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Man Charged in Florida for Death Threats Against Jewish Conservatives Referencing Charlie Kirk’s Murder
Charlie Kirk speaking at the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2025. Photo: Brian Snyder via Reuters Connect
The unfounded speculations promoted in recent weeks by some right-wing podcast figures of a hidden Israeli hand behind the killing of pro-Israel activist Charlie Kirk have now led to one arrest, with law enforcement in Florida charging a man with 12 counts for allegedly threatening Jewish conservative media personalities who he suspected of being part of the conspiracy.
Florida state Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Monday that his Office of Statewide Prosecution was notified last week of “multiple, specific death threats made to Jewish conservative media members who live in Florida.”
After an investigation, Uthmeier continued, “we obtained an arrest warrant for Nicholas Ray of Spring, Texas. Ray is now in custody and will be extradited to Florida to face charges of extortion, written threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.”
Ray, who now faces 140 years behind bars if convicted on all charges, allegedly targeted Newsweek senior editor-at-large Josh Hammer, New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, and far-right podcaster Laura Loomer.
The New York Post reported that the probable cause affidavit it reviewed says that Ray used a “zionistarescum” X account to make the threats between Oct. 8 and 10. The account follows a Dallas Cowboys fan, the neo-Nazi Paul Miller, and Candace Owens, the former Daily Wire host who has reinvented herself in recent years as an independent podcaster focused on a plethora of provocations from anti-Israel conspiracy theories to accusing Brigitte Macron, the first lady of France, of being born male, an accusation which has prompted an international lawsuit.
Police say that Ray wrote that Hammer had “conspired with foreign govt about killing Charlie [Kirk].” Ray allegedly fantasized that Hammer “SHOULD LITERALLY BE KILLED BY A FIRING SQUAD” and labeled him a “TRAITOR.”
Markowicz, Dillon, and Loomer received similar accusations of involvement with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and the so-called “genociding” in Gaza. A threat targeting Dillon read, “You’re in on it too bitch don’t think we forgot. Conspired with foreign govt about killing Charlie we f–king know you did bitch. We’re gonna get you I promise maybe not today or tomorrow but you’re living on borrowed time and you know it.”
Uthmeier told “The Ben Shapiro Show” on Tuesday that Ray was “clearly demented” and “was calling for the death of several in conservative media, using antisemitic verbiage in his threats.” He added, “We’re going to throw the book at him and send a clear message: If you call for violence, you will be punished, you will do as much time as possible in the state of Florida. We have zero tolerance for it.”
Earlier this month, Owens promoted the conspiracy theory that Hammer may have had foreknowledge of Kirk’s murder, pointing to a tweet he had made referencing the Aug. 22 death of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on a North Carolina train, and doubling down when challenged.
Hammer has in turn considered filing a lawsuit against Owens for the claim.
“I mean, when you put yourselves out there, you’re going to get pushback. But this is not pushback, right? I mean, this is not someone responding to a legal theory of mine or making an intelligent point about the two-state solution or not two-state solution,” Hammer told interviewer Erin Molan. “No, I mean this is literally just picking a Jewish person and calling him sub-human filth, and sickening your band of millions and millions of neo-Nazi zealots on a Jewish person who happens to be a, yeah, like Charlie, happens to be a husband and a father to a young child.”
Hammer continued, “So, I mean it’s just awful, awful stuff. And I guess I will say, Erin, I’m pretty sure I’ve said this publicly already, you know, I’m talking to lawyers. I think — I’m a lawyer with my background. I clerked for a federal appeals judge. I know a thing or two about United States constitutional law. I think that we have a potentially serious case here for defamation, and I’m very much speaking with lawyers. And we’ll see what happens.”
As of Thursday, the “zionistarescum” X account remains live. The most recent posting, from Oct. 15, states, “When Israel is purged it will be biblical.” A warning on X notes that the post has been classified as “Visibility limited: this Post may violate X’s rules against Violent Speech.” It has received more than 5,000 views.
The user also criticizes US President Donald Trump, writing on Oct. 10, “Dude that funded ethnic cleansing and genocide begging for a prize cause his daddy didn’t love him enough #NobelPeacePrize,” a thought which received more than 1,500 views.
Preceding that statement, “zionistarescum” shared a posting from Loomer from Oct. 9 that was critical of Owens.
