Al-Qaeda supporters call for new attacks against Americans and Israelis on board commercial airliners, explicitly invoking September 11 while praising Wednesday's attempted hijacking of a passenger plane flying to Tel Aviv.

The call appeared in the Friday edition of Al-Bayan, a publication launched in July by Al-Qaeda supporters. The article featured photos of the September 11 attacks alongside the plane that was supposed to be used for a suicide attack against Israel and declared:

"The war is not over yet," before stating that planes carrying Americans and Israelis can still be targeted.

The publication also declared that the US and Israel have "many more enemies today than before" and predicted: "The day will come when the empire of wicked America will end." Hammam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain aboard the flight, is a radical Islamist who tried to take over the plane and crash it in Israel as a jihadist terrorist act.

However, mainstream Western media outlets such as Reuters, the BBC, and CNN described what happened as a "scuffle" or "spat" between the two pilots.

Concerns about Islamist radicalization are being minimized in Western countries because local governments want to continue allowing mass migration from the Middle East and North Africa. They also want to avoid admitting the dangers that Islamism poses to Western societies.

Countries like the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and India understand the threat posed by Islamic extremism and have made the fight against radicalization and terrorism central to their security policies. The self-loathing political and media establishment in the West must be replaced with leaders who prioritize the security of their nations.