France: Tunisian Man Arrested Planning Terror Attack Against Jews

 Hat tip Gates of Vienna

French police have arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man, who is suspected of planning a terrorist attack against the Louvre and/or the Jewish community in Paris.

The article below from 20 Minutes is translated by Fousesquawk.

Tunisian suspected of planning a terrorist attack against the Louvre or the Jewish community

Jihadism: A Tunisian suspected of having planned an attack targeting the Louvre and the Jewish community in Paris was formally charged and detained on Monday as part of an anti-terrorist investigation. 

On Monday, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) announced the arrest of a 27-year-old Tunisian, suspected of having planned" a violent, jihadist-inspired act," in France. The man was placed in custody and jailed as part of an anti-terrorism investigation, opened by the Pnat.

According to a source close to the case, the suspect was planning an act targeted "at a Parian museum, as well as members of the Jewish community, but without a specific target." The investigation was launched in the framework of a preliminary investigation opened on May 6 for "conspiracy to commit terrorist crimes against persons". According to our colleagues at Monde and Parisien, (the museum) is thought to be the Louvre Museum.

The suspect was arrested at the end of April

According to Le Monde, the case began with a police check in the center of Paris on April 28. This man, arrested because he was driving a car with a false license, resides in La Garenne-Colombes, a Paris suburb, and was taken into custody and then placed in a center for administrative detention, not possessing a valid residence permit. Born in Djerba in 1999, he arrived in France in 2022 from Lampedusa looking for work, according to the newspaper. He was then arrested on May 7.

Also, according to the daily newspaper, the analysis of his cell phone revealed the presence of numerous videos of jihadist propaganda and hundreds of photos of firearms and knives. On his social media, Dhafer M. utilizes as his profile, the image of an Islamic State fighter executing prisoners. Some searches on Chat GPT with questions such as "how to fabricate a bomb," or the damage caused by TNT were also retrieved from his phone, says Le Monde.

He also intended to join Daesh (ISIS)

The case has been assigned to the General Direction of Interior Security (DGSI) and the Anti-Terrorist Section of the Criminal Brigade. The Pnat specifies that the suspect is also "suspected, on the one hand, of fomenting a violent, jihadist plan of action, and on the other hand, planning a hijra (migration).  

The Anti-Terror Prosecutor's Office states that this hijra (exile to a Muslim land) corresponded to a planned departure to the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria or Mozambique". Following the detention order on Monday, Pnat requested the opening of a judicial investigation.

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Netherlands: One Fine Day in Deventer

Hat tip Gates of Vienna, Vlad Tepes, and RAIR Foundation USA for subtitling. Translation assistance by Fousesquawk. 

 Police in the Dutch town of Deventer are looking for a young man on a bike who assaulted a motorist. The video below from Oost (News).nl clearly shows what occurred as the driver of the car was exiting a parking garage.

 

Germany: Pro-Palestinian Encampment Set up at Hamburg Site of Jewish Deportations

One thing you have to concede about the pro-Palestinian movement worldwide. It is well organized and well financed. But it has no decency and no shame. We have already witnessed that firsthand in the US, more than ever, after the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2012.

The Moorweide in Hamburg is a large open park area that, going back to the 19th century, has been a popular meeting spot for demonstrations and political events. That was also true in the Nazi period. During the Holocaust, about 6,000 Jewish citizens of the city were rounded up and gathered on the Moorweide before being put onto trains to the death camps. Thus, it is a place of commemoration for the deportations.

Moorweide in Hamburg

October 24, 1941. Jews in process of deportation to death camps

-Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centres

"To commemorate the Jewish citizens of Hamburg who in the time of the National Socialist dictatorship were sent by the thousands from this place to their deaths

Do not forget

Stay vigilent"

Now, however, it is the location for a pro-Palestinian encampment for a protest dedicated to the destruction of Israel. (as it previously was in 2024) The organization organizing the encampment,  Thawra! Hamburg! is under investigation by German intelligence services, partly for its anti-Jewish sympathies.

Yet, a German court in Hamburg has upheld the ability of these people to hold their encampment on this spot in the name of "Understanding between peoples"! 

Moorweide September 2024

-Stern

Given Germany's history, I cannot fathom why they allow this crap to take place on the very spots that should be considered hallowed ground. I still believe that Germany today is better than this and that most of the rising Jew hatred is of the imported variety. While Germany is a free, democratic country today, it does have more restrictions than the US when it comes to such issues as hate speech, anti-Semitism, and racism, precisely because of its past. While peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstrations may be legal, one would think that the proper authorities could prevent places like Moorweide from being used. The optics are terrible.

