The Israeli embassy in Singapore deleted at the request of local authorities an
“unacceptable”
message against Palestinians that it had posted on social networks on Sunday, the city's Interior Ministry announced on Monday. -State.
According to local media, the incriminated message highlighted that the Quran mentioned “Israel”
43 times
but at no time
“Palestine”
.
“This message on the social media page of the Israeli embassy
(was)
absolutely unacceptable
,” Singaporean Interior Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam said in a statement.
“This type of message is likely to heighten tensions and put the local Jewish community in danger
,” he stressed.
The city-state condemned the bloody attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7, but also considered that the Israeli military response in Gaza had
“gone too far”
.
On October 7, Hamas commandos infiltrated from Gaza carried out an attack in southern Israel which left at least 1,160 dead, mainly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data.
In retaliation, Israel launched a military campaign that left 32,226 dead in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas health ministry.
A two-state solution, involving the creation of a State of Palestine in addition to the State of Israel, is desired by a large majority of the international community but is rejected by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.