Singapore Minister of Law and Home Affairs Shanmugam has said that the Singapore government Israeli From the embassy Palestine About ‘Totally Unacceptable’ Facebook After the post was asked to be removed, the post was removed.
On Sunday (March 24), the official Facebook account of the Israeli embassy put up a post, which claimed to compare the mentions of Israel and Palestine in the Quran.
In this post, it was said that ‘Israel is mentioned 43 times in the Qur’an. Palestine, on the other hand, was not mentioned even once.
‘Every piece of archaeological evidence – maps, documents, coins, links the land of Israel to the Jews.’
The post was deleted later that day.
Mr Shanmugam told reporters on Monday that he was ‘very upset’ when he found out about the post.
He said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which told the Israeli embassy that the post should be removed immediately.
“This post is wrong in many ways,” Shanmugam said.
“First of all, it’s insensitive and inappropriate,” he said. This threatens to undermine our security, safety and harmony in Singapore. We care about the safety of the majority and minorities, including Jews and Muslims, in Singapore.’
Pointing out that Jews in Singapore have ‘little concern for their safety and security’, he said such posts could ‘inflame tension and endanger the Jewish community here.
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‘The outrage over the post could potentially spread across the country.’
Shinmogam said the Singaporean government had communicated its views “very clearly” to the Israeli embassy regarding the Facebook post.
“It is wrong to selectively point to religious books to present a political point of view,” he said. In the current situation, the use of the Koran by the Israeli embassy for this purpose is even worse.
He also termed the post as a ‘surprising attempt to rewrite history’.
“The author of this post should look at UN regulations to see if Israel’s actions over the past few decades are in line with international law before trying to rewrite history.”
But Shanmugam emphasized that the government did not intervene in the post on that basis, but because of the possible consequences for various communities in Singapore.
He added that embassies can make statements that the government does not agree with and that it does not usually interfere because embassies represent sovereign countries.
“They have autonomy,” the minister said. But where it affects the safety and security of the people in Singapore, the peace and harmony that we enjoy, we do and we will intervene.’
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