{"id":2085659,"date":"2023-10-31T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:13:23","slug":"fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Chief Wray concerned about Hamas attacks inspiring US terrorism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2085659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol \u200bHill in Washington, DC, on October\u200c 31, 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:38 PM \u2013 Tuesday, October 31, 2023<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray issued\u200c a warning on Tuesday, voicing that terrorist acts in\u200b the Middle East by Hamas and\u2064 Palestine\u2019s Islamic Jihad\u00a0could serve as an inspiration for other acts of terrorism, including those carried out by violent Islamic extremists within the United States.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes\u200b of which we haven\u2019t seen since ISIS launched its so-called\u200b caliphate\u200c years ago,\u201d Wray said in testimony before\u200d the Senate Homeland Security Committee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Along with senior U.S. officials and Homeland \u2064Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Wray stated that\u200c in the\u200c past\u200d several weeks, many \u200dforeign terrorist groups have advocated \u2064for attacks against Americans and the West in general.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHere in the United States, our \u200bmost\u200c immediate concern is that violent extremists \u2014 individuals or small groups \u2014\u200b will draw inspiration from the events in the Middle East to carry out attacks against Americans going about their \u2064daily lives,\u201d Wray said to \u2063senators. \u201cThat includes not just homegrown violent extremists inspired by\u200b a\u2064 foreign terrorist \u2064organization, but also domestic violent extremists targeting Jewish or Muslim \u200bcommunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Wray, last week, the FBI detained a\u200c man in Houston who was researching how to make explosives and had posted comments on the internet endorsing the murder of Jews. The FBI director also emphasized that his organization is looking into the violent death of a 6-year-old Muslim child in Illinois earlier this month as a possible hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2063 went on to say \u2062that there are \u201cmultiple, ongoing investigations\u201d by \u200bthe FBI against individuals\u2064 in the \u200cU.S. who are possibly connected to\u200c Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBottom line, we\u2019re going to continue to\u200b do everything in our power to\u2062 protect the American people and support our partners \u200cin Israel,\u201d he \u2064said. \u201cProtecting Americans from the threat of terrorism is, and remains, our \u2064No. 1 \u200dpriority.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Wray, radicals \u201cacross the spectrum,\u201d including both \u201cinternational terrorist groups and domestic violent extremists,\u201d are reportedly targeting Jewish communities. \u200dWray\u2063 cited official figures to claim that, while making up only around 2.4% of the U.S. population, Jews experience \u2063\u201csomething like 60% of all religious-based hate crimes and incidents\u201d\u2062 in the \u200ccountry.<\/p>\n<p>Antisemitism has been\u2062 on the rise, particularly on college campuses,\u200b since the unexpected \u2062Hamas attacks transpired in Israel on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>. The FBI is also currently looking into threats of\u200d violence against Jewish students on \u200cthe Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, that were \u2063reportedly motivated by antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Biden administration \u200blaunched new initiatives aimed at combating antisemitism at\u2063 American institutions and colleges. The proposal that was provided to the press states that in order to detect threats connected to hate speech and to give schools additional resources, the departments of Justice and Homeland Security are now working\u2063 with campus law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u200dthis post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u200b taps into his emergency powers to assert oversight into the\u2062 first executive orders in\u2063 regulating Artificial Intelligence. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The trial to disqualify President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado enters day two \u200bbut legal experts are criticizing the theory being used\u2064 in the case. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>With the manhunt over, mourning is beginning to really \u2063take hold \u2064in Maine \u2062after the tragic mass shooting in\u2064 Lewiston that left 18-dead\u2064 in one \u200bof the most tranquil \u200bcities \u200cin America.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Trump has\u200c a busy\u2062 week,\u200b as a Colorado case could remove him from the ballot via the 14th Amendment, while Judge Chutkan revives his gag order.