Danish police arrested about 20 people on Wednesday after carrying out raids throughout the country to thwart what they suspected were preparations for an Islamist militant attack, police and security officials said.
The detainees had tried to obtain explosives and firearms, police said.
The raids were mounted on the suspicion that several people had been planning an attack, the Danish intelligence service said in a news conference with police.
“It is our assessment, that those people are driven by a militant, Islamist motive,” operational chief of the intelligence service, Flemming Drejer, said.
Police did not give a precise number for the arrests.

House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff joins Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss Democrats’ impeachment strategy and President Trump’s calls for him to testify.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a direct warning to Lebanese Hezbollah terror group after its chief Hassan Nasrallah had threatened Israel over the weekend, Hebrew media reported on Sunday.
“A senior in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened Iran would destroy Tel Aviv from Lebanon and exposed a truth — that Hezbollah is a proxy arm of Iran in Lebanon,” Netanyahu said during a security Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
“Nasrallah denied it, but I wish to clarify: If Hezbollah will dare attack Israel, the organization and the State of Lebanon — which allows attacks from its territory toward us — will pay a heavy price.”

NJ Attorney General Gurbir Special message of reinsurance to the Jewish Business community after Jersey city kosher Grocery Terror attack
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A senior Hamas leader warned on Saturday that his organization will “draw new equations” if Israel does not ease restrictions on the crossings into the Gaza Strip.
At an event in Gaza marking 32 years since the formation of the terrorist entity and attended by tens of thousands, senior Hamas political leader Osama al-Mazini said: “The enemy must understand that we will draw new equations if the siege is not lifted.”
The crossings between Gaza and Israel have been under tight Israeli control since Hamas seized power in 2007, however, the coastal territory also shares a border with Egypt.
Israel has argued that Hamas engages in numerous illegal imports, including of illicit weapons and bomb-making equipment, which necessitates strict supervision of the crossings.

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — A young father who was in the midst of the Shiva for his infant son who had died of crib death, collapsed himself and died during the Shiva. Yitzhak Meir Weiss, a 31-year-old graduate of the Mir Brachfeld Yeshiva in Kiryat Sefer, had waited a number of years before his only […]

NJ Rep. Jeff Van Drew reportedly discussed a potential party switch with President Trump after months of resisting impeachment. Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin reacts on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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Israel’s Defense Ministry published data on Sunday revealing that it recognizes 57,277 disabled Israel Defense Forces veterans, including those with physical and mental disabilities. The data was released in honor of the 5th annual Day of Appreciation for those wounded in Israel’s wars and terrorist attacks.
The number includes 5,000 veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their service. According to the ministry, much focus has been placed in recent years on treating and reintegrating PTSD victims back into the workforce.

Shaare Tedek Hospital issued an update on the condition of Efraim and Itai Rimmel, who were badly hurt in a car crash a week ago. Over the weekend, Efraim’s condition improved after complex back surgery. He regained consciousness and his condition is stable. He is still hospitalized in the ICU.
Unfortunately, Itai’s condition continues to be listed as untreatably critical and he is under sedation and respiration in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Efraim’s wife, Tzippi Rimmel, and their infant daughter Noam Rachel were killed in the accident.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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President Trump’s job performance rating ticked up during the weeks of impeachment hearings in the House, a new poll released Sunday shows.
It also found that the debate in the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees has barely moved the needle among voters on impeachment.
Trump’s job performance approval rating climbed to 45 percent in the Fox News Poll – an increase of 3 percentage points from the same survey taken in October.
Read more at THE NY POST.
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