Anwar Ibrahim confirmed that his country supports South Africa's lawsuit against Israel (Al Jazeera)

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim praised Qatar's negotiating role in the war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip, and considered - in exclusive statements to Al Jazeera Net - that Qatar's maintenance of its relations with Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" in Gaza gave it a distinguished position and a better position for negotiation. He added, "I do not see that any country can do what the State of Qatar did."

The Malaysian leader was not surprised by the attacks on Doha by Israeli officials, despite the United States’ praise of the Qatari role. He said sarcastically, “We are dealing with Israelis who do not listen to anyone,” and called on Qatar to continue its constructive role, which, in his opinion, aims to reach some kind of peace or a ceasefire. Fire and allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

Western hypocrisy

On the other hand, the Malaysian Prime Minister called on Western powers supporting Israel to stop what he described as “complicity in the killing of children, infants, women and civilians.” He urged the United States to put pressure on Israel to stop its aggression and stop killing, and indicated that he had explicitly informed US President Joe Biden of this position.

Anwar Ibrahim repeated his criticism of Western powers, including the United States, for what he described as hypocrisy, when they condone the killing of civilians while at the same time preaching and promoting the values ​​of democracy and human rights.

He stressed his country's principled commitment to supporting the Palestinian cause, and enumerated the means it is taking in this regard, saying, "We have not left an international or regional forum without raising our voice loudly in support of the rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of their independent state, and working to stop the tragedy of the Palestinian people."

Anwar Ibrahim added, "We will continue to send our humanitarian aid, help wounded women and children by bringing them for treatment in Malaysian hospitals, and cooperate with Arab countries, neighboring countries and Islamic countries to achieve any other goals."

South Africa said that Israel's actions in the Gaza war indicate an intention to commit genocide (Anatolia)

Pleading against Israel

The Malaysian Prime Minister affirmed his government's continued efforts to hold Israel accountable for its crimes in all international courts and forums, and denied that Malaysia had hesitated to take the initiative to bring the case to the International Court of Justice.

He said that what prevented the initiative is that Malaysia is not a signatory to the Rome Charter establishing the court, and its law does not authorize non-member states to file a lawsuit, but it can provide support in the case, which is what Malaysia is already doing. He revealed to Al Jazeera Net that Foreign Minister Mohamed Hassan will undertake the plea against Israel. In person on February 24th.

Although Anwar Ibrahim expressed his confidence in the strength of the case brought by South Africa and supported by his country, and his high confidence in reaching a conviction against Israel, he added that the court lacks an implementation tool, as is the case with UN resolutions that have not been implemented against Israel, and therefore he sees an urgent need to put pressure on Washington in particular to play a vital role in this context.

Source: Al Jazeera