The premier regretted that until now the UN Security Council had not issued any statement on the current situation in Palestine due to opposition from the US even though 119 Palestinians had been killed and hundreds more injured in the attacks. (Photo by Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Yusuf/The Edge)
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Malaysia is saddened and disappointed by the inability of the United Nations (UN) Security Council to immediately halt Israeli violence against Palestinians, saying the attacks are a war crime which violates the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Israeli regime’s escalation of violence and widespread bombardment violate international law, human rights law, international humanitarian law and the Charter of the UN.
He regretted that until now the UN Security Council had not issued any statement on the current situation in Palestine due to opposition from the US even though 119 Palestinians had been killed and hundreds more injured in the attacks.
“Nevertheless, Malaysia will continue with our efforts in urging the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to act swiftly in compelling Israel to stop its attacks on Palestinians,” he said in his special address on the Palestinian issue aired over Bernama TV and other local broadcasting stations today.
Muhyiddin stressed that the cruel and despicable actions of the Israeli military, especially the bombing, shelling and destruction of properties, without any compassion and mercy for Palestinians, must be strongly condemned by the rest of the world.
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