International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
@icct.bsky.social
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) is an independent knowledge centre that focuses on the preventative and international legal aspects of CT.
🔗: icct.nl 📍: The Hague
🔗: icct.nl 📍: The Hague
What are the implications of #Trump's designation of #Antifa as a #DomesticTerroristOrganisation?
This Analysis explores concerns over #FreedomOfSpeech in the US, reactions from European far-right actors, and potential shifts in CT discourse toward left-wing activism.
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This Analysis explores concerns over #FreedomOfSpeech in the US, reactions from European far-right actors, and potential shifts in CT discourse toward left-wing activism.
➡️https://buff.ly/fDRodjm
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What are the implications of #Trump's designation of #Antifa as a #DomesticTerroristOrganisation?
This Analysis explores concerns over #FreedomOfSpeech in the US, reactions from European far-right actors, and potential shifts in CT discourse toward left-wing activism.
➡️https://buff.ly/fDRodjm
This Analysis explores concerns over #FreedomOfSpeech in the US, reactions from European far-right actors, and potential shifts in CT discourse toward left-wing activism.
➡️https://buff.ly/fDRodjm
How can online extremist content be moderated while respecting free speech?
Join ICCT's Live Briefing on 2 Dec for a discussion on #ImplicitExtremistContent, material that does not explicitly promote violence but is nonetheless harmful & potentially conducive to radicalisation.
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Join ICCT's Live Briefing on 2 Dec for a discussion on #ImplicitExtremistContent, material that does not explicitly promote violence but is nonetheless harmful & potentially conducive to radicalisation.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How can online extremist content be moderated while respecting free speech?
Join ICCT's Live Briefing on 2 Dec for a discussion on #ImplicitExtremistContent, material that does not explicitly promote violence but is nonetheless harmful & potentially conducive to radicalisation.
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Join ICCT's Live Briefing on 2 Dec for a discussion on #ImplicitExtremistContent, material that does not explicitly promote violence but is nonetheless harmful & potentially conducive to radicalisation.
➡️ buff.ly/OxtE8ke
How are pro-#ISIS groups in #Indonesia seeking to rebuild hierarchy amid fragmentation and pressure?
This ICCT Analysis explores efforts to centralise command despite leadership losses and growing #CounterTerrorism challenges.
📄 Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/xPuQqtr
This ICCT Analysis explores efforts to centralise command despite leadership losses and growing #CounterTerrorism challenges.
📄 Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/xPuQqtr
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How are pro-#ISIS groups in #Indonesia seeking to rebuild hierarchy amid fragmentation and pressure?
This ICCT Analysis explores efforts to centralise command despite leadership losses and growing #CounterTerrorism challenges.
📄 Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/xPuQqtr
This ICCT Analysis explores efforts to centralise command despite leadership losses and growing #CounterTerrorism challenges.
📄 Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/xPuQqtr
📢 Our ICCT September Newsletter is out!
📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
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October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Our ICCT September Newsletter is out!
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📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
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How is Russia using organised crime as part of its hybrid warfare strategy?
This ICCT–@globsec.bsky.social Report shows how Moscow exploits organised crime—smuggling, cyber-fraud, criminal proxies—for deniability, flexibility & influence below open war.
📄 Read the full Report here: buff.ly/opQVF1A
This ICCT–@globsec.bsky.social Report shows how Moscow exploits organised crime—smuggling, cyber-fraud, criminal proxies—for deniability, flexibility & influence below open war.
📄 Read the full Report here: buff.ly/opQVF1A
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
How is Russia using organised crime as part of its hybrid warfare strategy?
This ICCT–@globsec.bsky.social Report shows how Moscow exploits organised crime—smuggling, cyber-fraud, criminal proxies—for deniability, flexibility & influence below open war.
📄 Read the full Report here: buff.ly/opQVF1A
This ICCT–@globsec.bsky.social Report shows how Moscow exploits organised crime—smuggling, cyber-fraud, criminal proxies—for deniability, flexibility & influence below open war.
