Israel is willing to work towards establishing ties with Southeast Asia's Muslim majority nations despite their condemnation in May of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, Israel’s ambassador to Singapore said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The region's three Muslim-majority states - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - sharply criticized Israel’s air strikes on Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls and urged the United Nations to step in and stop "the atrocities carried out against the Palestinian people".
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