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Finance Twister also slams PMX for giving away RM200m to Hamas (terrorist)-led Palestine
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27, 2025: After multi-racial Malaysians took Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) to task for giving away RM200 million of taxpayers’ money to Palestine, international news portal Finance Twitter has also slammed PMX.
The critcisms from Malaysians and Finance Twitter are similar.
Why is Anwar giving more priority to the Hamas (terrorist)-led Palestinians than the plight and woes of Malaysians, especially those who are struggling to put a decent meal on the table daily for their loved ones.
Who Gives Anwar The Right To Burn RM100 Million Of Taxpayers Money To Palestine? – SST Hike To 8% , Cut Subsidies & National Debt Increasing and Helping Abroad vs Helping at Home: How RM200 Million for Palestine Could Have Served Malaysians are the headlines screaming in the Finance Twitter articles re-posted by The Coverage:
Who Gives Anwar The Right To Burn RM100 Million Of Taxpayers Money To Palestine? – SST Hike To 8% , Cut Subsidies & National Debt Increasing
26 August, 2025
It’s fine if Mr Anwar supports a terror organization like Hamas or his terrorist brother Ismail Haniyeh. But who gives the government the right to burn RM100 million of taxpayers’ money to support the people of Palestine? If they wanted to donate, they can use the money from “zakat”. After all, national coffers include “sin taxes” collected from gambling, alcohol and sale of pork.
Competing with PAS to show who is more Islam, the prime minister has allocated a jaw-dropping RM1.9 billion for Islamic development under Budget 2024 revealed last week. But why is JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia) given so much money when even Sultan Ibrahim of Johor had questioned the reason to allocate more than RM1 billion for the radical department?
Source : Finance Twitter
The narcissist also bragged about how he had a phone call with the Hamas terrorist. He lectured the world about the oppression of the Palestinian people, and called for a ceasefire. While condemning Israeli “apartheid administration”, Anwar has forgotten that his own country also practices apartheid and discrimination against minorities ethnic Chinese and Indian.
Conveniently ignoring the fact that Hamas had kidnapped – even slaughtered – women, children and even babies, Anwar was incredibly hungry for global attention as a Muslim leader. He wanted to be as vocal and popular as former premier Mahathir Mohamad, whose legacy as Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister (1981-2003) included his anti-Semitic and anti-Western speeches.Domestically, the 10th Prime Minister hoped his anti-Jews rhetoric could win the support of Malay Muslim voters, about 80% of whom did not vote for him. Malaysia, where about 60% of the population are Muslims, is a strong supporter of Palestinian rights largely thanks to previous Mahathir government-controlled news media that trumpeted Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
Therefore, the latest conflict in the Middle East provides a golden opportunity for Anwar to promote himself as a Muslim hero. He argued that because the Zionists had confiscated land and property belonging to the Palestinian people, it was justifiable for Hamas to butcher unarmed and innocent Jewish people. Trying to score political mileage, he also criticised the international community who supports Israel.
As expected, Middle East also saw some Muslim leaders reluctantly expressed their support for the Palestinians. They had to show their displeasure, or at least pretend to be angry, at Israel’s bombardment of Gaza as the conflict is seen as a war between Muslim and non-Muslim. While the Arabs rushed humanitarian aid to the Palestine, none has offered troops to defend Gaza and Palestinians.
Despite the Arab League’s 3-million active military personnel and US$180 billion military expenditure, which is 10 times more than Israel’s US$18 billion, Saudi and its allies were not interested to fight Israel, let alone help the Palestinians. In fact, Saudi does not give a damn about the Gaza Strip as long as Israel fights the Shia-Muslims led by Iran, along with proxies like Hamas.
Had the Arab states genuinely wanted to help their Palestinian brothers, they would have offered land and money ages ago instead of letting them suffered in the Gaza Strip – widely compared to an “open-air prison”. In fact, Egypt has rejected the United State’s proposal to establish corridors for civilians – suggesting that even Cairo does not welcome the Palestinians.
Is it true that Palestinian land had been illegally seized by Israel? Perhaps Anwar should read about the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War and the birth of international terrorism. Yes, everything started after the Six-Day War or the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, otherwise known as the Third Arab–Israeli War, which was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
Before 1967, the 6.5-million minority Jews were forbidden from praying at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, because the Jewish areas had been colonized – militarily – by Arabs following the 1948 Israel’s War of Independence, which would lead to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War – also known as the First Arab-Israeli War. Actually, the Arab Muslims, not Israel, were responsible for all the Palestinians’ problem today.
During the 20-year Arab occupation, the Jews could not live in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, where their ancestors had built homes for thousands of years. They were forbidden from attending classes at the Hebrew University at Mt. Scopus. Heck, they could not even seek medical care at the Hadassah Hospital there. So, it was the Jews who had been oppressed and expelled from their home.
Here’s what happened – on 15 May, 1948, a joint force of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attacked Israeli forces and Jewish settlements. When the Jordanian, then the strongest force of all, occupied the historic Jewish sites, they destroyed whatever leftovers of Judaism – including schools and cemetery. Guess what the Muslim world and the United Nations had done.
Between 1948 and 1967, the so-called world body United Nations had neither offered a single resolution condemning the invasion of the Jordanian occupation nor the cultural destruction. But when Israel finally won the Six-Day War, also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War or Third Arab-Israeli War, and reclaimed their lost areas, all hell broke loose.
Nearly the entire Egyptian air force, caught by surprise of Israeli air supremacy, was destroyed. In the end, Israeli counterattacks against the Arab alliance had resulted in the seizure of “East Jerusalem” as well as the “West Bank” from the Jordanians, while it’s retaliation against Syria resulted in its occupation of the “Golan Heights”. Those lands had been won fair and square in the wars.
