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‘Not a slam dunk’: Trump’s 2028 mail-vote push hinges on one big legal question
President Donald Trump faces legal uncertainty over whether his administration can put new federal mail-ballot rules in place ahead of the 2028 presidential election, legal experts told Digital.
The president issued an executive order in March directing the Postal Service to pursue new rules for federal mail ballots, including standardized ballot envelopes with an Official Election Mail designation and unique machine-readable barcodes. Per the order, the Postal Service would be empowered to turn away ballots that failed to meet its new standards, or those belonging to individuals who don’t appear on state-submitted lists of eligible mail voters.
On Sept. 14, the Supreme Court declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking the rules from being implemented ahead of November’s midterm elections. Now, whether or not his changes can be implemented before the 2028 election looms large over Washington.
Experts who spoke to Digital argued that the ruling will hinge on how the Supreme Court parses competing claims to authority between the executive branch’s ability to regulate mail and the right of states to administer elections however they see fit.
USPS WOULDN’T DELIVER BALLOTS IN STATES THAT REFUSE TO FORK OVER MAIL-IN VOTER INFO UNDER PROPOSED RULE
«If the court views this primarily as an attempt by the president to regulate federal elections, the court is likely to invalidate it,» Florida State University law professor Michael Morley told Digital. «The president has no constitutional authority over federal elections and Congress has not delegated him broad statutory authority over the field.»
If the Supreme Court views the case through another lens, however, Morley says that could change things.
«In contrast, the court may instead view the new rules primarily as administrative requirements for the post office to ensure efficient operations and protect the integrity of the [mail],» he said. «Viewed from this perspective, the rule would be viewed as a much more prosaic matter and likely be upheld. It would be remarkable for the court to conclude the Postal Service lacks authority to regulate the process through which millions of parcels of important (i.e., election-related) mail are submitted for delivery.»
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The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to uphold the injunction preventing Trump’s executive order from being implemented ahead of the midterms. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted to uphold the injunction, noting that, though the Post Office may have the authority to implement such a regulation, forcing its new rule to be implemented so close to an election likely runs afoul of federal law.
Some have attempted to use the ruling to predict how the court will ultimately rule on the merits of the post office’s ability to regulate election-related mail.
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM RESTRICTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS
«At least six justices seem to think that the administration will lose on the merits,» Stephen Richer, a legal fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute, told Digital. «The Constitution doesn’t vest authority to regulate elections to the president and I think that they would say that this effectively dictates how elections can be run.»
«The Constitution delegates brought authority to the Congress and to the states to administer elections. And having this requirement sure seems like an additional requirement for administering mail voting elections,» Richer, who was formerly a Republican election official in Arizona, continued.
Others, however, see the court’s ruling as primarily a procedural consideration rather than a proper rebuke of the administration’s efforts to regulate mail voting.
«Justice Kavanaugh, whose vote decided this outcome, was explicit that he believes the Postal Service likely has the statutory authority to require verified voter lists and tamper-resistant envelopes for federal ballot mail,» America First Policy Institute senior legal fellow Chad Mizelle told Digital.
«He concluded there simply wasn’t enough time left before the midterms to implement the rule responsibly. That’s a timing question, not a ruling on the underlying law,» Mizelle, who recently served as the chief of staff at the Justice Department, added. «What’s at issue here is pretty basic: verified voter lists and tamper-resistant envelopes for ballot mail. The kind of chain-of-custody standards most people would assume already exist for something as important as a ballot.»
Regardless of what the Supreme Court’s decision ultimately means for the rule’s future, the president has characterized the injunction blocking its implementation in the 2026 elections as a major defeat.
SKID ROW FORGERIES, ILLEGAL VOTES AND A MAYORAL CANDIDATE: ELECTION FRAUD CASES PILE UP NATIONWIDE
«Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting ‘disaster,’» the president wrote on Truth Social shortly after the court handed down its decision. «It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left ‘Dumocrats,’ on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do.»
There have been individual cases of election and mail-ballot fraud, but they do not show that widespread fraud is occurring across U.S. mail voting.
If the president is right about the impact of his mail voting rule, however, that leaves a big question mark on the board as Election Day approaches.
