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Canada’s Jewish community faces a “realistic possibility” of a “violent extremist attack” within the next six months, according to a Canadian federal intelligence organization assessment obtained by JNS.
“The most likely scenario of an attack targeting the Jewish community is a lone actor using unsophisticated methods against easily accessible targets,” according to a March 18 report by the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre.
ITAC, a specialized organization in the Canadian intelligence community, provides threat assessments for decision-makers and security partners. Hosted at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada’s equivalent to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, ITAC answers to the director of CSIS.
“The convergence of ideologically, politically and religiously motivated violent extremist threats to the Jewish community and, by extension, Jewish public officials drives this elevated threat,” it said.
That threat would most likely take the form of “criminal harassment and intimidation,” acts that would not qualify as violent extremism. They would remain criminal matters, ITAC said, referring to media reports about vandalism at constituency offices of officials “due to their identity or perceived support for Israeli actions in the Middle East.”
“Iranian lethal operations” against Jewish public officials, which ITAC described also as “unlikely,” may change as the conflict continues, it noted.
www.jns.org
“The most likely scenario of an attack targeting the Jewish community is a lone actor using unsophisticated methods against easily accessible targets,” according to a March 18 report by the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre.
ITAC, a specialized organization in the Canadian intelligence community, provides threat assessments for decision-makers and security partners. Hosted at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada’s equivalent to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, ITAC answers to the director of CSIS.
“The convergence of ideologically, politically and religiously motivated violent extremist threats to the Jewish community and, by extension, Jewish public officials drives this elevated threat,” it said.
That threat would most likely take the form of “criminal harassment and intimidation,” acts that would not qualify as violent extremism. They would remain criminal matters, ITAC said, referring to media reports about vandalism at constituency offices of officials “due to their identity or perceived support for Israeli actions in the Middle East.”
“Iranian lethal operations” against Jewish public officials, which ITAC described also as “unlikely,” may change as the conflict continues, it noted.
Canadian intelligence warns of 'violent extremist' threat against Jews in next six months
“The convergence of ideologically, politically and religiously motivated violent extremist threats to the Jewish community and, by extension, Jewish public officials drives this elevated threat,” the report said.
www.jns.org
