COMMENT | Do non-Malays feel about Palestine differently?

COMMENT | Let me answer the question in the headline with another question - will our schools allow official China or India "Solidarity Week" events if those two countries were unjustly invaded in future wars?

That perhaps goes to the heart of how different groups of Malaysians feel about the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis.

School students were recently seen carrying toy guns during Palestine Solidarity Week. There were even photos showing teachers dressed as guerrilla fighters and very young kids were encouraged to stomp on an Israeli flag.

The political reaction to this has had clear contrasts.

While DAP supports the government speaking out on Palestine, it opposes programmes that exhibit elements of...