The article below from Journalisten Watch is translated by Fousesquawk.

Caption: Gaza protest camp in Hamburg: Now legally permitted at the most disrespectful place imaginable

 Scandalous: Hamburg Jewish deportation memorial now location of anti-Israel camp

At every opportunity, we Germans are reminded of Adolf Hitler and the atrocities of the Third Reich- but strangely, just not when it comes to pro-Palestinian anti-Semitism or the violence that Muslims carry out daily against Jews. Eighty-five years ago, the Moorweide area in Hamburg was the departure point for deportation to the concentration camps and killing machinery for thousands of Jews. Now set up in this place tainted by German history is a 9-day Palestinian encampment under the title: "Bridges of Resistance" as part of a nation-wide "Stop Nakba Now" campaign, in which the usual hate speech is being hurled about.

While the location was initially moved to the Sternschanzen Park due to its immense controversy, unfortunately, this outrageous provocation has now been approved by the Hamburg Administrative Court. What comes next: An Islamic air show at Ground Zero in New York? The Moorweide in the Nazi era was the gathering place and a surefire death ticket for about 6,000 Jewish fellow citizens. There, under the leadership of the organizing group, Thawra! Hamburg!, once again, there will be open calls for the eradication of Israel and corresponding words of hate chanted.

Muslims get away with anything- including organized Jew hatred

Resistance by all means, the killing of colonialists, or the glorification of Hamas terror were the accusations coming from State Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky. The organization is considered extremist and, since 2025, has been monitored by the Protection of the Constitution intelligence agency, partly due to its anti-Semitic tendencies. The court, however, has cited the "idea of understanding between peoples" as an excuse. This also, apparently, included the support or endorsement of military action by Hamas and Hizbollah against Israel. Already two years ago, there was an anti-Israel protest encampment on the edge of Moorweide.

The tents and banners were set up in the beginning of May 2024 and only in September were taken back down. The Hamburg Jewish community had demanded in a public letter that this place be finally be recognized as a memorial to the deportation of Jews in the Third Reich. Unfortunately, Muslims in this country are allowed everything, and it is becoming more brazen and inconceivable.

Petition to Censure Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar

Omar (l), Tlaib (r)

I am cross-posting a petition letter I received from the American Center for Law and Justice. The letter seeks the censure and removal from committee assignments of Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) due to their history of inflammatory and anti-Semitic statements. I have signed the petition, and I urge my readers to do the same.

It is bad enough that anti-Semitism has exploded in this country and infected so many sectors of our society. It is even worse when we have members of Congress feeding the same hatred.

Another Obscene Pro-Palestinian Protest in NYC

-CAM News

On Tuesday night, hundreds of pro-Hamas, pro-Hizbollah protesters conducted a noisy protest outside a Manhattan synagogue. Combat Anti-Semitism. Org has the details here.

You should keep this in mind the next time you hear these characters say that they are not anti-Jewish, just anti-Zionist, just anti-Netanyahu. If that were the case, they would limit their protests to Israeli diplomatic missions. When you protest in front of a synagogue, you are showing your hatred for Jews. There is no other way to describe it.

So there they were, with their obscene chants, their obscene keffiyehs, and their obscene Palestinian flags, blocking Jews' access to their own place of worship, and hurling abuse at cops. How despicable can you get?

This is Zohran Mamdami's New York. This ugliness didn't start with Mamdami, but now these despicable creeps are emboldened because they know that the mayor is one of them.

They are trash.

Sweden: Convicted Terrorist Wants New Cell: Threatens to Repeat His Crime

-Hat tip to the late great Don Martin of Mad Magazine

 On April 17, 2017, in Stockholm, Sweden, a rejected asylum-seeker named Rakhmat Akilov from Uzbekistan swore allegiance to the Islamic State and then drove a hijacked truck through a crowd of pedestrians on Drottninggaten, a major street in Stockholm, before crashing into a department store. Five people were killed, and several were injured. Akilov was arrested and sentenced to life in a Swedish prison.

After reportedly causing problems in one high-security prison, Akilov was transferred to another high-security facility last year. 

Now, reportedly, Akilov is not happy with his cell and has reportedly threatened to carry out "another Drottninggatan " if his cell is not changed. Obviously a human rights issue.

The article below from Fria Tider is translated by Fousesquawk. 

