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SINGAPORE - The West's role in the Gaza conflict has incensed the young in many countries around the world, and not just Muslims, Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said at a security forum in the US. It risks radicalising another generation of would-bThe West's role in Gaza conflict has angered the young in many countries: Ng Eng Hen
SINGAPORE - The West's role in the Gaza conflict has incensed the young in many countries around the world, and not just Muslims, Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said at a security forum in the US. It risks radicalising another generation of would-be terrorists in Gaza and elsewhere, he added, pointing out that America also risks losing political support across the world. Dr Ng made these comments on Wednesday (July 17) at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, during a chat with Foreign Policy magazine's editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal. The Defence Minister was responding to a question about what the mood was like among Muslims in Singapore and its neighbouring countries over the war in Gaza. Dr Ng also touched on US-China relations and China's actions in Asia, where he called Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea «bad foreign policy», and said the country will have to find a way to undo it. The Aspen Security Forum is a national security and foreign policy conference for professionals and officials in these fields. Read more