“F–k @RealCandaceO,” Loomer wrote. “This woman would be in her basement under the name ‘Red Pill Black’ if it weren’t for President Trump. She owes her entire career to President Trump and his family. She even had her wedding at one of his properties. She is the biggest grifter and opportunist. She was always a liberal and she doesn’t speak for me, MAGA [Make America Great Again], or the Trump base. Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for securing many peace deals. Not just between Israel and Hamas. She doesn’t speak for MAGA. She has and always will only speak for herself and the voices in her head. I’m so sick of these ingrate ‘influencers’ attacking Donald Trump after they used him to acquire wealth and fame. F–k this stupid bitch.”
The user responded, “WAHH WAHH PEOPLE GOT RICH AND FAMOUS OFF DONALD TRUMP WAHH DONALD TRUMPS FAMILY IS 100 BILLION RICHER SINCE ELECTED HES THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME. JEW JEW JEW JEW.”
On Wednesday, Loomer shared a clip of Owens on X in which the podcaster apparently stated that Kirk’s murder has “made me fully lose faith in Trump.”
Loomer wrote with the video that Owens “is now implying that President Trump murdered Charlie Kirk. Absolutely unhinged.”
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Ilhan Omar Poses for Photo With Swedish MP Wearing Garment Depicting Erasure of Israel
US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at a press conference with activists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC, Dec. 14, 2023. Photo: Annabelle Gordon / CNP/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect
US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MI) has come under fire after being spotted posing for a photo with Malcolm Jallow, a virulently anti-Israel member of the Swedish parliament.
The picture, which was posted on Jallow’s Instagram page on Sunday, showed the controversial Swedish politician posing alongside Omar and anti-Israel political pundit Medhi Hasan. Jallow draped a stole around his shoulders depicting the complete erasure of the state of Israel and its replacement by a Palestinian state.
“Spending these days with so many inspiring leaders from around the world — including two of the most inspiring and courageous voices of our time, Congresswoman @ilhanmn Omar and international journalist @mehdirhasan — has been like reigniting an inner flame. I feel recharged with energy, hope, and determination,” Jallow wrote on Instagram.
Jallow has an extensive history of attacking Israel and promoting antisemitic conspiracy tropes. For example, he has “liked” a comment on social media that accused Jewish organizations of participating in freemasonry, fueling a false conspiracy theory that claims a secret coalition of Jews and Freemasons is working to control the world.
The Gambian-born lawmaker also lambasted Sweden for its supposed complicitly in a “genocide” in Gaza and stated in another social media post that Europe “betrayed” the Palestinian enclave by “financing the bombs” and “legitimizing the apartheid & the occupation.” He further appeared to threaten Swedish civilians who support Israel, writing, “To every ordinary citizen who waved the flag of the oppressor & laughed while Gaza burned, We will not forget you. We know your names. We save your statements. We screenshot your posts.”
He also seemed to threaten legal action against Swedish citizens who publicly demonstrate support for Israel’s defensive military operations against Hanas.
“And one day, whether in courtrooms of law or the court of history, In this life or the hereafter, you will be held to account,” Jallow posted. “That is not a threat. That is a promise to the people of Gaza.”
“Why is the Swedish government complicit in Israel’s acts of genocide against the Palestinian people?” he added on Instagram.
Jallow has also criticized Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson for taking certain measures to combat antisemitism, arguing that such actions endanger the country’s Muslim population.
“The Swedish Prime Minister’s statement that antisemitism holds a ‘special status’ and is worse than anti-Muslim propaganda is deeply problematic and dangerous. It not only diminishes the severity of hatred against Muslims but also normalizes the growing Islamophobia in Sweden,” Jallow wrote in an official statement last year.
“Ranking hate and prioritizing one group’s suffering over another is not only ignorant and offensive — it undermines our collective struggle against all forms of intolerance and discrimination,” he continued.
Sweden has reported a notable increase in antisemitic incidents since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, prompting alarm within both the Jewish community and governmental bodies.
According to a report released by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRA) last year, hate crimes motivated by antisemitism in the country surged in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 atrocities, amid the ensuing war in Gaza. The BRA found that police registered 110 complaints between the Hamas invasion and Dec. 31 in 2023, compared to just 24 incidents the prior year.
While Jews constitute a small fraction of Sweden’s population, they have represented a disproportionately high share of religious-hate-crime victims. In 2020, for example, antisemitic incidents made up about 27 percent of all religion-based hate crimes documented by police despite Jews making up only 0.1 percent of the population, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.
Omar for years has been one of the most vocal critics of Israel in the US Congress, calling on Washington to impose an arms embargo on the Jewish state.
