Israel-Palestine conflict

The meeting came just days after a U.S. Treasury delegation visited Malaysia to express its concerns that the Palestinian group was raising funds in the country.

The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed its concerns over Iran using Malaysian entities to finance allied militant groups, including Hamas.

The Western-led “rules-based order” is fraying, but nothing seems to be emerging that might replace it.

Wang's visit is another sign that Beijing wants to get off on the right foot with the incoming Indonesian administration.

This is not the first time that regional opinion toward the U.S. has soured over events in the Middle East.

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

The two nations' foreign ministers addressed the body during an advisory proceeding examining Israel's post-1967 occupation of Palestinian territories.

The Malaysian leader has long expressed strong, and at times contradictory, views on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The ban singled out ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., Israel’s largest shipping company, which has been permitted to dock at Malaysia's ports since 2002.

Fikri Rofiul Haq, 24, who came to Gaza with an Indonesian charity, has remained behind in order to bear witness to the ongoing war.

For Southeast Asia's Muslims, support for Palestine is rooted in national identity.

The announcement came after 17 people were released over several days during the truce between Israel and Hamas.