«It’s an interesting issue. It’s not a slam dunk,» Ilya Shapiro, a former law professor and current senior fellow at the right-leaning Manhattan Institute, told Digital. «And it’s not about whether mail voting is good or bad. It’s about who gets to set the rule for it, whether it’s the state, Congress or federal agency acting under general postal statutes that are quite broad.»
The White House did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Digital on Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK: President Donald Trump will return to the United Nations this week seeking greater international cooperation in confronting Iran, even as his administration moves to reshape the global institution hosting world leaders, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview ahead of the gathering.
US presses allies to enforce Iran sanctions ahead of the UN General Assembly
With the U.S.-Iran war entering its seventh month, Trump is expected to address the General Assembly on Tuesday and meet Gulf leaders whose countries have been directly affected by the conflict.
The gathering comes as Washington seeks to intensify economic pressure on Tehran, European allies confront Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, and the administration faces questions about whether its push to reduce the U.N.’s size and spending risks diminishing the organization’s ability to respond to international crises.
BESSENT WARNS IRAN’S OUTSIDE BACKERS TO ‘STAY AWAY’ AS TRUMP SEEKS TO ‘ASPHYXIATE’ TEHRAN’S ECONOMY
President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the 80th session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 23, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Waltz outlined what Washington expects from its partners on Iran: full enforcement of sanctions against Tehran, with consequences for countries that fail to comply.
«They will reinforce that message, but importantly, it’s all of these countries actually enforcing the sanctions and what they’re going to hear is there will be consequences for friend and foe,» Waltz said. «The president is doing this for the future security of the world.»
European and Asian allies have largely resisted Trump’s requests for assistance in the Iran conflict, which began with U.S. and Israeli strikes in February, Reuters reported on Sept. 18. The war has also disrupted energy markets, with Iran obstructing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and its Houthi allies tightening their grip on a critical Red Sea shipping corridor.
Waltz said the administration intends to make sanctions enforcement a central part of its diplomatic push during UNGA.
Members of Iran’s military parade during National Army Day on April 18, 2025, in Tehran. (Getty Images)
«The Iranian economy continues to crater,» Waltz said, pointing to the country’s currency, inflation and the U.S. naval blockade. «One way or another, the president has been crystal clear on our goals here that Iran cannot and will not have a nuclear weapon.»
His remarks follow a Sept. 17 U.N. Security Council vote in which Russia and China blocked an effort to continue independent monitoring of international sanctions on Iran.
Trump is also expected to meet Gulf leaders to discuss the conflict and regional security. Waltz said the administration wants to hear directly from its Gulf partners about their concerns, describing the collective meeting as an important diplomatic opportunity.
JEFF BARTOS SAYS UN REFORM IS NO LONGER AN ‘OXYMORON’ AFTER $570M IN CUTS
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz speaks at an emergency Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A UN the Trump administration wants to change — but not abandon
The Iran conflict is unfolding against a broader debate over the future of the United Nations, an institution Trump has repeatedly criticized and his administration has sought to substantially reform.
On Sept. 16, the United States paid $725 million toward the U.N.’s regular budget and another $102 million for peacekeeping operations. The payments reduced Washington’s outstanding debt and averted the immediate risk of losing its General Assembly voting rights in 2027. However, the U.S. still owed approximately $1.312 billion to the organization’s regular budget, according to the U.N.
Asked why American taxpayers should continue funding an organization the administration has repeatedly criticized for what it considers anti-American bias, Waltz pointed to efforts to reduce spending and redirect the institution toward its original mission.
«The president is clear about getting the U.N. back to basics and helping it realize its potential,» Waltz told Fox News Digital.
United Nations headquarters during the 80th General Assembly, in New York City, Sept. 23, 2025. (Reuters/Al Drago)
He said the administration had secured more than $1 billion in budget reductions, with roughly 3,000 headquarters positions being cut and a reduction of approximately 25% in peacekeeping personnel.
«We have the U.N. on a diet,» Waltz said.
But Waltz also made clear that the administration does not intend to abandon the United Nations.
«There’s got to be one place in the world where everyone can come together and put diplomacy first and can actually talk,» he said. «We don’t ever want to see a U.N. in Beijing or Moscow or Brussels.»
