Former Advisor Says Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy Needs to Focus More on Hamas Support Network

The UK’s former counter-extremism strategy reviewer has said the government should focus more on Hamas’s UK support network, warning the public are more at risk because of the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Sir William Shawcross made the remarks in response to the government marking a year since the publication of the Independent Review of Prevent. Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday, “we’ve brought Prevent back to its core mission – tackling the ideological causes of terrorism.” But Sir William, who conducted the independent review, told the BBC on Wednesday that “not enough” of his recommendations had been enacted, claiming ministers had “ignored” some of his key proposals and “as a result the public is at risk.”...