PUTRAJAYA: Palestine should make the United Kingdom, Russia, China or France as its allies in order to become stronger and to be able to stand tall among the international community, especially in facing Israel.
Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia’s defence studies and management associate professor Dr Nor Aishah Hanifa said the alliance would strengthen Palestine’s position and stop other countries from making an attempt to attack it.
“This strategy is not only for Palestine but also for other countries. For example, Taiwan is considered a weak country and is not officially recognised by China aside from not being part of the United Nations.
“However, Taiwan has the United States as its ally since the 1940s and because of this, China never did anything to them. This is what Palestine should emulate,” she told reporters at the MyAqsa office here today.
Nor Aishah added that the International Criminal Court’s stand on the alleged war crimes committed by Israel against Palestine should be considered as an important matter.
She said this was vital as it could show the world that Israel did commit heinous crimes against Palestinians and at the same time it could weaken Israel as well as hurt its image at the international level, especially among liberal societies.
“There could be a chain reaction when its own people stand up and oppose the Israeli administration and pressure the government to provide basic rights to the Palestinians,” she said.
Nor Aishah said the ICC’s efforts to help establish the court’s jurisdiction over possible action against Israel’s war crimes in Palestine require some time.
Nevertheless, she said it was a good action taken by the court by dragging world powers such as the US and Israel to face justice.
She said Palestinians who were segregated into several territories such as Gaza, West Bank, and Jerusalem must be united and that they should set aside their political differences.
Meanwhile, Universiti Teknologi MARA deputy vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Rahmat Mohamad, who led a group of lawyers prepared the arguments for MyAqsa, said all parties must understand the political reality as it is yet unknown if there were any world powers willing to be Palestine’s allies.
“Will the US be with (Palestine)? Is the European Union willing to? Will OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)?
“That is something difficult to say since Palestine is divided. There’s Gaza and West Bank. Creating a union is difficult when their political understandings are different.
“We don’t have the right to tell them what to do for their future. They need to decide and we can only help with the humanitarian efforts,” he said.
Rahmat also expressed disappointment with the attitude shown by certain Islamic countries who had failed to rally together in resolving the Palestinian conflicts.