Abdul Rahim Sabri
Jun 3, 10 2:44pm

Malaysiakini

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak sekali lagi dipelawa untuk menyertai meja bulat untuk membincangkan isu serangan Israel terhadap kapal yang membawa bantuan kemanusian ke Gaza Isnin lalu.

Meja bulat anjuran Pakatan itu akan berlangsung di Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, Kampung Baru di ibunegara mulai jam 11 pagi esok.

Pelawaan tersebut dibuat oleh ahli parlimen Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar dalam satu sidang akhbar di ibunegara hari ini.

Perbincangan tersebut akan disertai Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dan pemimpin veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang.

Mereka akan bercakap atas tajuk “Keamanan dan Keadilan untuk Gaza”.

“Ia (supaya) dilihat kebersamaan menentang isu ini kerana ia melibatkan isu ummah bukannya isu kepartian,” katanya.
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mediarakyat — June 01, 2010 — US Embassy, Kuala Lumpur 01/06/2010

“I would like to call everyone, regardless of political ideology or faith to stand united against the attack on Flotilla and to call to the Government of Malaysia to hold on to the 2009 pledge made by issuing a strong message condemning the Israeli government for the atrocious killings.”Nurul Izzah Anwar

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By G Vinod  TUE, 01 JUN 2010 16:16

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat has given Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak 48 hours to convene a special parliamentary session to discuss the Israeli attack on a humanitarian convoy of ships ferrying medicines, food supplies and construction material to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Disappointed with Najib’s slow reaction to the devastating incident, PAS vice-president Mahfuz Omar said the government must, within 48 hours, also present a plan to save 11 Malaysians who are being detained by the Israeli authority.

He said this after attending a Pakatan-organised rally at the US Embassy here to protest against the Israeli attack on the humanitarian convoy yesterday.

“We are demanding that the PM convene an emergency sitting of Parliament within 48 hours to discuss the Israeli attack and we also want to know the government’s plan to save the Malaysians being held by the Israeli authorities,” he said.

These were part of a four-point open demand issued to the government today following the attack yesterday. At least 19 volunteers, on board Mivi Mamara, were killed while 30 others were injured.

Mahfuz also said PAS was giving the government 48 hours to terminate its contract with public relations company Apco Worldwide, which, he alleged, was a proxy company for Israel-American’s self-interest.

“They (the government) has 48 hours to terminate the contract with Apco.

“We want the government to stop all economic dealings, official or otherwise, with Israel immediately,” he said.

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“I would like to call everyone, regardless of political ideology or faith to stand united against the attack on Flotilla and to call to the Government of Malaysia to hold on to the 2009 pledge made by issuing a strong message condemning the Israeli government for the atrocious killings.”

Press statement on the attack can be found here

Malaysiakini

Jun 1, 10 12:45pm

Pakatan Rakyat has demanded that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak must convene a special sitting of Parliament within 48 hours to debate the Israeli attacks on humanitarian aid ships yesterday.

They are also demanding that the premier comes up with a concrete plan to save the 12 Malaysians detained by the Israeli navy on board the ships. 

The opposition coalition further said the premier should immediately cancel the government’s contract with the Israeli-linked Apco Worldwide public relations firm, and sever direct and indirect trade relations with Israel.

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Malaysian Insider UPDATED @ 01:02:10 PM 01-06-2010

By Boo Su-Lyn

June 1st 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Hundreds of Malaysians staged noisy protests at the US embassy and the United Nations office in the city today against the Israeli raid of a flotilla of Gaza-bound aid ships in which some 10 people died.

Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin led a group outside the UN office in Jalan Semantan while the Malay Consultative Council (MPM) led the first group of protesters outside the US embassy in busy Jalan Tun Razak.

The MPM protesters called for a boycott of Israeli and American products as they waved placards and chanted anti-Israeli slogans. A number of other groups are scheduled to send protest notes to the embassy throughout the day.

Police kept watch to prevent untoward incidents.

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