Islamist-linked hate crimes surge as Jews targeted worldwide, proving Israel’s warnings about global terror brutally accurate.
Canadian authorities have exposed a chilling escalation of Islamist-linked extremism targeting Jews and women, underscoring a growing global threat long warned about by Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.
Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police announced the arrest of three Toronto men following Project Neapolitan, a sweeping investigation into violent, hate-motivated crimes with confirmed terrorism links. The suspects now face 79 criminal charges, including attempted kidnapping, hostage taking, conspiracy to commit sexual assault, and serious weapons offenses.
A parallel probe led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police through its Integrated National Security Enforcement Team resulted in terrorism-related charges against one suspect, after investigators uncovered links to the Islamic State.
The investigation began after two armed attacks in the Greater Toronto Area in 2025. In Toronto and Mississauga, women were chased and threatened by armed suspects carrying handguns, rifles, and knives. In both cases, potential mass-casualty outcomes were narrowly avoided due to civilian intervention—an echo of recent antisemitic terror seen in Sydney and elsewhere.
Search warrants uncovered firearms, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, and extremist indicators. Authorities confirmed the crimes were hate-motivated, explicitly targeting women and members of the Jewish community—a demographic increasingly under attack across the Western world since Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Law-enforcement leaders emphasized unprecedented cooperation to prevent catastrophe. Jewish leaders warned the arrests reveal a deeper crisis: radical Islamist ideologies spreading through Western societies while political hesitation enables escalation.
Recent antisemitic incidents in Toronto—from stolen mezuzahs at seniors’ housing to Jews being expelled from public services—demonstrate how terror begins with intimidation before turning violent. Israel has long cautioned that appeasing Islamist extremism endangers not only Jews, but democracy itself.
This case is not isolated—it is a warning.
