And “de-radicalisation” programmes would be promoted in all religious, educational and welfare institutions. The document suggests Arab countries with experience of such programmes would be involved, though Mr Netanyahu has not specified which.
I’m concerned because I don’t think anyone actually knows how to do this. Islamist movements have evolved to resist de-radicalization and as far as I know, success of the sort Mr. Netanyahu envisions would be an unprecedented achievement rather than something he can follow an established protocol in order to accomplish.
Yeah I would love to see the de-radicalization program that works on a teenager whose entire family you just killed and whom you’ve isolated, dehumanized and put under siege his entire life.
Don’t worry guys, Netanyahu has solved terrorism! We just needed to explain to them that it’s wrong. Can’t believe we never thought of that
I don’t think that’s actually what the problem is. The historical norm appears to be that even extremely brutal wars do not on their own radicalize the defeated population. Look at eastern Europe after World War II - the Soviet Union was quickly able to subjugate it despite having given so many people there ample reason to hate Soviet rule. A more recent example is Putin’s victory against an Islamist insurgency in Chechnya.
My own impression is that radical Islamism causes wars, rather than the other way around (although I acknowledge that those wars create a feedback loop of more radicalization).
My own impression is that radical Islamism causes wars, rather than the other way around
The irony trap in being anti-religious is that one tends to overestimate the power of faith.