«If we just walked away, you’d have 192 countries talking without us,» Waltz added.
Gaza offers one example of how the administration intends to use the U.N. while limiting direct American military involvement. Waltz pointed to the U.N.-endorsed Board of Peace and the planned International Stabilization Force, which is intended to support security and a postwar transition in Gaza. The ambassador said he does not want American troops deployed there, arguing that international security operations should allow other countries to share the burden. The U.N. Security Council endorsed the Gaza peace plan and authorized the stabilization force in November 2025.
The State Department said Sept. 18 that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be in New York from Sept. 20–23 to meet foreign counterparts, advance U.S. security and economic priorities and continue the administration’s campaign for U.N. reform.
WALTZ CALLS OUT IRANIAN DIPLOMAT AT UN FOLLOWING DRONE STRIKES ON BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT
Denmark and Greenland have stressed that the new arrangement will not compromise the island’s sovereignty or right to self-determination. (iStock)
Greenland agreement adds another dimension to allied diplomacy
Trump arrives in New York days after announcing a new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland aimed at expanding the American military presence in the Arctic while restricting adversaries from establishing bases or making sensitive investments on the island.
The agreement falls short of Trump’s earlier ambition to acquire Greenland, which remains an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark and Greenland have stressed that the arrangement will not compromise the island’s sovereignty or right to self-determination. Additional details of the agreement have yet to be made public.
Waltz told Fox News Digital that the deal reflects the Arctic’s growing strategic importance as melting ice opens new shipping routes and increases access to energy and mineral resources.
«It’s incredibly significant,» Waltz said, pointing to Russia’s Arctic military capabilities and the potential for new shipping routes to transform global trade.
«It took some tough tweets, maybe some tough language,» he said. «We now have an agreement with our ally Denmark.»
The agreement comes as European governments confront overlapping security challenges involving Russia’s war in Ukraine, Arctic defense and uncertainty over transatlantic security arrangements, while Washington seeks greater allied cooperation in its campaign against Iran.
TRUMP ARRIVES AT NATO SUMMIT AS IRAN RIFT LOOMS ABOVE ALLIANCE TALKS
President Donald Trump meets with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres during the 80th session of the General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
World leaders converge on New York
The U.N. expects 73 heads of state and 45 heads of government, along with 49 ministers, 11 vice presidents and one crown prince, to attend High-Level Week, U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters Friday.
Member states have submitted approximately 1,000 requests for bilateral meetings, while about 168 events are scheduled alongside the official proceedings.
The 81st General Assembly’s General Debate begins Tuesday and runs through Sept. 28.
Beyond Iran, world leaders are expected to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the future of Gaza, international security and the U.N.’s ability to respond to emerging global challenges.
Waltz described the administration’s approach with a slogan inspired by the president’s political branding: «Make the U.N. great again.»
Ambassador Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting, after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Feb. 28, 2026. (Heather Khalifa/Reuters)
But the immediate diplomatic questions facing Washington are more concrete: whether allies will increase pressure on Iran, whether Gulf leaders can agree on a path toward ending the conflict and whether the administration’s push for a leaner U.N. can coexist with its efforts to use the organization to address international security challenges.
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El-Sayed’s Senate bid raises new concerns over a powerful privilege that comes with the job
Conservatives who spoke with Digital are raising concerns about what could happen if Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed wins his election and, by virtue of holding office, becomes eligible to receive certain classified information.
Unlike congressional staffers and many executive-branch officials, senators are not required to obtain a formal executive-branch security clearance to be eligible for classified information related to their official duties. If El-Sayed wins in November, he would not have to go through the same formal security-clearance process as many other government officials because members of Congress are generally considered eligible for access to classified information by virtue of holding elected office.
Those issues have raised concerns among some national security and policy experts.
COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERT WARNS ABDUL EL-SAYED SENATE BID RAISES HOMELAND SECURITY CONCERNS
«Anyone refusing to disavow America-hater Hasan Piker should never be elected to Congress. El-Sayed will use his perch in the Senate to undermine America and empower its enemies,» Daniel Samet, a research fellow specializing in Middle East policy at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, told Digital.