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China\u2019s most popular social media platforms \u200dannounced that \u201cself-media\u201d accounts with more than 500,000 followers will be asked to display real-name\u200d information<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Intel rose more than 9% on Friday and \u2064sparked a jump \u200bin chip \u200bstocks after the personal \u200dcomputer market \u2063was rebounding from its quarters-long\u2063 slump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com rose 7% on\u200c Friday as it aims for a larger share of \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-war-orders-starting-to-boost-revenues-for-big-us-defense-contractors\/\" title=\"US defense contractors are seeing increased revenues due to orders related to the Ukraine war.\">booming artificial intelligence market<\/a> in \u200ba race\u2064 with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s communications regulator will \u2063issue a warning to social \u200cmedia firms TikTok and Meta\u00a0for allegedly blocking pro-Palestinian content on their platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What initiatives has the Biden administration \u200dannounced to combat antisemitism at American institutions and colleges<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b FBI Director Christopher\u200c Wray Warns of Potential Terrorist Acts Inspired by Middle\u200c East Extremist Groups<\/p>\n<p>In a testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee,\u200b FBI \u2063Director\u2063 Christopher Wray issued a warning \u200dabout the potential for \u2063terrorist acts in the United States inspired by Hamas and Palestine&#8217;s Islamic \u200cJihad. He expressed concern that these groups&#8217; \u200bactions in the Middle East could serve \u2064as inspiration for \u200bviolent Islamic extremists within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Director Wray, accompanied by senior \u200dU.S. officials and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, highlighted the\u2063 recent advocacy for attacks against Americans \u2064and the West by foreign\u200b terrorist \u200bgroups. He emphasized the immediate concern of violent extremists, both homegrown and domestic, drawing inspiration from \u2062events\u200c in the Middle\u200b East \u200bto carry out \u200battacks against Americans going about their daily lives.\u200c Wray specifically mentioned the targeting of Jewish or Muslim\u200d communities by domestic\u200d violent extremists.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI director cited recent cases to support his concerns. Last \u200bweek, the FBI detained\u200c an\u200b individual in Houston who was researching how to make explosives and\u2062 had \u200cposted comments endorsing the murder of Jews \u2064online. He also mentioned the \u2064investigation into\u2064 the violent\u2063 death of a 6-year-old Muslim child in \u200bIllinois as a \u2063possible hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Wray assured\u200c senators that the FBI is\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-chief-christopher-wray-fears-hamas-attacks-could-inspire-terrorism-in-u-s\/\" title=\"FBI Chief Wray concerned about Hamas attacks inspiring US terrorism.\">actively pursuing multiple ongoing investigations<\/a> against individuals possibly connected\u200d to\u200b Hamas \u2063within the\u2064 United \u2062States. He\u200c reiterated that\u2064 protecting Americans \u2064from the threat of terrorism remains the agency&#8217;s top priority and that they will do everything in \u200ctheir power to uphold this responsibility and support their partners in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063director \u200chighlighted the alarming rise \u2064of antisemitism in \u200bthe United\u2062 States, particularly on college \u2063campuses, since the recent Hamas attacks in Israel. Official figures \u200bindicate that while \u2063Jews make up\u200b only 2.4% of\u2063 the U.S. population, they experience approximately 60% of \u2064all \u2062religious-based hate crimes and incidents in the country.<\/p>\n<p>To address this issue, the Biden administration announced new initiatives aimed at combating antisemitism at American institutions and colleges. These initiatives include working with campus\u2063 law enforcement \u2063to detect threats connected to hate speech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-needs-soft-approach-to-ai-regulation-conservatives-argue\/\" title=\"White House needs 'soft' approach to AI regulation, conservatives argue\">providing additional resources<\/a> to schools.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Director Wray&#8217;s testimony \u2062highlighted the potential \u200bthreat posed by Middle\u200c East extremist groups and the importance of\u2062 addressing the rise \u200dof antisemitism\u2062 domestically.\u200c The FBI remains committed to protecting the American people\u200b and cooperating \u2062with\u200d partners in Israel to ensure the safety and security\u2062 of both nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray warns of terrorist acts during Senate hearing on October 31, 2023. 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