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

Sir William Shawcross said that police should have been working harder to tackle ‘Hamas sympathisers and some operatives’ in the UK.

Undated photo of protesters in Parliament Square during a pro-Palestine march in London. James Manning/PA

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.