its supporters openly call for the end of the Jewish state.
Yet, these facts cannot be found in The Post's pages.
October 23, 2018 • Wall
Street Journal
The
Trump administration on Tuesday levied sanctions against Taliban and
Iranian agents in a joint action with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf
governments, some of which have political ties to Tehran, in a move U.S.
officials argue underscores Riyadh's strategic value to the U.S.
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