Akilov in prison "I'll do Drottninggatan again"

Posted May 7, 2026 at 11:18

Domestic: Terrorist Rakhmat Akilov wants a new cell in Tidaholm Priosn. When prison personnel could not immediately arrange it, according to the corrections authority, he responded by threatening to (repeat) his crime on Drottninggaten. 

Rakhmat Akilov (48) is convicted of the terrorist crime on Drottninggatan in Stockholm on April 7, 2017. Five people were killed and several others were injured.

He was arrested immediately after the crime and has been in custody since. After a long time in the Fenix high security correctional facility, he was transferred about a year ago to the facility in Tidaholm, which is also in the high security classification.  

According to Expressen, Akilov repeatedly got into fights in prison. This time, it was because he wanted to change cells.

When the personnel reported that it would take a day to change, he became upset.

"Rakhmat Akilov became agitated that he couldn't change cells," the report from the corrections service.

According to the report, Rakhmat then reportedly threatened the personnel.

"If I don't get my wish today, I will do Drottninggatan again. You have one hour."

After the incident, he was locked up again. A few days later, he was questioned about the matter, and he tried to downplay the statement.

Akilov claimed that personnel had misunderstood him since his Swedish "is not so correct".

"I couldn't find the right words. I didn't mean that I would create chaos," Akilov says under questioning, according to Expressen.

The corrections authority did not accept his explanation, and Akilov instead was given a warning.

Our Choices for Governor of California in 2026 (61)

The candidates

 Ballots have arrived in California for the primary election. Gavin Newsom is exiting the governor's mansion in Sacramento, most likely to run for president, and no less than 61 names are on the ballot. The only guy missing is Alfred E. Neuman. Maybe he figures he can win it all via write-in ballots.

"What-me worry?"

The Republican frontrunners are businessman Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, and it is entirely possible that, given the large number of Democrats and other fringe candidates running, they could actually wind up in first and second place in the primary. The top two vote-getters will run in the general election in November. Hilton is leading the whole pack according to most polls. That is encouraging, but this is still California.

The leading Democratic candidates are failed former Secretary of Health and Human Services under Biden, Xavier Becerra, UC Irvine law professor and failed congresswoman, "Stormy" Katie Porter, failed ex-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, and socialist billionaire Tom Steyer. Eric Swalwell's name is also on the ballot, but as we know, he has dropped out to spend more time with his family (or Fang Fang). However, he is still a serious candidate for my Jerk of the Year Award.

In addition, there are candidates named Barack D. Obama Shaw (D) and Livingforgodandcountry Demott (no party). I am not making this up.

And then there is a guy named Don J. Grundmann (no party).  Here is his platform as it actually appears in the official California voters' guide:

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"The views and opinions expressed by the candidates are their own and do not represent the views and opinions of the Secretary of State’s office."

Don J. Grundmann | NO QUALIFIED PARTY PREFERENCE

"Kirk murdered by shaped-charge bomb Israel used. Government knows. YouTube—Why Kirk had to die. Israel murdered Liberty sailors. Israel “art students” wired Twin Towers for 9/11.controlled demolition. Planes did NOT destroy towers. Israel did. 3,000 murdered to create new “Pearl Harbor” to justify fighting wars for Israel. “Dancing Israelis” (Mossad agents) prove knowledge of attack. Government knows. Israel (our greatest enemy), NOT Iran, will suitcase nuke U S. via “Samson Option”—false flag attack to blame on Iran/Russia and permanently end our nation. Israel, the REAL terrorists, created and funds Hamas via Qatar. Countless war crimes by lsrael/ Netanyahu. No further funding for Israel. They call Palestinians AND Christians AND America “Amalek”—their sworn forever enemy. We are “goyim” (less than human animals/cattle) that they will enslave. We are stupid chumps. Israel rules our conquered Republic. Talmud—their Bible—says Christ boiling in in Israel allowed/planned/promoted Hamas attack (they murdered their own people) to justify genocide and steal billion$ in Gaza oil/gas rights. Christian Zionism = soul poison. Talmudic “Judeo-Christian values” don't exist . . . DestroyTheZOG.org. Constitution Party of California, state affiliate Christian Nationalist Party. CNParty.org.—developing. Fight-the-Power.org. CPofCA.org. StopNumber24.org. Nationalize FED. Print interest free United States Notes. Freedom Law School $300,000 challenge. BlackGenocide.org. Planned Parenthood murdered 20 MILLION blacks = REAL “White Supremacy.”, HenryMakow.com. NationalStraightPrideCoalition.org. Gtvflyers.com"

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I guess he can count on the Students for Justice in Palestine vote. I wouldn't be surprised if SJP invited him to speak on a few California campuses this year.

