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Terrorism & Radicalism
Countering Global Terrorism and Exposing the Islamist Ideology.
Terrorism and its underlying Islamist ideology pose a civilizational challenge to the West and Europe in particular. Beyond the immediate security threat of mass casualty attacks, the worldview inspiring terrorism constitutes also a major obstacle to the integration of immigrant communities.
A successful counter-terrorism strategy is therefore not only a matter of improving police and intelligence work, as important as those tasks are, but also requires an effective counter-radicalization strategy.
To defeat terrorism and its underlying worldview we can’t though focus only on violent extremism but must also tackle those groups that may officially reject violence and yet still propagate goals and values that are incompatible with our liberal democracies. It is their views and ideas that lead to the creation of parallel societies, thus undermining social cohesion, and prepare the ideological groundwork for the jihadis.
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Daniel Schwammenthal “Live From…” the European Council in Brussels
EU Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday, July 22, 2013 in the European Council building to discuss whether or not to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Speaking from in front of that building just one day before the first anniversary of that horrific attack,...
Palestinian Donor Money Must Not Reward Terrorists
19 March 2013 -- Brussels -- The AJC Transatlantic Institute calls on the European Union and other donors to the Palestinian Authority to investigate how aid is spent to ensure it is not being used to reward terrorists.
The Ad Hoc Liaison...
Daniel Schwammenthal "Live From..." the European Council in Brussels
Last week, the EU Foreign Ministers met during the Foreign Affairs Council to discuss, among other topics, the Bulgarian report holding Hezbollah responsible for last July's terror attack in Burgas. Despite the report, the EU continued in its refusal to take action against...
Counterpoint: The Burgas Investigation After The Bulgarian Government Collapse
On 20 February 2013, the government of Bulgaria resigned. Having just released the initial findings of the investigation into last summer's terror attack in Burgas, which pointed the finger at Hezbollah, what would the impact be on the report? Would the EU still take action...
AJC Urges EU to Follow Netherlands' Call for Action Against Hezbollah
February 26, 2013 -- New York -- AJC praised the Netherlands for its efforts to convince the 27-member European Union to add Hezbollah to the Brussels-based group's terrorism list.
The Netherlands first declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization...
AJC Praises Bulgaria Investigation, Calls for Hezbollah Listing
February 5, 2013 -- New York -- AJC urged the EU to support fellow member state Bulgaria and designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, after Sofia concluded that the Iranian-backed group carried out the deadly July 18 attack at the Burgas airport....
Video: Daniel Schwammenthal Addresses EPP Euromed Working Group on the Situation in the Middle East
The Security Situation in the Middle East
EPP Euromed Working Group, European Parliament Strasbourg
11 December 2012
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AJC Welcomes U.S., European Condemnations of Tel Aviv Bus Bombing
November 21, 2012 – New York – AJC welcomed the strong American, British and French condemnations of today’s bombing of a bus in central Tel Aviv. At least 23 people were injured in the attack, which the terrorist group Hamas praised. It was the first terror bombing in Tel...
America's Roundtable: Hamas's Terror Attacks on Israel
On America's Roundtable this weekend, we hear from Daniel Schwammenthal as tensions escalate in the Middle East after Hamas militants attacked Israel. The terror attacks took its toll in Israel.
By Saturday, Nov 17, 2012, over 200 rockets had...