Samet argued that El-Sayed has associated with people who support the intifada and terrorist causes and that he has shown sympathy for radical Islamist ideology.
Digital and other outlets have reported on El-Sayed’s appearances and political relationships with individuals who have expressed support for or made favorable statements about U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.
In April, for instance, El-Sayed was introduced at a campaign rally by Amir Makled, a man who previously celebrated dead members of the terrorist organization Hezbollah as «martyr[s].» A few months later, at a mosque opening, El-Sayed shared a stage with Sheikh Fadhel al-Sahlani, a cleric who has previously praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and made remarks minimizing the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust.
EL-SAYED’S ISNA APPEARANCE DRAWS SCRUTINY OVER CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS
He also accepted an endorsement from Osama Siblani, who has praised both Hamas and Hezbollah.
Critics have also pointed to El-Sayed’s relationship with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who once said that America «deserved 9/11.» El-Sayed has since called that statement «dumb,» and distanced himself from Piker, though stopped short of totally disavowing him.
«Abdul’s running to keep Americans safe and bring down costs for Michigan families. Mike Rogers spent his entire career selling out Michigan, and has directly profited off shady business dealings with foreign companies,» campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak told Digital.
«Rogers made hundreds of thousands of dollars working for companies that partnered with Chinese firms posing ‘national security threats’ to the US, and worked for a Saudi-linked company that pushed for regulations that could have ‘enabled Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear weapons.’ Mike Rogers got rich selling out Michiganders and he can’t be trusted to keep us safe,» the statement continued.
On China, the El-Sayed spokesperson was apparently referencing Rogers’ work in the telecommunications industry at companies that had business dealings involving Huawei. While serving in the House, Rogers was a vocal critic of Huawei. The Saudi Arabia jab was a reference to Rogers’ work with a Saudi-linked company that drew criticism over its efforts to transfer nuclear energy technology to the Middle Eastern kingdom.
The Rogers campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Digital on Thursday.
Beyond El-Sayed’s professional relationships, critics have also pointed to statements and past employment involving members of his family.
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«His affiliation with communists like Hasan Piker who claimed America deserved 9/11 combined with repeated calls to abolish ICE compound these concerns. Senators handle sensitive intelligence with major national security implications; Giving someone like El-Sayed access would put American lives at risk,» Heritage Action government relations director Chip Wyatt, who previously served as a mid-level staffer to Sen. Mike Lee, told Digital.
The Senate hopeful’s half-sister has also been criticized over an «October 7th blessing» she posted on the first anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attack. El-Sayed previously told Digital that, while he loves his sister, the two have disagreements as it relates to foreign policy. His campaign has also stressed that no one speaks for El-Sayed except for the man himself.
Some have suggested that, with the crop of Democratic Socialists of America affiliated candidates making runs for office in 2026, the alleged problem could be much bigger than just El-Sayed.
«I think it’s a huge issue, and I don’t think it stops at just him,» America First Works president Ashley Hayek told Digital. «You have to look at all the candidates that are being adored by groups like the DSA, the Working Families Party, UnidosUS, the Party for Socialism and Liberation — they’re all tied together. A lot of these groups are also funded by Neville Singham.»
A 2023 New York Times investigation identified Singham as a major funder within a network of U.S. activist organizations that the newspaper reported had connections to pro-Beijing messaging.
CONGRESS IS A HUGE TARGET FOR SPIES. MEMBERS AND STAFF NEED A WAKE-UP CALL AND TRAINING
Concerns that a senator could leak information they’re not supposed to are not merely hypothetical, according to Bryce Poole, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, a think tank affiliated with former Vice President Mike Pence.
«It was not that long ago, it was 2024, when Robert Menendez was prosecuted and convicted for being a foreign agent of Egypt essentially and in 2025 I believe he was sentenced to 11 years,» Poole, who specializes in national security law, told Digital. «Now, if I recall correctly none of this stuff that he actually shared with the Egyptians was alleged to have been classified, but it was still non-public information that was sensitive information that he only had access to by virtue of his office as a senator. So it’s not that this is just a hypothetical problem.»