Hopefully, we can restore some degree of sanity to the state in November, but I am not optimistic.

Germany: Kurdish Family Feud: One Dead One Wounded

Nienburg

Today, in the German town of Nienburg, located in Lower Saxony, two Kurdish families staged a shootout. One person was killed and one seriously wounded. Apparently, this is just the latest in a long-running family feud, a Kurdish version of the Hatfields and the McCoys, if you will.

The article below from WELT is translated by Fousesquawk.

Lower Saxony

Deadly shootout in Nienburg-victim was to appear in court on day of incident

Posted 5-5-2026

Caption: Emergency personnel stand behind a police barrier tape. In an exchange of fire, one person was killed and another seriously injured

Source: Deutsche Presse Agentur

On Tuesday afternoon, shots were fired in Nienburg. One person has died, another is seriously injured. According to a media report, the cause points to a conflict that has been smoldering for years.

In an exchange of gunfire in Nienburg on Tuesday, one person was killed and at least one other seriously injured. The injured person was taken to a hospital by rescue helicopter, the police said.

The shots were fired around 3 p.m. According to initial findings, there had previously been disputes between several people that escalated into the clash. Two people were provisionally arrested.

According to information from  BILD, it reportedly involves two large Kurdish families who have been fueding for years and who are repeatedly in court against each other. There have also been repeated mass brawls in recent years.

The victim was supposed to appear before the Verden Regional Court on Tuesday for aggravated assault. According to Die Harke, he is an entrepreneur from the Nienburg city area.

The background of the crime is still unclear, the investigations are ongoing. According to the police, there is currently no danger to the population, but people are still asked to avoid the area as far as possible.

NEA Hit with Discrimination Complaint

"The charge documents several incidents of anti-Semitic discrimination, harassment, and intimidation at the NEA’s 2025 Representative Assembly (RA): 

• Jewish delegates were physically surrounded and shouted at by anti-Israel advocates.
• When a Jewish delegate at the RA referenced the murder of an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor in the Boulder, Colorado anti-Semitic attack, her comment was met with clapping and laughter by other delegates.  
• Anti-Israel delegates at the RA physically intimidated and disrupted the Jewish Affairs Caucus when the Executive Chair tried to speak to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Caucus. 
• The NEA removed metal detectors and reduced security at the event despite reports by Jewish members of intimidation and harassment and a realistic fear of violence.

The NEA took other recent actions that contribute to the hostile environment against Jewish members:  

• The NEA’s handbook removed Jews as the primary victims of the Holocaust."

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law has filed a charge with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest union, alleging discrimination against its Jewish members. As I read the notice, which I received today, Jewish members have been the targets of discrimination and insults, which are listed in the notice. I also note that under the NEA's system of racial classifications (which they shouldn't be engaged in to begin with), Jews are lumped together as "white", which the NEA reportedly does not consider a "protected group" (rather, presumably, a "privileged" group), something that does nothing to foster overall harmony, in my view.

"The NEA’s written policies require the use of unlawful racial and ethnic classifications and preferences to exclude members, and as many Jewish members do not fit into one of the NEA’s preferred minority categories – the NEA classifies them as 'white' – they are excluded from governance positions and deprived of other NEA benefits."

The press release by the Brandeis Center can be accessed here. It also links to the formal charge.

Belgium: The Great Chase

Middelkerke, Belgium sits right on the North Sea, so it sees a lot of migrant traffic of folks trying to cross over into England. Late Saturday night-early Sunday morning, a van loaded with 8 migrants tried to evade a police stop, and a wild chase ensued. The van drove on the wrong side of traffic at a high speed until it ran off the road and crashed, injuring all the occupants.

The below article is translated from Dutch by Fousesquawk.

Van with migrants crashes in Middelkerke after police chase:" The officers could not prevent the accident"

May 3, 2026 09:54

A van with 8 passengers tried to avoid a police stop late Saturday night-early Sunday morning. Of the 8, two were seriously injured when the van crashed. One person is in critical condition.

Around 1:50 am, on the Royal Road in Middelkerke, a van with migrants tried to evade a police check and fled. The police gave chase, but it resulted in a crash.

According to Jean-Marie Dedecker, the mayor of Middelkerke, the police were unable to prevent the crash. "The van was driving in the opposite direction of traffic," said Dedecker on Radio 1. "The police motorcycle drove ahead to warn people of the wrong-way driver. But he was overtaken by the van. The van then went off the road at high speed. The result was 8 people injured." One person was still in critical condition Sunday morning.