📄 Read the full Report here: buff.ly/opQVF1A
What kind of insights can Malaysia's Bangladeshi Militant Group case offer counter-terrorism practitioners?
This Analysis by Munira Mustaffa shows how amateur networks, intelligence blind spots, & inadequate institutional responses shaped the threat.
📄Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/T1HJQEw
This Analysis by Munira Mustaffa shows how amateur networks, intelligence blind spots, & inadequate institutional responses shaped the threat.
📄Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/T1HJQEw
September 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
What kind of insights can Malaysia's Bangladeshi Militant Group case offer counter-terrorism practitioners?
This Analysis by Munira Mustaffa shows how amateur networks, intelligence blind spots, & inadequate institutional responses shaped the threat.
📄Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/T1HJQEw
This Analysis by Munira Mustaffa shows how amateur networks, intelligence blind spots, & inadequate institutional responses shaped the threat.
📄Read the full Analysis here: buff.ly/T1HJQEw
How can CT & P/CVE endure in an era of shrinking budgets?
In this ICCT Policy Brief, @bibivanginkel.bsky.social highlights how austerity erodes focus on root causes & human-rights-based approaches, while offering strategies to sustain resilience.
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In this ICCT Policy Brief, @bibivanginkel.bsky.social highlights how austerity erodes focus on root causes & human-rights-based approaches, while offering strategies to sustain resilience.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How can CT & P/CVE endure in an era of shrinking budgets?
In this ICCT Policy Brief, @bibivanginkel.bsky.social highlights how austerity erodes focus on root causes & human-rights-based approaches, while offering strategies to sustain resilience.
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In this ICCT Policy Brief, @bibivanginkel.bsky.social highlights how austerity erodes focus on root causes & human-rights-based approaches, while offering strategies to sustain resilience.
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📢 Our ICCT August Newsletter is out!
📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
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📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
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September 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
📢 Our ICCT August Newsletter is out!
📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
Subscribe to receive monthly updates on job opportunities, events and publications!
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📰 Check out our latest pieces, projects and more!
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Last week, @fd.nl published an article written by
@bibivanginkel.bsky.social.
In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future.
Link to the article here: ➡️ buff.ly/GPGeol4
@bibivanginkel.bsky.social.
In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future.
Link to the article here: ➡️ buff.ly/GPGeol4
September 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Last week, @fd.nl published an article written by
@bibivanginkel.bsky.social.
In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future.
Link to the article here: ➡️ buff.ly/GPGeol4
@bibivanginkel.bsky.social.
In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future.
Link to the article here: ➡️ buff.ly/GPGeol4
How do you counter disinformation that attacks identity and divides communities?
This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation.
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This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
How do you counter disinformation that attacks identity and divides communities?
This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation.
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This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation.
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How are #authoritarian regimes silencing critics across borders under the guise of security?
This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.
This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.
August 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
How are #authoritarian regimes silencing critics across borders under the guise of security?
This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.
This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.
The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (#FTF) Knowledge Hub has just been updated!
This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.
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This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (#FTF) Knowledge Hub has just been updated!
This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.
➡️ buff.ly/DuVvY2Y
This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.
➡️ buff.ly/DuVvY2Y
What lessons can post-ISIS #Iraq offer for managing humanitarian camps in post-war #Gaza?
In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza.
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In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza.
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August 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What lessons can post-ISIS #Iraq offer for managing humanitarian camps in post-war #Gaza?
In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza.
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In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza.
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How do vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s Almajiri system allow for the proliferation of youth radicalisation?
This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists
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This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists
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August 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How do vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s Almajiri system allow for the proliferation of youth radicalisation?
This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists
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This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists
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What are the implications of designating Germany's #AfD as a "proven #FarRight #extremist entity"?
