SINGAPORE: The Singapore state has told the Israeli embassy around to get down a” fully unacceptable” Instagram post on Palestine, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.
On Sunday ( Mar 24 ), the official Facebook account of the Israeli embassy published a post containing claims comparing mentions of Israel and Palestine in the Quran.
The article said:” Israel is mentioned 43 days in the Quran. On the other hand, Palestine is never mentioned yet again.
” Each and every historical evidence – charts, documents, coins, hyperlink the land of Israel to the Hebrew people as the indigenous people of the property.”
The article was deleted after the same day.
Mr Shanmugam told investigators on Monday he was” quite unhappy” when he became aware of the article.
He said the Home Affairs Ministry informed the Foreign Affairs Ministry, which told the Jewish ambassador that the article had to be taken down quickly.
” The article is bad at many amounts,” Mr Shanmugam said”. Second, it is indifferent and unacceptable. It carries the risk of undermining our health, security and unity in Singapore.
” We look after the health of everyone in Singapore, bulk and immigrants”, including Jews and Muslims, he said.
Pointing out that Jews in Singapore have “very much concern for their safety and security”, he said articles like this can “inflame hostilities, and can set the Jewish community around at risk”.
” The rage from the article can possibly spill over into the physical realm”.