Following the UAE Attorney-General’s latest statement on the foiled Flydubai terrorist plot, would y

Following the UAE Attorney-General’s latest statement on the foiled Flydubai terrorist plot, would you have imagined that the Omani co-pilot’s radicalization reportedly began while he was studying in Melbourne, Australia?

According to Emirati investigators, signs of his turn toward extremism first emerged there in 2017. They say he consumed extremist literature and online propaganda and developed the idea of using an aircraft to carry out an attack inspired by September 11.

His intended target, according to the investigation, was the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion Airport. The captain, other pilots on board, crew members, and passengers intervened, preventing a catastrophe.

The UAE has also restricted scholarship funding for study at British universities amid reported concerns about Islamist extremism on campuses.

These developments should force the West to confront a serious question: When does tolerance become a failure to confront those who exploit it to promote violence?

Western countries must recognize that extremist networks operating within their borders can radicalize individuals whose intended victims are thousands of miles away.

Israel has so often been the first target. It has never been the last.