There’s certainly plenty of valid criticism that can be pinned to both sides in this conflict. It took me a while to decide where I stood because pf this. Imo, many look at one side or the other with rose-coloured glasses.

I agree up to a point. I think solving the political problems will reduce marginalisation and therefore extremism. However, much Islamic extremism is based on religious belief. The hatred some Muslims feel towards Jews (and apostates and atheists) comes from the way they are taught to feel towards them, and from the words of the Qur’an. If you believe the Qur’an is the sacred word of Muhammad, and he tells you Jews, apostates and atheists are evil and should be killed, killing them becomes a rational response. Education will help, which is one of the reasons I believe Islamic extremists are opposed to what they call western education. You’re 100% right that everybody needs to talk about this more. The more we talk, the more likely we are to come up with solutions.

It has been said that marginalism is a breeding ground for extremism. The question then is how do we nullify extremism? If you accept this argument should we not be working to overcome the marginalisation of people so that they are not susceptible to extreme views?

The next question is then how do we do it? I am darned if I know but I think that we should be talking about that issue a lot more at both a local and international level and trying what we can to ensure that people are empowered rather than marginalised.