With tail between legs, the Arab forces lost 20,000 lives while fewer than 1,000 Israelis perished in the 1967 Six-Day War. Is hypocrite Anwar trying to say that it’s alright for the Jewish lands to be invaded, occupied and destroyed by the Arab Muslims (between 1948 and 1967) but not right for the Jews to defeat the Arab Muslims and reclaim its lost lands after close to 20 years (in 1967 thereafter)?
So, when the Arab Muslims destroyed and killed the Jews, it’s their birthright. But when the Jews similarly destroyed and killed the Arab Muslims, the Jews are condemned and called the brutal Zionist regime. Anwar, like Mahathir, unfairly cherry pick post-1967 to conclude that Israel had stolen Palestinians’ land. What happened “between 1948 and 1967” is conveniently thrown out of the windows.
The Arab Muslims won the First Arab-Israeli War (1948-1967), but too bad they lost the Third Arab–Israeli War in 1967 – and never recovered ever since. After the crushing Israeli victory, the Palestinians realised they cannot depend on their Arab brothers so they resorted to terrorism. It was the same Palestinians who had voted the Islamic group Hamas in the 2006 election.
Hilariously, Prime Minister Anwar refused to condemn Hamas terrorism because according to his twisted logic, Hamas was elected by the Palestinians. Does that mean if Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) starts to slaughter ethnic Chinese and Indian in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, or Perlis, he will keep quiet because PAS was elected by the people of those states?
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas admitted that Hamas’ policies and actions “do not represent the Palestinian people.” Abbas’ Fatah movement, which controls the PLO and Palestinian Authority ruling over the West Bank, has had a tense relationship with Hamas since the terror group violently seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 and removed all Fatah officials from Gaza.
It’s fine if Mr Anwar supports a terror organization like Hamas or his terrorist brother Ismail Haniyeh. But who gives the government the right to burn RM100 million of taxpayers’ money to support the people of Palestine? If they wanted to donate, they can use the money from “zakat”. After all, national coffers include “sin taxes” collected from gambling, alcohol and sale of pork.
Competing with PAS to show who is more Islam, the prime minister has allocated a jaw-dropping RM1.9 billion for Islamic development under Budget 2024 revealed last week. But why is JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia) given so much money when even Sultan Ibrahim of Johor had questioned the reason to allocate more than RM1 billion for the radical department?
The 2024 Budget also scraps price controls on chicken and eggs in an attempt to slash subsidies as much as RM3.8 billion. However, this could trigger yet another round of price hike because the food and agriculture sector is closely linked to cartel. Interestingly, the corrupt and extermist JAKIM was involved in the “meat scandal” – distributing fake halal beef as well as passing off horse and kangaroo meat as beef to Malaysian Muslims.
During the tabling of the country’s largest-ever budget, PM Anwar, who is also the finance minister, has proposed to increase the sales and service tax (SST) from the existing 6% to 8%. Even though it excludes food and beverages, and telecommunications, the tax on suppliers of food and beverages will still impact consumers as the additional costs would be passed down to them.
So, the genius Anwar is taxing additional RM900 million from the people due to SST rate hike, but about half the money is channeled back to JAKIM, whose annual allocation has been increased by RM400 million to RM1.9 billion. Not only PM Anwar protects crony Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, but is also enriching JAKIM which promotes “radical ideologies”.
Anwar can’t keep blaming external factors for the continuous deteriorating value of Ringgit, which has plunged to RM4.73 to the U.S. dollar. His leadership, competency and policies all contribute to the investors’ confidence in Malaysian economy and currency. There’s a reason why foreign investors avoid countries, especially Muslim nations, that subscribe to radicalization and extremism.
Supporting Hamas terrorism just because the prime minister is still influenced by the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the same spin-off of Palestinian branch called Hamas, is absolutely dangerous. Already used as a terrorist safe haven in the region due to visa-free travel, Anwar is essentially feeding a monster it can’t control, which could lead to domestic terrorist attacks later.
Israel maintains full diplomatic relations with Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE. Kuwait said in 2015 that Israel is NOT our enemy, followed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s move to become a friend of Israel – admitting that the Jews have the right to have their own country. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had also made a historic visit to Oman.
And Saudi Arabia was ready to normalise relations with Israel in exchange for a US defence pact and civilian nuclear programme. Part of the reasons Hamas terrorized Israel was to sabotage the historic normalizing ties between Israel and the Arab states. It had nothing to do with the welfare of the Palestinians. Hamas, being sponsored by Iranian Mullahs, is just using Palestinians as its human shield and pawn.
Do you know that there was no such thing as Palestinians, let alone a Palestine nation? There were Jews and Arabs, but Palestinian people did not exist before the World War I. That explains why there is no Palestinian history and there is no Palestinian language, what more Palestinian coins, texts or artefacts. There simply isn’t a single archaeological evidence of the Palestinian people.
It was only after the end of World War I in 1918 that the British Empire “created” the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both conceded by the Ottoman Empire. This was known as the “Mandate for Palestine”. Even if a Palestine nation did exist for argument’s sake, which it didn’t, the land was already lost after the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, having to pay the price for trying to eliminate the Jews.
Even after Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005, the Palestinians under Hamas’ control had done nothing to develop the territory. Tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid given by the West and Arab World had been used to build tunnels instead. The intention of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad was to wipe out the Jews through terrorism.
