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Al Jazeera
Politics
Toh Ee Ming

Why Singapore is ‘friend of all, enemy of none’ in Israel-Gaza war

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, centre, visits the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in 2016 [File: Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

Singapore – Since the war erupted in Gaza, the tiny Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore has taken a stance of non-interference, reflecting a long-held foreign policy focused on being a “friend to all and enemy to none”.

At a special parliamentary session earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong explained that Singapore’s “longstanding support for a two-state solution remains unchanged”, in that Palestinian people have the right to a homeland and that Israel has the right to live within secure borders.

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