In this new analysis, Julian Lanchès traces AfD's ideological shift, growing influence, & significance of its classification as a threat to democratic order.
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In this new analysis, Julian Lanchès traces AfD's ideological shift, growing influence, & significance of its classification as a threat to democratic order.
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July 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What are the implications of designating Germany's #AfD as a "proven #FarRight #extremist entity"?
In this new analysis, Julian Lanchès traces AfD's ideological shift, growing influence, & significance of its classification as a threat to democratic order.
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In this new analysis, Julian Lanchès traces AfD's ideological shift, growing influence, & significance of its classification as a threat to democratic order.
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What drives the criminalisation of terrorism in #Indonesia & #Malaysia?
In this new Policy Brief, Mukhriz Mat Rus explores the factors that impact the development of (over-)criminalisation, underscores good practices & proposes just & effective reforms.
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In this new Policy Brief, Mukhriz Mat Rus explores the factors that impact the development of (over-)criminalisation, underscores good practices & proposes just & effective reforms.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What drives the criminalisation of terrorism in #Indonesia & #Malaysia?
In this new Policy Brief, Mukhriz Mat Rus explores the factors that impact the development of (over-)criminalisation, underscores good practices & proposes just & effective reforms.
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In this new Policy Brief, Mukhriz Mat Rus explores the factors that impact the development of (over-)criminalisation, underscores good practices & proposes just & effective reforms.
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How does France support victims of terrorism?
This Policy Paper explores its unique reparation model—combining financial, judicial & symbolic measures—and highlights gaps that risk re-victimisation.
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This Policy Paper explores its unique reparation model—combining financial, judicial & symbolic measures—and highlights gaps that risk re-victimisation.
📄 Read the full analysis ➡️ buff.ly/qtEnGM8
July 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
How does France support victims of terrorism?
This Policy Paper explores its unique reparation model—combining financial, judicial & symbolic measures—and highlights gaps that risk re-victimisation.
📄 Read the full analysis ➡️ buff.ly/qtEnGM8
This Policy Paper explores its unique reparation model—combining financial, judicial & symbolic measures—and highlights gaps that risk re-victimisation.
📄 Read the full analysis ➡️ buff.ly/qtEnGM8
What drives the designation of proxy actors like the Wagner Group as terrorist groups?
In this new ICCT report, Tanya Mehra and Méryl Demuynck explore the legal justifications, risks, and wider implications of designating proxy actors.
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In this new ICCT report, Tanya Mehra and Méryl Demuynck explore the legal justifications, risks, and wider implications of designating proxy actors.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
What drives the designation of proxy actors like the Wagner Group as terrorist groups?
In this new ICCT report, Tanya Mehra and Méryl Demuynck explore the legal justifications, risks, and wider implications of designating proxy actors.
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In this new ICCT report, Tanya Mehra and Méryl Demuynck explore the legal justifications, risks, and wider implications of designating proxy actors.
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How is the Islamic State evolving in 2025, and why is the global response weakening? 🌍
In this new ICCT analysis, Adrian Shtuni examines Islamic State’s adaptability: resilient affiliates, online youth radicalisation, and use of emerging tech.
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In this new ICCT analysis, Adrian Shtuni examines Islamic State’s adaptability: resilient affiliates, online youth radicalisation, and use of emerging tech.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
How is the Islamic State evolving in 2025, and why is the global response weakening? 🌍
In this new ICCT analysis, Adrian Shtuni examines Islamic State’s adaptability: resilient affiliates, online youth radicalisation, and use of emerging tech.
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In this new ICCT analysis, Adrian Shtuni examines Islamic State’s adaptability: resilient affiliates, online youth radicalisation, and use of emerging tech.
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🔍 How does doxing become a tool of pro-Kremlin influence?
Join to ICCT’s Kacper Rekawek & fellow experts from FRONTSTORY.PL VSquare Project unpack how doxing networks and tactics are used to attack activists and others across Europe.