More importantly, people had voted for Anwar-led Pakatan Harapan coalition to reform the corrupt systems, create employment, attract investments and fix the economy – certainly not to waste money on Islamic radicalization or terrorism. If Anwar is so obsessed with Hamas and Palestine, perhaps he should send half of Malaysian soldiers to Gaza, and hopefully they won’t be slaughtered like a pig.
Source : Finance Twitter
Helping Abroad vs Helping at Home: How RM200 Million for Palestine Could Have Served Malaysians
26 August, 2025
How the funds could alternatively provide RM500 cash aid to 400,000 poor households, build 2,200 classrooms to address educational infrastructure gaps, or upgrade 100 rural clinics to improve healthcare access in Malaysia
Anwar Ibrahim’s aid pledge is causing unease at a time when Malaysians are grappling with tax increases, subsidy cuts and stagnant wages.
Malaysia’s RM200 Million Aid to Palestine: A Misplaced Priority Amid Domestic Struggles
In a move that has sparked significant debate, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim recently announced an additional RM100 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza, bringing the total contribution from Malaysia to RM200 million since 2023.
This pledge, made during a solidarity rally in Kuala Lumpur attended by thousands, was framed as a moral imperative to support Palestinians amid ongoing conflict.
While the intention to provide relief to those in dire need is commendable on humanitarian grounds, critics argue that this allocation represents a wasteful diversion of taxpayer funds at a time when Malaysians are grappling with their own economic hardships. With the country facing a cost-of-living crisis, persistent poverty, and underfunded public services, redirecting these resources domestically could yield tangible benefits for millions of citizens.
Public Unease: Economic Hardships in Focus
The aid pledge has become a lightning rod for economic anxieties. Malaysia’s cost-of-living crisis is acute, with 6.2% of the population—over 2 million people—living below the poverty line, and 234,000 households pushed into poverty post-Covid-19. Stagnant wages exacerbate the strain, with the minimum wage at RM1,500 (set to rise to RM1,700 in 2025), insufficient for urban living costs. For instance, the T15 income group (households earning RM13,500 monthly or more) contributes 80% of income tax revenue but struggles with high living expenses, leaving little disposable income after necessities.
Subsidy cuts have hit hard. The June 2024 diesel subsidy rationalization led to a 56% price hike, sparking discontent despite RM200 monthly cash assistance for low-income diesel vehicle owners. The planned RON95 subsidy cut for high-income earners risks further inflating costs, as petrol has a broader user base than diesel. New taxes, including proposed levies on unhealthy food, carbon pricing, and inheritance, have stirred debate, with critics arguing they burden the middle class and deter investment. Against this backdrop, the RM200 million aid pledge—equivalent to 0.3% of the 2025 budget’s subsidy allocation—feels extravagant to many, especially when public services like healthcare (4% of GDP) and education remain underfunded.
Public sentiment, reflected in protests and online discourse, questions the timing of the aid. Opposition voices and analysts argue it risks deepening societal divisions, with some labeling it as “going overboard” when Malaysians face immediate hardships. A recent RM4.6 billion relief package, including RM100 cash handouts to all adults, was welcomed but deemed insufficient, costing RM2 billion alone for the handouts. Critics contend that the Gaza aid, while noble, diverts resources from addressing these domestic pressures.
However, the announcement comes at a sensitive time. Malaysia’s economy is recovering, with the World Bank upgrading its 2025 growth outlook to 4.9% from 4.3%, driven by a strong ringgit and investor confidence. Yet, the nation faces a RM1.5 trillion debt and a fiscal deficit targeted to shrink to 3.8% of GDP in 2025. To achieve this, Anwar’s government has implemented austerity measures, including subsidy cuts for diesel, electricity, and chicken, saving RM11.5 billion in 2024, and plans to target RON95 petrol subsidies for the wealthiest 15% (T15) by mid-2025. New taxes, such as expanded sales and service taxes and a proposed 2% dividend tax, aim to boost revenue but add pressure on households. These reforms, while fiscally prudent, have fueled public frustration, with protests demanding relief from rising costs and stagnant wages.
Why This Allocation Feels Like a Waste
Malaysia’s economy, while resilient, is not immune to challenges. The absolute poverty rate stands at around 6.2% as of recent estimates, affecting over 2 million people in a population of approximately 33 million.
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated this, pushing an additional 234,000 households below the national poverty line. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis has intensified, with everyday expenses for food, housing, and transport soaring. In response, the government recently announced RM100 cash handouts to all adult citizens—a modest RM3.3 billion initiative—to alleviate immediate burdens, underscoring the severity of the situation.
Healthcare remains chronically underfunded, with public expenditure hovering at about 4% of GDP, far below what’s needed for a growing and aging population.
Experts call for a compulsory National Health and Social Insurance scheme to bridge funding gaps, as current resources strain under demands for better facilities and services.
Education faces similar woes, with overcrowded schools and inadequate infrastructure in rural areas hindering access to quality learning.
How RM200 Million Could Transform Malaysian Lives
Instead of overseas aid, reallocating RM200 million domestically could address core issues with measurable impact. Here are some substantiated alternatives, based on current costs and needs:
1. Poverty Alleviation and Cash Assistance
· Malaysia has around 700,000 households classified as poor or hardcore poor. A one-time cash transfer of RM500 per household could reach 400,000 families, providing immediate relief for essentials like food and utilities amid the cost-of-living squeeze.
2. Education Infrastructure and Scholarships
· Building or upgrading schools is a pressing need, with rural areas particularly underserved. The cost to construct a single classroom averages RM90,000, meaning RM200 million could fund over 2,200 new classrooms—enough to equip dozens of schools and reduce overcrowding for thousands of students.
