Month: September 2019

Apr 2019. The Israel Elections

April 2019. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu looks all but certain to stay in office for a record fifth term after his biggest election challenger, Benny Gantz, admitted defeat on Wednesday. With almost all votes counted, both men’s parties are neck and neck. But a coalition between Mr Netanyahu’s Likud and smaller right-wing and religious parties… Continue reading Apr 2019. The Israel Elections

Apr 2019. The YPJ of the YPG

April 2019. It was once a Magnet for Jihadists across the Globe, but a self-styled ISIS Caliphate is now Destroyed as a Territorial Entity, four years after its Peak when it controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria. But the Militant Islamic State wasn’t the only Group to attract Foreign Fighters willing to take up… Continue reading Apr 2019. The YPJ of the YPG

Apr 2019. Radicalising Students at the University of Westminster

April 2019. An Islamic State fighter held in Syria has said he was one of at least seven students and ex-students from the University of Westminster to join IS. Zakariyya Elogbani abandoned a degree in business management which he was taking at the university in 2014. Another student had been studying while on a terror… Continue reading Apr 2019. Radicalising Students at the University of Westminster

Mar 2019. Life after ISIS

March 2019. The ISIS caliphate may have been blasted from the map across Iraq and Syria – but its legacy remains. A global coalition ousted the Islamist militia from Mosul in northern Iraq but at great cost. Visiting the old city you find an empty, devastated place where some even yearn for the return of… Continue reading Mar 2019. Life after ISIS

Mar 2019. Facebook tackling the Far Right

March 2019. On the day that Facebook announced wide nationalist content deletion, it’s been found that internal Facebook emails raise Questions over the Approach to remove anti- Semitic content. The emails also reveal that the Social Media Giant is considering designating a high profile American Commentator, Alex Jones, a ‘Hate Figure’. The Encouragement of Violence… Continue reading Mar 2019. Facebook tackling the Far Right

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Mar 2019. Strikes on Gaza

March 2019. The UN has warned that we may once again be facing a Very Dangerous Escalation of Violence in Gaza. An alleged Rocket fired from the Palestinian Territory supposedly destroyed a house in Israel, resulting in Retalitory Strikes by Warplanes continuing Three Days later! The first point is there’s No Evidence of a Rocket… Continue reading Mar 2019. Strikes on Gaza

Mar 2019. The SDF declare ISIS is Defeated

March 2019. After almost five years, the battle to dismantle Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has ended with an announcement from US-backed forces that the militants have been driven out of their last stronghold of Baghuz. ISIS had held out for months against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the small oasis town on the Euphrates… Continue reading Mar 2019. The SDF declare ISIS is Defeated