➡️ Register here: buff.ly/hth0bFi
Join to ICCT’s Kacper Rekawek & fellow experts from FRONTSTORY.PL VSquare Project unpack how doxing networks and tactics are used to attack activists and others across Europe.
➡️ Register here: buff.ly/hth0bFi
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🔍 How does doxing become a tool of pro-Kremlin influence?
Join to ICCT’s Kacper Rekawek & fellow experts from FRONTSTORY.PL VSquare Project unpack how doxing networks and tactics are used to attack activists and others across Europe.
➡️ Register here: buff.ly/hth0bFi
Join to ICCT’s Kacper Rekawek & fellow experts from FRONTSTORY.PL VSquare Project unpack how doxing networks and tactics are used to attack activists and others across Europe.
➡️ Register here: buff.ly/hth0bFi
What is the connection between #migration and #terrorism, and what assumptions do we need to challenge?
This new ICCT report reviews the literature and analyses 3 case studies to assess and uncover the nuanced ways in which migration and terrorism intersect.
📄 Find the report here: buff.ly/sFFpN9B
This new ICCT report reviews the literature and analyses 3 case studies to assess and uncover the nuanced ways in which migration and terrorism intersect.
📄 Find the report here: buff.ly/sFFpN9B
July 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What is the connection between #migration and #terrorism, and what assumptions do we need to challenge?
This new ICCT report reviews the literature and analyses 3 case studies to assess and uncover the nuanced ways in which migration and terrorism intersect.
📄 Find the report here: buff.ly/sFFpN9B
This new ICCT report reviews the literature and analyses 3 case studies to assess and uncover the nuanced ways in which migration and terrorism intersect.
📄 Find the report here: buff.ly/sFFpN9B
New Evaluation Out Now!
How can parenting support build resilience against radicalisation among children? Find out what works and how Trias Pedagogica’s intervention became a leading example in the field of radicalisation prevention.
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How can parenting support build resilience against radicalisation among children? Find out what works and how Trias Pedagogica’s intervention became a leading example in the field of radicalisation prevention.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New Evaluation Out Now!
How can parenting support build resilience against radicalisation among children? Find out what works and how Trias Pedagogica’s intervention became a leading example in the field of radicalisation prevention.
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How can parenting support build resilience against radicalisation among children? Find out what works and how Trias Pedagogica’s intervention became a leading example in the field of radicalisation prevention.
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Following the April 22 attack, India launched #OperationSindoor, escalating violence w/ #Pakistan.
In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
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In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Following the April 22 attack, India launched #OperationSindoor, escalating violence w/ #Pakistan.
In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
➡️ buff.ly/SgNwkCc
In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
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The recording of our webinar “Ticket to Bandera: Russian Extremist Disinformation Operations in Europe” is now available. Experts explored how Russian #disinformation and #extremist narratives influence policy and perceptions across #Europe.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The recording of our webinar “Ticket to Bandera: Russian Extremist Disinformation Operations in Europe” is now available. Experts explored how Russian #disinformation and #extremist narratives influence policy and perceptions across #Europe.
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Jewish communities across Europe face rising #antisemitic threats from both #jihadist & #farright actors.
In our latest #podcast, Kacper Rekawek and Ophir Revach from SACC by EJC discuss how security efforts are essential to community #resilience.
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In our latest #podcast, Kacper Rekawek and Ophir Revach from SACC by EJC discuss how security efforts are essential to community #resilience.
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June 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Jewish communities across Europe face rising #antisemitic threats from both #jihadist & #farright actors.
In our latest #podcast, Kacper Rekawek and Ophir Revach from SACC by EJC discuss how security efforts are essential to community #resilience.
➡️ buff.ly/ZWy7Ysl
In our latest #podcast, Kacper Rekawek and Ophir Revach from SACC by EJC discuss how security efforts are essential to community #resilience.
➡️ buff.ly/ZWy7Ysl