3. Healthcare Upgrades and Subsidies
· Public healthcare urgently requires more funding, with calls to raise it to 5% of GDP. RM200 million could subsidize treatments for non-communicable diseases like diabetes, affecting 1 in 5 Malaysians, or upgrade rural clinics. For instance, equipping 100 clinics with modern diagnostics (at RM2 million each) would enhance access for remote communities.
· It could also fund a national health insurance pilot, covering premiums for 200,000 low-income individuals at RM1,000 each, addressing out-of-pocket expenses that burden families.
4.Alleviating the Rising Cost of Living
The most immediate concern for the average Malaysian is making ends meet. RM 200 million could have substantially bolstered social safety nets.
Food Security: Investing in local agricultural initiatives and food banks would directly reduce the price of essential food items and ensure no Malaysian family goes hungry.
Subsidies and Vouchers: This fund could have been used to extend targeted fuel or cooking oil subsidies for low-income families (B40) for several months, or to provide direct cash vouchers specifically for essential goods like rice, milk, and school supplies.
5. Investing in Education and Our Future Generation
The foundation of a nation’s future is its education system. This sum could have secured a better tomorrow for Malaysian children.
· Infrastructure: Many schools, particularly in rural Sabah and Sarawak, are in dire need of repair. RM 200 million could rebuild dilapidated schools, provide clean running water, and ensure every classroom has a proper roof and functional furniture.
· Digital Divide: The fund could have been used to provide tablets or laptops and internet subsidies for students from underprivileged families, ensuring they are not left behind in an increasingly digital world.
The allocation of RM 200 million for Palestine, while noble in intent, feels like a compelled act of charity paid for by the Malaysian taxpayer. True leadership would involve strengthening our own house first, ensuring that every ringgit of public money is used to address the pressing needs within our own borders. By securing the welfare and future of Malaysians, the government would not be turning its back on the world but would instead be building a stronger, more prosperous nation capable of offering even more meaningful support in the years to come.
While Malaysia’s support for Palestine aligns with its foreign policy and Muslim-majority ethos, the RM200 million aid risks being perceived as a wasteful extravagance when domestic needs scream for attention.
In an era of fiscal tightening, with public passivity potentially delaying reforms, leaders must balance global compassion with national responsibility. Redirecting such funds could alleviate poverty, bolster education, and strengthen healthcare—investments that empower Malaysians to contribute more effectively to international causes in the future. As debates rage, one thing is clear: true leadership means ensuring no Malaysian is left behind before extending hands abroad.
Monday, 25 August 2025
Do Malaysians a great favour PMX! Go stand for election in Palestine!
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Do Malaysians a great favour PMX! Go stand for election in Palestine!
Awtar, I'm glad you responded on this matter. Well done. I have one question. Is the Rm100 million given to Hamas, a terror group in Gaza, or to the legitimate Palestine govt of President Mahmoud Abas. As far as I know, there is only one Palestine. - fs
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26, 2025: Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) Anwar Ibrahim has announced another RM100 million in aid to the Hamas (terrorist)-led Palestine.
PMX appears to be giving much priority to Palestinians than the rakyat dan negara (people and country).
While many multi-racial Malaysians are struggling to put a decent meal on the table for their loved ones, RM100 million is given away just like that.
Many opine that it is okay if Anwar gives away donations from his own pockets or public donations, but it is not right if the monies are from taxpayers (view above video clip).
Why don’t PMX do multi-racial Malaysians a great favour! Go and stand for elections in Palestine and be their leader!
Let someone else with more heart for Malaysians to lead.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news features on the Hamas (terrorist)-loving PMX:
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Do Malaysians a great favour PMX! Go stand for election in Palestine!
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26, 2025: Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) Anwar Ibrahim has announced another RM100 million in aid to the Hamas (terrorist)-led Palestine.
PMX appears to be giving much priority to Palestinians than the rakyat dan negara (people and country).
While many multi-racial Malaysians are struggling to put a decent meal on the table for their loved ones, RM100 million is given away just like that.
Many opine that it is okay if Anwar gives away donations from his own pockets or public donations, but it is not right if the monies are from taxpayers (view above video clip).
Why don’t PMX do multi-racial Malaysians a great favour! Go and stand for elections in Palestine and be their leader!
Let someone else with more heart for Malaysians to lead.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news features on the Hamas (terrorist)-loving PMX:
PM Anwar Should Rally Against Bullying, Corruption & Extremism, Not Over Hamas-Palestinian
25 August, 2025
According to Finance Twitter , you know Anwar Ibrahim was desperate to distract from domestic problems when he is inviting – again – people to attend solidarity with the Palestinians. Exactly how many times does he plan to flog a dead horse? What was he actually trying to achieve by screaming, whining, moaning and bitching till foaming at the mouth over a foreign conflict that not even the Arab World has any interest to solve?
Sure, it’s indeed nice to lead thousands of Malay-Muslims to express support for Hamas-Palestinians, flying Palestinian flags and cursing the Zionist regime. Hilariously, previous prime ministers had done exactly the same for the past 30 years, but nothing has changed. Actually, ex-PM Mahathir Mohamd was the one who started the anti-Israel propaganda during his 22 years iron-fist rule (from 1981 to 2003).
Back then, Dr Mahathir, fond for describing Jews as “hook-nosed” and is known of “anti-Semitism”, desperately needed a common Muslim enemy to unite the ethnic Malay – the only vote bank of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) which he was leading. It was super easy to brainwash the Malays then using the government-controlled news media like newspapers and televisions.
