Malaysia has long welcomed the Palestinian militant group with open arms, hosting its leaders and even maintaining an ‘unofficial embassy’ – much to Israel’s ire.
Scholars do not know exactly when Jews first came to Penang, one of the smaller states in Malaysia, located on the Southeast Asian nation’s western island. The Jewish cemetery in the region’s capital city of George Town, on a street formerly called Jalan Yahudi “Jewish Way” gives an estimate: its first burial was… Read More »
In recent years, Malaysia has been identified by the Anti-Defamation League as among the most antisemitic nations outside of the Middle East and North Africa.