KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has urged the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) to take speedy motion to name on all events to stop acts of violence amid clashes between Israel and Hamas in and around the Gaza Strip.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi famous that the wider Palestinian-Israeli battle has claimed too many lives and brought about accidents to 1000’s, Bernama reported.
“The worldwide neighborhood must also improve stress on all events to take speedy motion to cease the struggle for regional safety and stability,” he stated in parliament on Monday (Oct 9).
Ahmad Zahid stated Malaysia stays open and can proceed to help all concrete and life like efforts to discover a simply and lasting answer to the Palestinian-Israeli battle primarily based on worldwide regulation provisions and UNSC resolutions.
Nonetheless, he additionally accused the worldwide neighborhood, particularly Western powers, of showing to be detached to actions taken by Israel in opposition to the Palestinian folks.
“Why are there two completely different approaches? Within the Ukraine disaster, for instance, the Western powers swiftly offered help to Kyiv. Sadly, in terms of Palestine, it’s fully ignored,” he stated.
Ahmad Zahid stated that this selective strategy had raised questions on equity within the enforcement of worldwide ideas and legal guidelines.
He added that the Malaysian authorities’s international coverage and stance within the Palestinian-Israeli battle has been clear and unwavering.
“The wrestle to liberate the land and rights of the Palestinian folks will stay a core precedence of the Malaysian authorities’s international coverage,” he stated, as quoted by the Star.