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The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or extremist symbols after a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Under draft laws to be debated by the state Parliament, publicly displaying the IS flag or symbols from other extremist groups will be offenses punishable by up to two years in prison and fines. The state’s premier, Chris Minns, also said chants of “globalize the intifada” will be banned and police would be given greater powers to demand protesters remove face coverings at demonstrations. “Hate...

A senior counter-terrorism official has revealed Sajid and Naveed Akram underwent military-style training overseas just weeks before the pair allegedly opened fire at the Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. The father and son travelled to the Philippines in November, a region that has been a hotspot for Islamist militants since the early 1990s, when terrorist training camps relocated from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to southern Mindanao. Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, arrived from Sydney on November 1 and left on November 28, a Bureau of Immigration spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. Sajid travelled on an Indian passport while Naveed...

Almost as quickly as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could pretend not to notice who shot up Bondi Beach on Sunday — a horrific act of Islamic terror against local Jews during Chanukah — the Labor leader announced swift action to insure that such an attack could never happen again. "What swift action might that be?" I can hear you ask. "Roll up the ISIS cell in Sydney that apparently everybody knew about? Expel unassimilated foreigners? Teach Australian police to, I don't know, shoot back right away instead of standing around with their thumbs up their you-know-whats?" Nah. According to...

Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13 🚨WATCH: Zeharan Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York, reaffirmed yesterday in an interview with ABC network that he will do whatever he can to enforce the international arrest warrant against PM Netanyahu if he visits New York, even if it is during a visit to the UN General Assembly. 11:13 AM · Nov 17, 2025 · 795.7K Views

Internal planning documents reveal that the Democratic Socialists of America is preparing to use its influence over newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani to advance an aggressive political program that reaches far beyond ordinary city governance and deep into socialist and anti-Israel activism. According to a leaked strategy file from the group’s Anti-War Working Group (AWWG), obtained by Just the News, the DSA intends to “make the terms clear going in” for Mamdani’s administration, explicitly linking its support to his willingness to carry out the organization’s agenda. Notes from internal meetings stress the need to “make it clear to electeds that...

Tucker Carlson mounted a full-throated defense of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) in Thursday morning’s edition of the former Fox News host’s newsletter. Under the sub-header, “Jews for Mamdani,” Carlson wrote the following: "You saw the campaign attacks against Zohran Mamdani. He’s a socialist! True. He’s a communist! Possibly true. He’s an antisemite! Wait, what? Is the incoming mayor a fan of Israel? Does he want America to fight its wars? Not particularly. But a Jew hater? That’s a different conversation. We’ve never seen anything to suggest he falls into that ugly camp. Because he doesn’t. He plainly...

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City in a political earthquake that will put a 34-year-old democratic socialist in charge of America's largest city. Mamdani, who will become the Big Apple's first Muslim mayor, defeated former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a race that became a massive flashpoint in national politics. The mayor-elect came out to wild chants of 'Zohran! Zohran!' at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater and quoted late socialist politician Eugene Debs just after 11pm and came out swinging for Cuomo. 'My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish...

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani released an Arabic-language campaign ad on social media ahead of Tuesday’s election. In the video, Mr. Mamdani introduces himself and says he may look “your brother-in-law from Damascus,” but that his “Arabic needs some work.” He goes on to say, “Still, I would love to ask for your support on November 4. Life in New York has become expensive for all.” He then stops to pet a bodega cat and promises to freeze rent for over two million city residents, make buses free and fast, and deliver universal child care to all families in his efforts...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after police van was set on fire. Police pictured in Leeds city centre just after 3pm following an arson attack on a police van. A police van was set on fire in Leeds city centre this afternoon.

Make no mistake, Mamdani has embraced Marxism and jihadism.The first rule of a Marxist revolution is that it must always eat its own. We’re beginning to see that even before Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York, which has a very high likelihood according to the betting markets.The supposed heartburn is already setting in because here is the problem: Once people begin to govern, there are actual rules to governance. You have to be a person capable of carrying out the office of the mayor, and there are obstacles to that.Thus, all of the bizarre, radical signaling that Mamdani...

In the cesspool of New York City politics, where ambition often trumps integrity, Zohran Mamdani stands out as a particularly insidious figure, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist whose campaign reeks of calculated deception. As the Democratic nominee for mayor in this 2025 election, Mamdani has mastered the art of flip-flopping, dodging, and outright dissimulation, behaviors that echo the Islamic doctrine of taqiyya. For those unfamiliar, taqiyya allows Muslims, particularly in Shia traditions like Mamdani's Twelver background, to conceal their true beliefs under threat. But in Mamdani's case, it's not persecution he's hiding from, it's the electorate's scrutiny. He's weaponizing it to...

Sometimes I wish we could use emojis in headlines, because I would have used the "laughing guy" one for this story.Some news just makes me laugh out loud, you see, especially ones that involve Democrat infighting. Especially during a dark time like this, when so many are acting like soulless ghouls in the wake of the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk.Whenever I read about a Dem internal spat, I smile because I think, “You guys deserve each other. And all your toxicity.”In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul took the risk of endorsing democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor, even though...