Israel

Israeli expats have become a dominant presence in the northern town of Pai, on the border with Myanmar's Shan State.

The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Tel Aviv to ensure that no more Thai workers are sent to high-risk areas.

The city-state recently denounced a Facebook post from the Israeli embassy as “unacceptable."

Anwar Ibrahim has again said that his government would resist any outside pressure to declare Hamas a terrorist organization.

The country's pro-Hamas stance may be distasteful to many, but the U.S. is unlikely to expend significant diplomatic and political capital in order to change it.

Journalists, influencers, and religious teachers are using social media to inform Central Asians about the Israel-Hamas war.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's response to the hostage crisis has laid bare the lack of security and foreign policy expertise in his cabinet.

While the Thai public may be sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians, Bangkok has maintained a studiously neutral position on the Israel-Hamas war.

With more Arab states choosing to normalize relations with Tel Aviv, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have emerged as prominent advocates for the Palestinian cause.

The summit in Saudi Arabia comes at a time of growing global polarization over the Israel-Hamas war.

While many Western leaders have expressed support for Israel, the balance of both public and elite opinion in Muslim-majority Southeast Asia is very much on the opposite side.

However, all of them expressed support for a two-state solution.

Thai citizens make up a large number of the foreign nationals who were killed and taken hostage during last weekend's deadly attack.

Unsurprisingly, the region's governments have been far from united in their responses to Hamas' surprise attack on southern Israel.

The agreement, which will be signed later this year, coincides with the 30th anniversary of relations between the two countries.

The move comes 53 years after the two nations first established diplomatic relations.

A normalization of relations between the two nations no longer looks impossible, though key obstacles remain.

Israel hosts the second largest numbers of overseas Thai workers after Taiwan.

Pakistanis love to hate Israel, but their state has had relations with the country for decades. 

While Pakistan has good reasons to normalize relations with Israel, domestic and geopolitical compulsions stand in the way.

Australia’s foreign policy may be moving into a phase where it is no longer mostly above partisan politics.

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