Singapore wants to protect local Jewish community from impacts of Gaza war: Shanmugam

SINGAPORE — Singapore wants to insulate and protect the local Jewish community from the impacts of the war in Gaza, said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam on Thursday .Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam speaking at a pre-Passover celebration organised by the Jewish Welfare Board at the Jacob Ballas Centre in Waterloo Street on April 11, 2024.

Mr Shanmugam added that Jews have a very long history in Singapore and are a vibrant and valuable part of society. Across Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and Africa, people are getting assaulted, stabbed and shot, receiving death threats, getting stopped on the streets and screamed and spat at, and having their property vandalised, said Mr Shanmugam.

“We have made a clear commitment to protect all our minorities which, in Singapore’s context, includes the Muslim and Jewish communities. We take a firm view against any expression of violence, and obviously, any actual violence,” he said.SINGAPORE’S CLEAR POSITION He added that it is sad that a country like Israel, whose people suffered during the Holocaust and"centuries before that", should be accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice.

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