Weaponized antisemitism: the new national security threat from Iran

The recent brutal stabbing of two Jewish men in London and the March truck attack on a Michigan synagogue reveal a chilling transformation in global security. These are not isolated hate crimes or the work of lone wolves; they are the manifestation of a decentralized, state-sponsored battlefield.

For the U.S. and its allies, this marks a strategic shift — the transformation of individual grievance into a low-cost, high-impact instrument of foreign retaliation on Western soil.

The claim of responsibility by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia — an Iranian-aligned entity — highlights this new proxy-style doctrine. It follows a disturbing pattern of remote-control terrorism. Intelligence agencies across Europe have recently warned that Tehran has shifted its tactics, recruiting local criminal networks to carry out strikes while maintaining plausible........

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