KUALA LUMPUR: Israel no longer belongs to the civilised community of nations and its barbarism demands nothing less than decisive action to safeguard not just the Middle East but the entire global order, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar said, 50 years ago the world was horrified by the atrocities in South Africa that the United Nations General Assembly took the unprecedented step of denying its government a seat at the Assembly.
“Israel however has gone beyond the pale, beyond reason, beyond humanity in its vile and blatant perpetration of genocide of the people of Palestine.
“These cumulative acts of violence against an entire nation leaves us with no choice but to demand the swift and effective action of the international community including embargo, suspension and even expulsion,” Anwar said.
Anwar said that in his speech at the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday.
“By barring United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees from operating, Israel is causing the collapse of the world’s humanitarian response, cutting off the basic means of survival in Gaza for those who have already lost a lot,” Anwar reiterated.
According to the prime minister, the international community must put an end the senseless cam age and take immediate steps to furnish more effective protection for the UNRWA.
He added, as an immediate measure, the international community must push as Malaysia did at the UN General Assembly in September to impose an immediate arms embargo against Israel.
“For the sake of not only the Palestinians, but of humanity itself, we must punish and deter Israel’s repeated violations of international law and norms.
“We should build a consensus towards suspending or expelling Israel from the United Nations.
“Israel’s trail of atrocities has already spread into Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Iran. If the world turns away now, this violence will not remain contained, it will ignite a fire that threatens to engulf the entire region, and the rest of the world,” he said. –Malaysia World News