Anti-Israel was just a rhetorical and political tool to trick the UMNO-Malay lemmings into thinking that only UMNO can defend Islam and protect the Muslims. It was similar to the racist and discriminatory policy NEP (New Economic Policy) derived from “Ketuanan Melayu”, the ideology of Malay supremacy espoused by UMNO. The purpose was clear – to maintain political power.
While Ketuanan Melayu was to instil the dubious perception that the Malays under UMNO are first-class citizens (and allow Elite Malays like Mahathir and Najib to quietly plunder the national coffers) and an incredibly special race, which justifies the bullying of minorities Chinese and Indians to second or even third-class citizens, anti-Jews was to project an image that UMNO has a fearless and outspoken Muslim world leader.
Yes, the Palestinian issue – whether sincerely or not – has been an excellent political tool. Historically, Arab rulers used the Palestinian cause to build legitimacy for their rule. Heck, even the ISIS terrorist group had tried to hijack Palestinian Jihad as its own and to create the utopian Islamic State. In fact,the Hamas’ October 7 attack displayed tactics that are remarkably similar to those of the Islamic State group.
On paper, the Gulf states appear to love Palestine and wish to see all Israeli aggression against the Palestinians stopped and the occupation ended. In reality, they only use the issue to boost their own image by having useless meetings for photo opportunity. The best proof was Anwar’s jetting to attend the Arab-Islamic Summit in Nov 2024, and left empty-handed after a photo session with Arab leaders.
Because the Israel-Palestine has been one of the unifying factors for the Arabs and Muslims in terms of nationalism, every Muslim and Arab leader is milking it, including Mahathir and now Anwar. Likewise, Iran uses its support for Palestine as a tool to advance its geopolitical objectives, including challenging the U.S. and Israeli influence in the Middle East, as well as to undermine bitter rival Saudi.
Hamas, a military and political organization funded by Iran, was nothing but one of terrorist branches of Tehran. The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel aimed to torpedo approaching diplomatic normalization between the Jewish state and Arab heavyweight Saudi Arabia. Despite so-called public support for Palestinian, in truth, nearly every Arab state has long viewed the Palestinians with “fear and loathing.”
There’s a reason why when Israel began its revenge by attacking Hamas and Gaza, Arab states like Egypt has continued to refuse to admit Palestinians from across the border. This is where desperadoes like Anwar Ibrahim do not fully understand the history from the Arab side – the reluctance of other Arabs to come to the Palestinians’ aid in spite of Israel’s slaughtering.
While Saudi Arabia continues to hold the door open for a peace agreement with Israel, its allies like the UAE, Morocco and Bahrain didn’t even withdraw ambassadors. Jordan did, but of course with about half of its population being Palestinian, Jordan has a particular problem. But Jordan still remembers how the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) tried to overthrow the Jordanian monarchy in 1970.
Prior to that, on 20 July 1951, King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated while visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Mustafa Shukri Ashu, a Palestinian tailor’s apprentice associated with a radical group seeking an independent Palestinian state. And it was not a coincidence when Jordan’s Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tel was assassinated in November 1971 following the PLO eviction from Jordan.
Almost all the Arab governments were united on one point – the Palestinians were a threat, a foreign population that should be weakened if not exterminated. It is noteworthy there is no Palestinian population in Egypt. The only Palestinians in Egypt are the refugees fled there to escape the war in Gaza. Egypt fears history will repeat itself and a large Palestinian refugee population from Gaza will end up staying for good.
Actually, the current war in Gaza can end almost immediately if Hamas frees all hostages, including 49 of the 251 abducted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm and release all remaining hostages. The burning question is why PM Anwar Ibrahim has never urged his Muslim Brotherhood Hamas to do so?
That’s because Hamas will lose its last bargaining chip if it releases all remaining hostages, leading to its own demise. It demands not only a permanent ceasefire, but also a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza before doing so. But if Hamas were to release all the hostages, the Jewish state will also lose all its legitimacy to remain in Gaza. Hence, Hamas actually wants the war to continue.
In other words, if all hostages are released and Hamas is destroyed or lost power in Gaza, Israel would have no choice but to withdraw. But a peaceful Gaza means bad business for politicians like Anwar as he can no longer weaponise Palestinians for political gains. This is the only conflict where Muslim leaders can profit politically, unlike conflicts elsewhere where Muslims butcher fellow Muslims.
Instead of worrying about a foreign conflict which is more than 7,000 kilometres away, which Anwar can’t possibly solve anyway, he should instead take care of his own backyard. Rather than wasting public money and resources in organizing another fruitless rally in solidarity with Palestine, the prime minister should rally against rampant bullying, corruption, racism, and extremism.
As bullying in Malaysia has been rising at an alarming pace, with thousands of cases reported in schools and other educational institutions each year, PM Anwar’s useless and clueless education minister, Fadhlina Sidek, has been sleeping on the job. The Education Ministry recorded 3,883 reported cases of bullying in primary and secondary schools in 2022 alone, and the number skyrocketed to 6,528 cases in 2023.
All hell broke loose after the recent death of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir in Sabah due to bullying, so much so it is threatening Anwar government. Her death in July led to street protests in several cities and unleashed grief and anger across the nation – partly over double standards in meting out justice, and largely over accusations of a cover-up by the authorities to protect a powerful political figure.
Johor resident Siti Suhana Misdi revealed how her 10-year-old son, Izzul Islam Azuan Isaidi, was bullied twice in 2025 – in February and August. In another case – one of the worst in the country – 20-year-old Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, a military cadet officer at the National Defence University of Malaysia, was tortured with a steam iron at the military university’s hostel by fellow students.
