KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on the world community to create a consensus on the suspension or even expulsion of Israel from the United Nations (UN).

Delivering the national statement yesterday at the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Anwar reiterated that Israel has exceeded reason and humanity itself in its vile and flagrant commission of genocide against the people of Palestine.

He said the cumulative acts of violence by the Zionist regime against an entire nation leave the international community with no choice but to demand swift and effective action, including embargo, suspension and even expulsion from the UN.

“The international community must act quickly and forcefully. As an immediate measure, we must push, as Malaysia did at the UN General Assembly in September, to immediately impose an arms embargo against Israel.

“For the sake not only of the Palestinians, but of humanity itself, we must punish and deter Israel’s repeated violations of international law and norms. Therefore, we should build a consensus for the suspension or even expulsion of Israel from the United Nations,” he said.

Anwar said Israel no longer belongs to the civilized community of nations, and its barbarism demands nothing less than decisive action to protect not just the Middle East, but the entire global order.

He said Israel has now struck at the very heart of the international community’s lifeline for Palestine by targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees.

“By banning the UNRWA operation, Israel is causing the collapse of the global humanitarian response, cutting off the most basic means of survival in Gaza for those who have already lost so much. We must end this senseless carnage and take immediate action to provide more effective protection for UNRWA.

“Similarly, we need to give better protection to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, comprising nearly 50 nations, including Malaysia, who have been attacked and terrorized by Israeli forces,” he said.

Anwar warned that if the world fails to act, the violence will not end; instead, it will start a conflagration that could spread, endangering the entire region and beyond, as Israel’s trail of atrocities has already extended to Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

The Prime Minister acknowledged that despite the significant challenges facing the Muslim world and the Ummah, there are laudable and sustained efforts to find solutions to end the violence, destruction and suffering of the Palestinian people and alleviate the long-standing and untold suffering of this one. , including through summits such as the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit.

Anwar also stressed that ultimately the victims are the main concern and efforts to help rebuild Gaza after the devastation must be stepped up and without delay.

“We must draw a line in the sand, not only as Muslims, but as fellow human beings, united and bound by our fragile mortality and committed to a simple truth: a desire for a safer and better world for our children and future generations,” said the prime minister. — Bernama