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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Understanding-Israels-assessment-of-ISIS-inspired-terrorism-478163
The Threat of Radical Islamic Terrorism Is the Same in Europe and Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Dan Diker - Radical Islamic terrorism in Europe and Jerusalem are both motivated by extremist ideologies and must be condemned equally. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry branded the ISIS terrorists who massacred 130 people in Paris in 2015 as "psychopathic monsters." "Psychopathic," ideologically and religiously motivated terrorists also live and work in Jerusalem, like the "truck terrorist" Fadi al-Qanbar. He was not driven by socioeconomic deprivation or nationalist sentiment. He enjoyed complete freedom of movement and received the same social and economic benefits as Jewish residents of Jerusalem. From a jihadi point of view, there is no difference between terrorism in Berlin, Nice, or Jerusalem. Palestinian jihadis and their fellow travelers in ISIS, al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in Syria, Hamas, Iran's IRGC and its Hizbullah proxy have declared that Islamic terrorism against Europe and Israel stems from the same radical roots and aims for the same extremist end: exclusive Islamic sovereignty across the lands of the Near East and ultimately the world. The West must condemn and battle Islamic terrorism unconditionally and without reservation wherever it strikes. The writer is director of the Program to Counter Political Warfare and BDS at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.