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Radical Islam poses a significant threat to global security

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November 13, 2025

IT HAS become clear that ever since the brutal attack by Hamas on innocent Israelis on October 7th, 2023, the war between the IDF and Hamas has morphed into something much more fierce than just a battle between 2 nations or groups of people.

- L OOSTHUIZEN | Durban

We have been witnessing an aggressive to-and-fro of accusations between those who try to divide versus those who are trying to build and bring about peace.

Whether US President Donald Trump's intention was to bring about peace in the Middle East or whether he is simply pandering to Prime Minister Netanyahu's wishes is less important than the fact that the world is now a very different place than even just 3 years ago, before that dreadful attack by Hamas.

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