The Jewish community has"played a vital role in building Singapore up through the years, and it continues strongly today", says Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam.
“The community has played a vital role in building Singapore up through the years, and it continues strongly today,” he said.Mr Shanmugam noted that there has been a rise in Islamophobia and anti-semitism around the world. "In Singapore, we tried hard not to import these tensions, conflicts and arguments, into our own society," said the minister.
In his speech to over 50 attendees at the event, including leaders of the local Jewish community and representatives of the Inter-Religious Organisation , Mr Shanmugam said Singapore’s position on the Gaza conflict has been made very clear in its statements, and at the United Nations. 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.
JWB president Nash Benjamin, who hosted Thursday’s celebration with Chief Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, said: “The leaders of the JWB feel that it is particularly important for us to continue supporting and strengthening the unique bonds we have in Singapore among different races and religions.
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