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How Trump Plans to End Pro-Hamas Terrorism He Says Biden Ignored

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration convened a symposium Tuesday on combating threats posed by pro-Hamas terrorist groups that the State Department says were ignored for years by the Biden administration.

The State Department held a “Symposium on the Rise of Far-Left Political Terrorism” at the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace, according to an internal document obtained by The Daily Signal.

“Since Oct. 7, there has been increased convergence between these groups and those participating in antisemitic violence, including Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Iran-backed entities,” a State Department official said. “We must anticipate and counter new threats; we risk blind spots by ignoring emerging trends.”

Speakers at the symposium focused on ending threats posted by left-wing terrorism. The event was a precursor to a higher-level discussion that State will host in July in Washington, D.C., with countries from Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and East Asia.

Tom DiNanno, under secretary for arms control and international security, opened the symposium by outlining the agency’s plans to establish mechanisms for collaboration and deepen a “shared understanding of how intangible ideologies congeal into malfeasant and operationally lethal........

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