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Hamas allegedly built weapons depots across Europe, planned terror attacks as Oct 7 anniversary neared
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The German federal prosecutor’s office recently announced that it indicted seven people for allegedly securing weapons for the Hamas terrorist organization, with the goal of launching terrorist attacks on the second remembrance date of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
The indictment has catapulted the danger of Hamas’ network in Europe to Israeli, American and European installations and citizens into the spotlight.
According to the prosecutor’s office, «All of the accused belong to the foreign terrorist organization Hamas. Some time ago, the organization’s military wing (the so-called Qassam Brigades) began establishing weapons depots in Europe. No later than July 2025, Hamas planned a concrete assassination in Germany or Austria targeting representatives of Israel, people of Jewish faith, or persons with pro-Israel views.» The seven suspects were arrested between Oct. 2025 and May 2026.
SUSPECTED HAMAS TERRORIST ARRESTED IN GREECE FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING ATTACK ON ISRAELI CRUISE SHIP
Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe: A civilian police vehicle drives into the Federal Court of Justice. A detention hearing is to take place there. On Nov 13, 2025 the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office had a man arrested on a train to Flensburg who was allegedly involved in the procurement of weapons for the terrorist organization Hamas. (Uli Deck/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The statement added, «The attack was to take place in close temporal proximity to the second anniversary of Hamas’s assault on Israel on 7 October 2023 — i.e., in early October 2025.»
The indictment listed the nationalities and first names and first letter of the last name of the suspects: German national Abed Al G., Danish national Yousif C., Lebanon-born Borhan El-K., Lebanon-born Wael F.M., German national Ahmad I., Lebanon-born Kamel M., Bulgarian national Mohammad S.»
German law shields the last names of criminal suspects for privacy reasons.
Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7 2023, attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
The German prosecutors said the suspected Hamas terrorists «had already obtained a functional fully automatic rifle, 13 functional pistols and more than 700 rounds of ammunition. Mohammed A., who is being prosecuted separately, transported some of the weapons to Vienna and stored them there.»
According to the German paper Die Welt, «One of the accused was working as a confidential informant for Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. The files show that the informant continued reporting to his intelligence handler while allegedly failing to disclose the full extent of his own involvement in obtaining ammunition for the group.»
EXCLUSIVE: ISRAEL SEIZES VAST IRAN TERROR AXIS ARSENAL WITH SURPRISING FOREIGN ORIGINS
Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Sascha Adamek, a German journalist and the author of the 2026 book «Infiltration: Political Islam Continues Its Advance» told Fox News Digital that «Now the policy of previous federal governments is coming back to haunt them: until 2023 they allowed Hamas and its front organizations to use Germany as a ‘safe haven’ for fundraising and recruitment and also for the radicalization of young people. This dirty deal — that Hamas does not use violence in this country and is therefore left to operate freely — has long been obsolete.»
According to the most recent Federal German domestic intelligence report, Hamas could have had as many as 650 operatives in Germany during 2025, the last year of tracking. In 2024, 550 Hamas operatives were active and in 2023 the number totaled 450. The intelligence officials wrote in the report that «The figures refer to Germany and are partly estimated and rounded.» According to the report, 1,250 Hezbollah operatives are active in Germany.
Demonstrators wave flags and carry portraits of slain leaders, including Lebanon’s late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (C), during a rally in Tehran on October 2, 2024, a day after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel. Israel vowed to make Iran «pay» for firing a barrage of missiles at its territory, with Tehran warning on Oct. 2 that it would launch an even bigger attack if it is targeted. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
UN AGENCY ACCUSED OF HAMAS TIES SEES ANOTHER EUROPEAN NATION CUT FUNDING
When asked why Germany is allowing Hamas and Hezbollah operatives and members to conduct activities within its territory, the press office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior told Fox News Digital in part, that, «Hamas, which has been banned from operating in Germany since 2023, has a network of supporters and followers; however, for many years they have tended to act with restraint in public and avoid any outward signs of connection to the organization.»