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Groundbreaking analysis of Hitler’s DNA shows no Jewish ancestry — but finds a genetic disorder
Adolf Hitler had a sexual disorder that made it more likely for him to have a micro-penis, according to the first-ever analysis of his DNA. He also did not have the Jewish ancestors that some have claimed he had.
The analysis is being revealed in detail in “Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator,” a new documentary premiering Saturday night in the United Kingdom. The documentary looks at the researchers who decided to tackle the genetic makeup of one of history’s greatest villains, as well as what they learned — and cannot learn — from his DNA.
They found that he had Kallman syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by incomplete puberty, according to an exclusive report published Wednesday in the Times of London. They also found that he had genes making him more likely to have autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, though they cautioned that the DNA alone is not sufficient to deliver a diagnosis.
Among those quoted in the documentary is the prominent British Jewish psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen (father of actor Sacha). “Behavior is never 100% genetic,” he said in the Times report. “Associating Hitler’s extreme cruelty with people with these diagnoses risks stigmatizing them, especially when the vast majority of people with these diagnoses are neither violent nor cruel, and many are the opposite.”
The analysis, conducted by a team led by a prominent British geneticist, is more definitive on the subject of Hitler’s possible Jewish ancestry. Rumors about such a background were prevalent during Hitler’s rise: In one notable example, a newspaper aligned with the Austrian chancellor who the following year would be assassinated by Nazis in 1933 challenged German authorities to disprove his Jewish ties.
And the rumors have endured: In 2022, Russia’s foreign minister repeated the claim that Hitler had Jewish ancestry to rebuff criticism that Russia’s justification for invading Ukraine, that it needed to be “denazified,” was undermined by the fact that Ukraine’s president is Jewish.
But while previous analyses of the DNA of Hitler’s relatives suggested that he may have had some genetic links to groups that he sought to destroy, including Jews, the new analysis, on Hitler’s own DNA, shows only Austrian German ancestry.
The analysis is based on a swatch of fabric stained with blood that a U.S. soldier cut from the couch upon which Hitler shot himself. The researchers were able to confirm without a doubt that the blood came from Hitler by comparing the DNA found in it to DNA previously confirmed to have come from one of his relatives.
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German Authorities Arrest Another Suspected Hamas Operative Amid Growing Terror Threat to Jews in Europe
Supporters of Hamas gather in Berlin. Photo: Reuters/M. Golejewski
As concern mounts over a potential surge in Hamas-linked attacks in Europe, German authorities have arrested another suspected member of the Palestinian terrorist group accused of acquiring firearms and ammunition to target Jewish communities.
On Tuesday, local police arrested Lebanese-born Borhan El-K, a suspected Hamas operative, after he crossed into Germany from the Czech Republic — part of an ongoing probe into the Islamist group’s network and operations across the continent.
The German federal prosecutor’s office confirmed the suspect obtained an automatic rifle, eight Glock pistols, and more than 600 rounds of ammunition in the country before handing the weapons to Wael FM, another suspected member of the terrorist group, in Berlin.
Local law enforcement arrested Lebanese-born Wael FM last month, along with two other German citizens, Adeb Al G and Ahmad I.
Prosecutors believe the three men acted as foreign operatives for Hamas and procured firearms and ammunition intended for attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany.
Hamas, long supported by the Iranian regime as well as Qatar and Turkey, is designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union and several other Western countries, including the United States.
Earlier this month, Mohammed A, another alleged member of the Palestinian terrorist group, was arrested in London at the request of German police. He is accused of taking five handguns and ammunition from Abed Al G before moving them to Vienna for storage.
Last week, Vienna authorities uncovered a hidden arsenal linked to Hamas, reportedly intended for “potential terrorist attacks in Europe” targeting Jewish communities.
The Austrian government confirmed that the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence Service (DSN) has been conducting an internationally coordinated investigation into a global terrorist network with ties to the Islamist group.
During the investigation, Austrian authorities uncovered evidence suggesting that this group had brought weapons into the country for potential terrorist attacks in Europe.
For its part, Hamas issued a statement denying any connection to the criminal network, calling the allegations of its involvement “baseless.”
However, experts have warned that Hamas has expanded its terrorist operations beyond the Middle East, exploiting a well-established network of weapons caches, criminal alliances, and covert infrastructure quietly built across Europe over the years.
Last month, West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center released a study detailing how Hamas leaders in Lebanon have been directing operatives to establish “foreign operator” cells across Europe, collaborating with organized crime networks to acquire weapons and target Jewish communities abroad.
In February, four Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe went on trial in Berlin, in what prosecutors described as the first court case against terrorists of the Islamist group in Germany.