BANGKOK: Jerusalem should remain as it is and it is not right for any other country to decide that it should become the capital of Israel or be divided, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Australia also wants to divide Jerusalem into west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and east Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, all these will only stir more anger,” he said after receiving an honorary doctorate in social leadership, business and politics from Rangsit University, here, today.
Mahathir said this in reply to Australia’s decision to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
However, the country will not move its embassy there until a peace agreement between Palestine and Israel is achieved.
Last month, Mahathir raised his concerns with his Australian counterpart Jim Morrison during the Asean summit in Singapore.
“We noticed that the words used are very carefully constructed. Nevertheless, in the eyes of many Arab countries, all these are not something that they can accept,” he said.
He said Jerusalem had always been under Palestine and questioned why the holy city was being divided.
“They have no right, it does not belong to them,” Mahathir said. -FMT
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