KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 8 — PKR information chief Tian Chua denied that opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim likened Umno to Israel.
Instead, he claimed that Anwar's words at a ceramah on nomination night had been misreported and were being twisted by Umno leaders.
He told reporters that the fiery orator was, instead, referring to the weak and corrupted leadership of certain Arab countries who failed to stand up to their Israeli neighbour.
Speaking at a press conference here, Tian Chua also called on media which had reported that Anwar said Umno was like Israel to retract what they had written.
At another press conference across town in the afternoon, Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said called the opposition leader's comparison of Umno with Israel "unbecoming of a leader”.
He said Anwar’s statement that the current conflict in the Gaza Strip was similar to the situation in Malaysia as simply "not right”.
"You talk like a Muslim, but don't act like one," said Ahmad. "Is it true that Malaysia's leadership is so cruel?"
Malaysia is among the countries around the world which has long sympathised with the Palestinian struggle for independence.
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>>View from another angle, the Israeli Government had said they treasure the lives of their nationals like diamond, the hit back Hamas because of rockets fired from Gaza had killed several of their subjects, thus the war declared!
And in any war, there tends to be casualties and the Gaza peoples are the deplorable victims, any human being will mourn for them but still, Hamas is mainly the culprit to be responsible of the consequence of war prompted by them, by breaking the truce!
DSAI got the point, though our Government is not so cruel as Amin, it's not to be praised as rakyat friendly as well ! And pls remember En Ahmad, the may 513 was not a friendly match but was referred to as a mini genocide by our forefathers! Is genocide an act of cruelty, or barbarous?!