According to police, not far from the scene of the accident, 9 more migrants were found in the dunes. In Blankenberge, material was also found that could possibly be used for an attempted crossing to the United Kingdom. "It is mopping up water with the tap still open as long as people remain welcome in England," says Dedecker.

The victims were taken to hospitals in Oostend and Veurne as reported by the governor of West Flanders, Carl Decaluwe, on Sunday. "Once again, our police have delivered good work in very difficult circumstances," said Decaluwe.

- Source: Belga

Jews and the Issue of Fighting Back

This article first appeared in Times of Israel Blogs.

The latest attack in Los Angeles

-VINnews

 I have just finished reading reports of the latest attack upon a Jew in Los Angeles. It occurred in an area of West Los Angeles, which is not far from where I grew up, an area that is historically, heavily Jewish. A 32-year-old man was accosted and attacked by a man driving past in a car. The attacker, seeing that the victim was Jewish, got out of his vehicle and beat the man. Upon leaving, the attacker said, "Free Palestine".

For years now, with the Palestinian movement spreading its poison so effectively to the US, especially on our campuses, I hear time and time again of Jews being attacked both in North America and Europe, largely due to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They were attacked not because they bore a resemblance to Benjamin Netanyahu, but because they were recognizably Jewish. Either they wore a kippah, or they were seen coming from a synagogue.

I have also taken note that in far too many of these cases, the victims put up little if any self-defense. I am speaking here about the US and Europe because I know that in Israel, it is different. Arab terrorist attackers are almost as likely to get taken down by armed Israeli civilians as by the police or military. I applaud that.

Some years ago, the late Jewish activist, David Horowitz, a man I admired, was speaking at the University of California at Irvine, where I was teaching part-time. The issue of fighting back came up during the question-and-answer session. A young Jewish student addressed the issue quite frankly. She said that as Jews, they were brought up to avoid confrontations and violence, thus, it was difficult for them to stand their ground when confronted. (I am paraphrasing.) As I thought about her comments, it made sense to me. Few of the Jewish kids I grew up with (and there were many) got into fights. In those days (the 1960s), schoolyard confrontations frequently ended in fisticuffs, either on school grounds or after school. I had my share, and I don't defend it because, looking back, I know it was usually, if not always, for stupid reasons.

But I never got into a fight because of my religion. Nobody attacked or insulted me because of my religion. Certainly, back then, nobody ever tried to kill me just because of who I was. We live in a very different world now.

I want to say this carefully, because I come from a law enforcement background, and I will never incite violence. I would never advise that innocent Muslims be attacked on the street or their mosques vandalized just because some of them engage in such attacks against Jews. That would be wrong.

However, given the current situation in the US, Canada, and Europe, what I do encourage is this: All Jews should know how to defend themselves from the time they are children.  They should learn self-defense, boxing, martial arts, whatever is necessary in order to protect themselves from these dastardly attacks. Gun laws vary from country to country, but in the US, Jews should at least consider exercising their rights under the Second Amendment to possess arms for self-defense. Become trained in the safe use of firearms. Know the laws governing the use of firearms and use them responsibly in accordance with the law. People should not have to be victims just because there are no police in the area at the time.

Of course, this advice is directed to American Jews because I cannot speak for the laws of other countries. As for the people in Israel, they don't need my advice. They know what to do.

"Starving the Treasury" in California

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

(Not really. It's Moscow State University, but you get the idea.)

Leave it to the UC Berkeley Law School, a bastion of left-wing thought, for one of its perfessers (sic) to come up with a new way to soak the rich here in the Golden State. Brian Galle is his name, and he has already reportedly helped design a 5% wealth tax on billionaires that may become law in California. That's because the little rascals in Sacramento need more $$$ for their social programs and to take care of the millions of illegal migrants in our state.  According to Galle, these rich people in California are "starving the treasury".

"I'm starving."

Of course, nobody knows how many billionaires are left in the state since so many people have left taking their money, their companies, and their jobs with them. Many are predicting that the next thing to come out of Sacramento will be an exit tax.

Of course, as is my wont, I point out that the dean of the law school is Erwin Chemerinsky. Under his stewardship, the law school is little more than a training ground for future left-wing activists. At times, his minions have gotten so out of hand that even he gets frustrated with their antics.  But as I told him once in an exchange of emails, this is largely of his own construction. 

"Ah yes. I remember that guy."

Campus Reform has the details below. (I can't seem to hyperlink it.)

Campus Reform | UC Berkeley law professor helps design tax on ultra-wealthy, says capitalism ‘not working well’