In Part 1, we examined why the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award continues to raise legitimate legal questions. In Part 2, we shift the focus to a more fundamental issue: how Malaysia should advance its own interests in the South China Sea. From the historical legacy of the "Malayan Sea" to recent developments at Pulau Layang-Layang, Lawyer Nor Hisham Mohd Nor argues that Malaysia must articulate a distinctly Malaysian narrative rooted in sovereignty, history and national interest.
The Court of Appeal has fixed timelines for Rosmah Mansor’s application to adduce fresh evidence in her solar hybrid project appeal, with the motion tentatively set to be heard on 1 September — the date previously reserved for the start of her substantive appeal.
US Vice President Kamala Devi Harris (Kamala Harris), sketching America's post-7 October vision for the 2nd rump state of Palestine, said that Hamas would have no place in any new civilian administration in the Gaza Strip!
The Israeli Parliament can grant Amnesty for Hamas, thereby avoiding contradiction in terms, i.e. fullscale siege of the Gaza Strip after temporary ceasefire for hostage exchange ends, and Israel shedding more blood!
Israel and India at the same time may draw closer than ever before on the Biblical Holy Land, based purely on the rule of law and bound by common values, as China signals that it can't be with the Jewish state for peace in the Middle East!
Hebrew, Arabic and English can be retained as official languages in Old Palestine, the territory that existed before 1948 with Jordan, and culture can be one or separate.
PART 2: THE JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Many misunderstandings about Jewish-Muslim relationships have been blown out-of-proportion, whence before 1948, there was almost...