Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Royal Malaysian Navy Perak, 31 March 2009. By Ignacio Olivares Ortega, via Wikimedia.
The Malaysian government announced on December 20 that it had imposed a ban on all Israeli owned and flagged ships, as well as any vessels headed to Israel, from docking at its ports in response to the ongoing war on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The announcement by the office of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the ban would take place with immediate effect.
“This sanction is a response to Israel’s actions that disregard the basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through the ongoing massacre and continuous cruelty against the Palestinian people,” the PM’s office said in a statement.
The statement noted that Israeli-registered companies and ships had been previously allowed to dock in the country since 2005.
“However, the government today has decided to override the past Cabinet’s decision to not allow ships using Israeli flags to dock in the country,” it said.
The PM office statement also singled out the Israel-based global shipping company ZIM. “For the record, ZIM vessels have been docking in Malaysia since 2002.” It added that Malaysia also imposed “a ban on any ship that is heading to Israel from loading cargo at Malaysian ports.”
Muslim–majority Malaysia does not recognize Israel, just like nearby Indonesia, Brunei, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Pakistan. PM Anwar remains one of the most outspoken world leaders against Israel as well as its backers in the United States.
The Israeli war on Gaza, which broke out after the October 7 Hamas-led surprise attack, has so far claimed the lives of more than 19,000 Palestinians.
The Malaysian ban will further complicate shipping to Israel and harm the country’s economy as well as Israeli investments in shipping abroad. Israel is already facing a naval blockade in the Red Sea that was imposed by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen.
good!!! good!!! good!!!
civilized nations ban stupid danes except toilet scrubbing seal idiots like me
no wonder malaysia is also a breeding ground of southeast asian islamic terrorist operations. i am not surprised.
yes, israel/us operate terrorist cells everywhere. this looks like yemen has started the real international opposition against israeli/us crimes. look at what just these two nations are accomplishing and the best part is that they will encourage others to follow their example. bad days for the zionist horde when the world unites against their crimes. this looks like it might really be the end of the leech state.
lol anything you say is blamed always to israel . cry harder. hamassholes need more money . idiot.
netanyahu says you have to fund hamas. how much money have you sent them?
via haaretz:
‘anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a palestinian state has to support bolstering hamas and transferring money to hamas,’ netanyahu told a meeting of his likud party’s knesset members in march 2019. “this is part of our strategy – to isolate the palestinians in gaza from the palestinians in the west bank.”
boycott. sanction. divest. let american fools and suckers see how “mighty” (lol) israel lives on handouts from us tax payers just like ukrainians do…….but at least the ukrops have to fight for it.
evil will bring death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt.
malaysia seems more brave then all the arabs combined (besides lebanon, yemen and syria).
if every moral nation cut off the israhelleeze from all trade and goods that might stop the genocide of palestinians because as you know the kikes don’t care about lives, merely money and commerce.
finally. all countries should do this asap, they are already running late!