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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Global Islamic Terrorism Remains a Threat

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A spate of weekend violence in Australia and Syria shows both the rise of antisemitism worldwide and why the threat of ISIS needs to be contained. Plus, a Hong Kong court hands down its guilty verdict against pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai, who has been in prison for five years. Could the verdict be the start of the diplomacy that could win Jimmy Lai's release?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:40.4

A spate of weekend violence around the world makes clear that global Islamic terrorism remains a threat to the West. The

0:46.4

worst was a bloody attack, allegedly by a father and son on a Hanukkah celebration that

0:52.8

killed at least 15 people, including at least one

0:56.1

child in Australia. Plus, a Hong Kong court hands down its guilty verdict against Jimmy Lye,

1:03.1

the publisher who has been in prison for five years. Could the verdict be the start of diplomacy

1:09.5

that could win Jimmy Lai's release?

1:12.6

Welcome.

1:13.6

This is Potomac Watts, a daily podcast to The Wall Street Journal.

1:16.1

I'm Paul as you go, editorial page editor of the journal, and I'm here with two of my colleagues,

1:21.1

Bill McGern and Elliot Kaufman, both of whom follow the world.

1:26.1

All right, Elliot, let's start with the eruption of violence

1:28.6

over the weekend by jihadists with many places, both attempted and in one case in Germany foiled,

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