Obviously, the PM can’t bash Zionist regime in those domestic bullying cases, not to mention he can’t milk it to gain Malay votes as both the culprits and victims were mostly Malays or Bumiputeras. So, he had to keep quiet till anti-government protest exploded. Even when the bullying involved non-Malays and Malays, the spineless Anwar still kept quiet as the bully was UMNO-Malay.
The undisputed bully – UMNO Youth Chief Akmal Saleh – has been wrecking havoc in the country thanks to PM Anwar’s silence of approval, leading to bullying, intimidating, threatening and destroying of ethnic Chinese businesses. Worse, racist Akmal received an open endorsement from UMNO deputy president Mohamad Hasan to continue his bullying crusade.
Like it or not, to a certain extent, the current bullying culture can be traced back to UMNO’s 60 years of discrimination, racism, extremism and bullying politics. Monkey sees monkey do – it’s not a coincidence that majority of the bullying happened in government schools. They saw – and learned – how UMNO-Malay thugs got away after attacking Chinese and Indian, the “punching bags”.
But bullying was just one of the problems the prime minister tries to distract using the Israel-Palestine conflict. Corruption is still business as usual even after Anwar Madani crossed the mid-term since the November 2022 General Election. He shamelessly used the current multi-coalition Unity Government to justify the lack of reforms, and to lie about combating corruption.
From dropping corruption charges against UMNO leaders such as Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi to slashing jail sentence for former Prime Minister Najib Razak, and from promoting pro-UMNO Chief Justice to covering up corruptions committed by Sabah politicians aligned to him, the pathetic Anwar is doing everything to encourage cancerous corruption rather than fighting the disease within society.
The arrest of former Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) intelligence officers linked to a network of smugglers in the tobacco, cigarette and cigar smuggling was just the tip of an iceberg in Malaysia’s corruption culture. It was only after King Sultan Ibrahim ordered the Defence Ministry to scrap plans to acquire ageing Black Hawk helicopters – calling it “flying coffins” – that PM Anwar begins parroting the monarch’s disappointment about corruption.
However, there’s one massive scandal that could bring down Anwar that he is trying very hard to distract – corruption plaguing his former political-secretary-turned-crony Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak. If Mahathir had enriched his family through cronies like Vincent Tan, Ananda Krishnan and Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary, crony Salvador to Anwar is like partner-in-crime Jho Low to Najib.
If the premier is really serious about fighting the Zionist regime, he should send Malaysian troops, armed with unsinkable Scorpene submarines purchased by his buddy Najib, to Gaza to free the Palestinians. He should also ban – not invite – Donald Trump from attending the upcoming ASEAN summit in October. After all, the U.S. is the biggest military supporter and financier of Israel.
Clearly, the pro-Hamas Anwar is desperate to divert attention from dozens of domestic issues, especially escalating cost of living, stagnant wages, higher electricity and water tariffs, scrapping of fuel subsidies and unaffordable housing. The Gaza crisis can end tomorrow if Hamas releases all remaining hostages. But like Hamas, Anwar doesn’t want that to happen.
Source : Finance Twitter
According to Finance Twitter , you know Anwar Ibrahim was desperate to distract from domestic problems when he is inviting – again – people to attend solidarity with the Palestinians. Exactly how many times does he plan to flog a dead horse? What was he actually trying to achieve by screaming, whining, moaning and bitching till foaming at the mouth over a foreign conflict that not even the Arab World has any interest to solve?
Sure, it’s indeed nice to lead thousands of Malay-Muslims to express support for Hamas-Palestinians, flying Palestinian flags and cursing the Zionist regime. Hilariously, previous prime ministers had done exactly the same for the past 30 years, but nothing has changed. Actually, ex-PM Mahathir Mohamd was the one who started the anti-Israel propaganda during his 22 years iron-fist rule (from 1981 to 2003).
Back then, Dr Mahathir, fond for describing Jews as “hook-nosed” and is known of “anti-Semitism”, desperately needed a common Muslim enemy to unite the ethnic Malay – the only vote bank of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) which he was leading. It was super easy to brainwash the Malays then using the government-controlled news media like newspapers and televisions.
Anti-Israel was just a rhetorical and political tool to trick the UMNO-Malay lemmings into thinking that only UMNO can defend Islam and protect the Muslims. It was similar to the racist and discriminatory policy NEP (New Economic Policy) derived from “Ketuanan Melayu”, the ideology of Malay supremacy espoused by UMNO. The purpose was clear – to maintain political power.
While Ketuanan Melayu was to instil the dubious perception that the Malays under UMNO are first-class citizens (and allow Elite Malays like Mahathir and Najib to quietly plunder the national coffers) and an incredibly special race, which justifies the bullying of minorities Chinese and Indians to second or even third-class citizens, anti-Jews was to project an image that UMNO has a fearless and outspoken Muslim world leader.
Yes, the Palestinian issue – whether sincerely or not – has been an excellent political tool. Historically, Arab rulers used the Palestinian cause to build legitimacy for their rule. Heck, even the ISIS terrorist group had tried to hijack Palestinian Jihad as its own and to create the utopian Islamic State. In fact,the Hamas’ October 7 attack displayed tactics that are remarkably similar to those of the Islamic State group.
On paper, the Gulf states appear to love Palestine and wish to see all Israeli aggression against the Palestinians stopped and the occupation ended. In reality, they only use the issue to boost their own image by having useless meetings for photo opportunity. The best proof was Anwar’s jetting to attend the Arab-Islamic Summit in Nov 2024, and left empty-handed after a photo session with Arab leaders.
