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Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Associated Press: Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah...
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Eye on Extremism: April 23, 2026
When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as the supreme leader, he exerted absolute power over all decisions about war, peace and negotiations with the United States. His son and successor does not play the same role. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the...
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Eye on Extremism: April 22, 2026
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of the Iranian armed forces, has blocked President Masoud Pezeshkian’s presidential appointments and erected what sources described as a security cordon around Supreme Leader Mojtaba...
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Eye on Extremism: April 21, 2026
More than two out of five European Jews experienced antisemitism personally or within the family last year, and only 45 percent of European Jews say they feel safe within their countries, according to a report published Sunday by the Jewish Agency...
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Eye on Extremism: April 20, 2026
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah says his terror group would work to break the “yellow line” that Israel established in southern Lebanon, adding that no one in the country or abroad can disarm the Iran-backed group. In an interview with AFP...
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Eye on Extremism: April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to take effect at midnight Thursday-Friday after being declared hours earlier by US President Donald Trump, who also announced that he was inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the...
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Eye on Extremism: April 16, 2026
Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and current military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei, criticised the United States over its naval presence in the Strait of Hormuz in remarks aired on Iranian state television...
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Eye on Extremism: April 15, 2026
The world’s attention is fixed on the Strait of Hormuz now that the U.S. Navy is blockading the crucial shipping channel at President Donald Trump’s behest. But some foreign policy experts warn that the strait is not the only potential choke point...
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Eye on Extremism: April 14, 2026
Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen control a long stretch of coastline near the Bab al-Mandeb and severely disrupted the waterway for much of the war in the Gaza Strip. Iran is putting pressure on the group to close the chokepoint again, Arab officials...
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Eye on Extremism: April 13, 2026
The year 2025 saw an alarming surge in violent attacks against Jews in a year when more Diaspora Jews were murdered in antisemitic incidents than in any other year in the previous three decades, a report published Monday by Tel Aviv University said...
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