PETALING JAYA: The US supports the right of Malaysians to engage in peaceful protests at its embassy as a means of expressing dissatisfaction with Israel over the Gaza conflict, says its ambassador Edgard D Kagan.

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza today as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia and Germany have called for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of hostages and immediate humanitarian assistance for the Palestine people.

UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel.

PETALING JAYA: South Africa regards Malaysia as a key ally in advocating Palestinian rights and self-determination, according to South Africa’s high commissioner to Malaysia David E Malcomson.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will submit its oral submissions on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this Thursday.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought by South Africa against Israel concerning the application of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the foreign affairs ministry said.

WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden said on Friday that it was still possible Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of Palestinian state after the two leaders spoke for the first time in nearly a month amid tensions over the Gaza war.

TEL AVIV: Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has sent a special postcard to the United Nations (UN) demanding the violence and cruelty by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people be stopped immediately.