Because the Israel-Palestine has been one of the unifying factors for the Arabs and Muslims in terms of nationalism, every Muslim and Arab leader is milking it, including Mahathir and now Anwar. Likewise, Iran uses its support for Palestine as a tool to advance its geopolitical objectives, including challenging the U.S. and Israeli influence in the Middle East, as well as to undermine bitter rival Saudi.
Hamas, a military and political organization funded by Iran, was nothing but one of terrorist branches of Tehran. The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel aimed to torpedo approaching diplomatic normalization between the Jewish state and Arab heavyweight Saudi Arabia. Despite so-called public support for Palestinian, in truth, nearly every Arab state has long viewed the Palestinians with “fear and loathing.”
There’s a reason why when Israel began its revenge by attacking Hamas and Gaza, Arab states like Egypt has continued to refuse to admit Palestinians from across the border. This is where desperadoes like Anwar Ibrahim do not fully understand the history from the Arab side – the reluctance of other Arabs to come to the Palestinians’ aid in spite of Israel’s slaughtering.
While Saudi Arabia continues to hold the door open for a peace agreement with Israel, its allies like the UAE, Morocco and Bahrain didn’t even withdraw ambassadors. Jordan did, but of course with about half of its population being Palestinian, Jordan has a particular problem. But Jordan still remembers how the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) tried to overthrow the Jordanian monarchy in 1970.
Prior to that, on 20 July 1951, King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated while visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Mustafa Shukri Ashu, a Palestinian tailor’s apprentice associated with a radical group seeking an independent Palestinian state. And it was not a coincidence when Jordan’s Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tel was assassinated in November 1971 following the PLO eviction from Jordan.
Almost all the Arab governments were united on one point – the Palestinians were a threat, a foreign population that should be weakened if not exterminated. It is noteworthy there is no Palestinian population in Egypt. The only Palestinians in Egypt are the refugees fled there to escape the war in Gaza. Egypt fears history will repeat itself and a large Palestinian refugee population from Gaza will end up staying for good.
Actually, the current war in Gaza can end almost immediately if Hamas frees all hostages, including 49 of the 251 abducted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm and release all remaining hostages. The burning question is why PM Anwar Ibrahim has never urged his Muslim Brotherhood Hamas to do so?
That’s because Hamas will lose its last bargaining chip if it releases all remaining hostages, leading to its own demise. It demands not only a permanent ceasefire, but also a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza before doing so. But if Hamas were to release all the hostages, the Jewish state will also lose all its legitimacy to remain in Gaza. Hence, Hamas actually wants the war to continue.
In other words, if all hostages are released and Hamas is destroyed or lost power in Gaza, Israel would have no choice but to withdraw. But a peaceful Gaza means bad business for politicians like Anwar as he can no longer weaponise Palestinians for political gains. This is the only conflict where Muslim leaders can profit politically, unlike conflicts elsewhere where Muslims butcher fellow Muslims.
Instead of worrying about a foreign conflict which is more than 7,000 kilometres away, which Anwar can’t possibly solve anyway, he should instead take care of his own backyard. Rather than wasting public money and resources in organizing another fruitless rally in solidarity with Palestine, the prime minister should rally against rampant bullying, corruption, racism, and extremism.
As bullying in Malaysia has been rising at an alarming pace, with thousands of cases reported in schools and other educational institutions each year, PM Anwar’s useless and clueless education minister, Fadhlina Sidek, has been sleeping on the job. The Education Ministry recorded 3,883 reported cases of bullying in primary and secondary schools in 2022 alone, and the number skyrocketed to 6,528 cases in 2023.
All hell broke loose after the recent death of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir in Sabah due to bullying, so much so it is threatening Anwar government. Her death in July led to street protests in several cities and unleashed grief and anger across the nation – partly over double standards in meting out justice, and largely over accusations of a cover-up by the authorities to protect a powerful political figure.
Johor resident Siti Suhana Misdi revealed how her 10-year-old son, Izzul Islam Azuan Isaidi, was bullied twice in 2025 – in February and August. In another case – one of the worst in the country – 20-year-old Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, a military cadet officer at the National Defence University of Malaysia, was tortured with a steam iron at the military university’s hostel by fellow students.
Obviously, the PM can’t bash Zionist regime in those domestic bullying cases, not to mention he can’t milk it to gain Malay votes as both the culprits and victims were mostly Malays or Bumiputeras. So, he had to keep quiet till anti-government protest exploded. Even when the bullying involved non-Malays and Malays, the spineless Anwar still kept quiet as the bully was UMNO-Malay.
The undisputed bully – UMNO Youth Chief Akmal Saleh – has been wrecking havoc in the country thanks to PM Anwar’s silence of approval, leading to bullying, intimidating, threatening and destroying of ethnic Chinese businesses. Worse, racist Akmal received an open endorsement from UMNO deputy president Mohamad Hasan to continue his bullying crusade.
Like it or not, to a certain extent, the current bullying culture can be traced back to UMNO’s 60 years of discrimination, racism, extremism and bullying politics. Monkey sees monkey do – it’s not a coincidence that majority of the bullying happened in government schools. They saw – and learned – how UMNO-Malay thugs got away after attacking Chinese and Indian, the “punching bags”.
But bullying was just one of the problems the prime minister tries to distract using the Israel-Palestine conflict. Corruption is still business as usual even after Anwar Madani crossed the mid-term since the November 2022 General Election. He shamelessly used the current multi-coalition Unity Government to justify the lack of reforms, and to lie about combating corruption.
From dropping corruption charges against UMNO leaders such as Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi to slashing jail sentence for former Prime Minister Najib Razak, and from promoting pro-UMNO Chief Justice to covering up corruptions committed by Sabah politicians aligned to him, the pathetic Anwar is doing everything to encourage cancerous corruption rather than fighting the disease within society.
