Why Malaysia shouldn’t cancel Trump’s Asean Summit invitation
I was surprised to hear former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad urging Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to cancel the invitation to US President Donald Trump to attend October’s Asean Summit.
Certainly, I can understand his emotion. He feels for the death and destruction taking place in the Gaza strip of Palestine.
He said in a video posted on Facebook on Sept 27: “Palestinians are not only being killed by bombs and weapons, but also by famine that has been deliberately manufactured.
“We cannot remain silent. The government and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must step forward to state Malaysia’s position against the brutality of Israel and the US. This is a moral responsibility for our nation.”
I think all Malaysians feel for the sufferings of the Palestinians and want the death and destruction to stop. Malaysians not only want the bombings to end, they also want all parties to return to the negotiating table to seek a permanent resolution to the decades-long…
