To the Western World: Reject All Violence, Do Not Distort Justice by Shielding Zionist Crimes Behind False Accusations of Antisemitism

Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations) – MAPIM
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MEDIA STATEMENT

To the Western World: Reject All Violence, Do Not Distort Justice by Shielding Zionist Crimes Behind False Accusations of Antisemitism

Kuala Lumpur | 17 December 2025

The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations (MAPIM) strongly condemns all forms of violence against civilians, without exception. The killing of innocent people, regardless of religion, ethnicity, or nationality, is a grave crime and must be rejected by all communities and all moral traditions.

However, MAPIM firmly rejects the continued manipulation of the term antisemitism by the Zionist regime and its leaders to silence legitimate criticism of Israel’s long-standing crimes against the Palestinian people.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent demand that Western governments intensify action against antisemitism, while simultaneously accusing countries such as Australia of fuelling hatred merely for recognising Palestinian statehood, is deeply misleading and dangerous. This narrative deliberately conflates two very different realities.

Antisemitism, understood as hatred or violence against Jewish people because of their identity, is wrong and must be opposed. Criticism of Zionism, Israel’s apartheid policies, military occupation, ethnic cleansing, and decades-long violence against Palestinians is not antisemitism. It is a moral, legal, and humanitarian obligation.

For more than seven decades, Palestinians have endured systematic dispossession, illegal settlements, collective punishment, mass killings, blockade, and apartheid practices well documented by the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and numerous Israeli human rights organisations themselves. To ignore this historical and ongoing violence, while demanding unconditional sympathy for the occupying power, reflects a profound moral imbalance.

Western governments must ask themselves an honest question: why is violence condemned selectively? Why are Palestinian deaths reduced to statistics, while Israeli narratives are amplified without scrutiny? Justice cannot be built on double standards.

MAPIM also cautions against the reckless habit of attributing acts of violence automatically to Islam or Muslims. Such framing fuels Islamophobia, deepens social divisions, and serves extremist agendas on all sides. Collective blame is never justice, it is prejudice.

We call on Western leaders to act with moral clarity and consistency:

●Reject all violence against civilians, without selective outrage

●Defend Jewish communities from genuine hatred and attacks, while equally defending Palestinians from state-sponsored violence and occupation

●Stop using antisemitism as a political shield to protect an oppressive regime from accountability

●Uphold international law, including the right of Palestinians to self-determination and statehood

True leadership does not silence criticism, it confronts injustice. Peace will not come from suppressing truth, but from addressing the root causes of violence: occupation, apartheid, and denial of basic human rights.

MAPIM stands for a just peace, one grounded in truth, dignity, and equal humanity for all.

Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid
President
Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations (MAPIM)