With the latest escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, tensions have increased worldwide. The number of antisemitic incidents has increased across the globe. Peaceful demonstrations result in violent clashes between Palestine and Israel advocates. Discussions online take on a violent rhetoric, and persons of public life are dragged through the media, for supporting one or the other camp. Online, everyone seems to have a strong opinion. The society is even more polarized than during the covid-19-pandemic. And as hate speech and personal attacks take over, pushing aside rational debate, it seems like parts of society tend to more extreme views on the matter and how to see the political opposition. More extreme and more radical. On Local Matters this week, we talk about radicalization in Luxembourg.

Last week, the Luxembourg based association respect.lu held a symposium on the relation between religious or ideological belief and radicalization. At the margins of this conference, I caught them for an interview, to talk about radicalization tendencies in Luxembourg, and the work their team does to keep people from radicalizing.

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