CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This was one of the, if not the, largest counterterrorism operation on German soil since 1945. 3,000 police officers in 130 different locations, arresting 25 individuals, 27 individuals under further investigation on top of that. It was surprising as far as the scope and the scale is concerned. But, unfortunately, this is not the only violent cell that has been discovered from the broader violent right-wing extremist spectrum in Germany over the last couple of years. Since 2019, the Federal Ministry of the Interior has consistently judged that violent right-wing extremism is the largest domestic threat against security and this morning really brought home that point again."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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