By PRIME SARMIENTO and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong |
China Daily Global |
Updated: 2021-05-24 09:13
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Surfers walk past a sculpture near the Mediterranean Sea during sunset as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, in Ashkelon, Israel May 23, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia have been credited with adding their weight to efforts to get Israel to agree to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Mustafa Izzuddin, senior international affairs analyst with the consultancy firm Solaris Strategies Singapore, said an earlier joint call on Gaza's plight by the region's Muslim-majority nations is a watershed event. Words used in the statement are "stern, unambiguous", he said of the push for a truce.