The Interior Ministry’s press office added that «Hezbollah, which is also subject to a ban on its activities in Germany, is not organized under any nationwide umbrella organization or similar supraregional structure. Rather, its supporters are spread across various associations throughout Germany. The focus of the activities of these associations — which are classified as affiliated with Hezbollah —lies in the religious and cultural spheres, as well as in educational programs for children, youth and adults that promote conservative Islam and a Shi’ite identity. In isolated cases, Hezbollah supporters in Germany have been known to engage in specific acts of support for the organization in Lebanon.»
A man is led by two federal police officers to two waiting emergency vehicles. Yesterday, the Federal Public Prosecutor General had three suspected members of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas arrested. The men will be brought before the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe in Oct, 2 2025. (Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Image)
When asked if the German government is lax, as critics argue, about eradicating Hamas and Hezbollah terrorism structures, the Interior Ministry said, «On November 2, 2023, the Federal Ministry of the Interior banned the activities of the terrorist organization Hamas in Germany, as these activities violate German criminal law and run counter to the principle of international understanding… Furthermore, its purpose or activities significantly harm the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, the Federal Ministry of the Interior had already banned the activities of Hezbollah in Germany on April 30, 2020, as these activities also violate German criminal law and the organization is directed against the principle of international understanding.»
The interior ministry noted that «Federal and state security authorities consistently investigate leads regarding possible extremist activities as well as acts subject to criminal prosecution and continuously examine all countermeasures available under the rule of law.»
The statement also said, «The Hamas terrorist attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent military operation by Israeli defense forces in the Gaza Strip continue to have an impact on the security situation in Germany and Europe. In addition to the heightened abstract threat level, there continue to be intense pro-Palestinian protests as well as corresponding agitation on social media. Various extremist actors in Germany are inciting hatred and violence against Jews or the State of Israel, or denying its right to exist.»
GERMAN OFFICIALS WARN ISLAMIST, FAR-LEFT RHETORIC DRIVING SPIKE IN ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS
Hamas terrorists stand in formation as Palestinians gather on a street to watch the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The presence of indicted Lebanese men highlights the alliance between the two U.S-designated terrorist organizations, Hamas and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah.
The Iranian regime-backed Hezbollah joined Hamas a day after the Gaza-based terrorist movement invaded Israel in 2023 and slaughtered over 1,200 people.
Germany’s Die Welt reported, «The prosecutors alleged the weapons operation was also coordinated from Lebanon, where a Hamas operative allegedly oversaw one of the procurement channels linking members of the network across Europe.»
Israel’s Foreign Ministry seized on the report about the planned Hamas terror attacks in Germany and Austria, posting on X:» Palestinian Hamas was planning terror on the streets of Europe. German prosecutors say Hamas plotted attacks in Berlin and Vienna targeting Jewish communities and Israeli diplomats – part of a network allegedly using Turkey as a base for terror operations against European targets. The goal: mark October 7 with more blood.»
Matthew Levitt, a leading scholar on Hezbollah and Hamas in Europe from the Washington Institute, told Fox News Digital that «I wrote the only long form, detailed expose on this a while back now in CTC Sentinel [Combating Terrorism Center}, based on court documents and extensive interviews.» He added, «Hamas continues plotting in Europe, overseen by senior Qassam Brigades officials in Lebanon and with direct ties to senior Hamas leadership. One of the people arrested in Europe is the son of a senior Hamas leader, Basem Naim.»
Levitt published his article titled «Hamas Plots in Europe: A Shift Toward External Operations?» in the Oct. 2025 issue of the West Point journal CTC.
Levitt cited a 2024 German prosecution indictment of alleged Hezbollah terrorists planning possible attacks against an American military base and Israel’s embassy. Levitt wrote «The weapons, German officials concluded, ‘were intended to expand Hamas’ activities in Europe. ‘As the investigation progressed, German authorities determined — based on materials found on one of the defendants’ USB storage devices — that the Hamas operatives were considering specific targets in Germany, including the Israeli embassy in Berlin, the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate and the area around Berlin’s Tempelhof airport.»
Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, warned that Hamas remains a serious security threat. He told the German media outlet, Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), that «Germany has gone from being a retreat for Hamas to an active terrorist target.» He stressed Hamas’ ideology and terrorism affects «all of us» and a coordinated response is required.
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