The arrest of former Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) intelligence officers linked to a network of smugglers in the tobacco, cigarette and cigar smuggling was just the tip of an iceberg in Malaysia’s corruption culture. It was only after King Sultan Ibrahim ordered the Defence Ministry to scrap plans to acquire ageing Black Hawk helicopters – calling it “flying coffins” – that PM Anwar begins parroting the monarch’s disappointment about corruption.
However, there’s one massive scandal that could bring down Anwar that he is trying very hard to distract – corruption plaguing his former political-secretary-turned-crony Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak. If Mahathir had enriched his family through cronies like Vincent Tan, Ananda Krishnan and Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary, crony Salvador to Anwar is like partner-in-crime Jho Low to Najib.
If the premier is really serious about fighting the Zionist regime, he should send Malaysian troops, armed with unsinkable Scorpene submarines purchased by his buddy Najib, to Gaza to free the Palestinians. He should also ban – not invite – Donald Trump from attending the upcoming ASEAN summit in October. After all, the U.S. is the biggest military supporter and financier of Israel.
Clearly, the pro-Hamas Anwar is desperate to divert attention from dozens of domestic issues, especially escalating cost of living, stagnant wages, higher electricity and water tariffs, scrapping of fuel subsidies and unaffordable housing. The Gaza crisis can end tomorrow if Hamas releases all remaining hostages. But like Hamas, Anwar doesn’t want that to happen.
Source : Finance Twitter
PMX Pledges Additional RM 100 Million For Gaza, Bringing Total To RM 200 Million – Anwar Touted As Ideal PM For Gaza
25 August, 2025
BRICKBATS are seemingly being hurled at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after he readily pledged an additional RM100 mil in humanitarian aid for Gaza last night (Aug 24) amid the worsening Palestinian-Israel conflict.
It was unclear as to the origin of the funding – whether it would be tapped from the government’s coffers, 100% contributed by corporations or this is a joint public/private sector initiative.
What is certain, however, is that PMX also rallied major corporations to step forward with aid for Palestinians while urging them to reflect on the peace and freedom enjoyed in Malaysia as a reason to support those in hardship.
Speaking at the “Malam Himpunan dan Selawat Malaysiaku Bersama Gaza” gathering at Dataran Merdeka, PMX who is also the Finance Minister, said the latest allocation follows a similar RM100 mil approved by the government two years ago.
“… Anwar can compete at (the) Gaza election … automatically become PM there … how many terms you decide la,” was the most popular reaction by a supposedly infuriated commenter to the Bernama news report aired on the Malaysiakini Facebook page.
Another commenter deemed the RM200 mil of funding outflow to Gaza thus far as “will go a long way to buy the much-needed things in healthcare, rural development and uplifting poverty” in Malaysia.
“We aren’t a rich developed nation with lots of surplus to give away. Charity should always start at home,” he asserted.
One commenter recalled the Malay proverb “kera di hutan disusukan, anak di rumah kelaparan” (literally “monkeys in the jungle are being nursed while one’s own child dies of hunger at home”) which coincidentally resonates with the stance of human rights activist and lawyer Siti Kasim on the matter.
As one commenter wondered if the Madani Cabinet “has agreed with the donations”, another wanted to know the current national debt level while others are puzzled that “the Malaysia is indeed a wealthy nation!”
As it is, one commenter wondered “whether all the (donation) money would reach the deserving areas or channelled to someone else’s pocket”.
The bottom line is, one commenter lamented “it’s a pity to have a PM like that” while another simply, quipped “we’ll know what to do in the next election.”
Source : Focus
BRICKBATS are seemingly being hurled at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after he readily pledged an additional RM100 mil in humanitarian aid for Gaza last night (Aug 24) amid the worsening Palestinian-Israel conflict.
It was unclear as to the origin of the funding – whether it would be tapped from the government’s coffers, 100% contributed by corporations or this is a joint public/private sector initiative.
What is certain, however, is that PMX also rallied major corporations to step forward with aid for Palestinians while urging them to reflect on the peace and freedom enjoyed in Malaysia as a reason to support those in hardship.
Speaking at the “Malam Himpunan dan Selawat Malaysiaku Bersama Gaza” gathering at Dataran Merdeka, PMX who is also the Finance Minister, said the latest allocation follows a similar RM100 mil approved by the government two years ago.
“… Anwar can compete at (the) Gaza election … automatically become PM there … how many terms you decide la,” was the most popular reaction by a supposedly infuriated commenter to the Bernama news report aired on the Malaysiakini Facebook page.
Another commenter deemed the RM200 mil of funding outflow to Gaza thus far as “will go a long way to buy the much-needed things in healthcare, rural development and uplifting poverty” in Malaysia.
“We aren’t a rich developed nation with lots of surplus to give away. Charity should always start at home,” he asserted.
One commenter recalled the Malay proverb “kera di hutan disusukan, anak di rumah kelaparan” (literally “monkeys in the jungle are being nursed while one’s own child dies of hunger at home”) which coincidentally resonates with the stance of human rights activist and lawyer Siti Kasim on the matter.
As one commenter wondered if the Madani Cabinet “has agreed with the donations”, another wanted to know the current national debt level while others are puzzled that “the Malaysia is indeed a wealthy nation!”
As it is, one commenter wondered “whether all the (donation) money would reach the deserving areas or channelled to someone else’s pocket”.
The bottom line is, one commenter lamented “it’s a pity to have a PM like that” while another simply, quipped “we’ll know what to do in the next election.”
Source : Focus
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