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Martin Bentham

War in Gaza ‘fuelling more radicalisation than birth of Islamic State caliphate’

The conflict in Gaza is causing more radicalisation than the declaration of the caliphate by lslamic State and other similar events because of polarisation in society and the impact of fake news, the head of the National Crime Agency has warned.

Graeme Biggar said that “more radicalisation” was being created “in our countries and our streets” than would have been the case ten years or 15 years ago because of the spread of “misinformation and disinformation” and the way that people gathered in “polarised groups”.

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