Dear TRS,
I thought your readers might be interested in this.
Do you realise that local media has lately been blocking Malaysia's TV1 whenever its newstime. Reckon it's due to Malaysia's strong anti-occupation and Singapore's pro-israeli stances? I thought you would like to make it known to the online community, partly because of the solidarity that Singaporeans have shown towards Palestinians in the recent weeks and partly due to our hatred towards the biased state-owned media.
I'm sure if you were to make it known, you'd be the first to do so, because no other mainsteam media have reported it because the PAP government sides with Israel as they are one of Singapore's best alliance in the world. Thought writing to The Real Singapore was the best way to get the public aware.
Singapore's army is today considered the strongest and most advanced of the military forces in Southeast Asia. The alliance between the Israeli and Singaporean defense establishments intensified and expanded, and it now encompasses cooperation between the two countries' military industries, as well. The scope of the deals, according to foreign sources, indicates that the Singaporean army is one of the major clients of Israeli combat means and military technology. Singapore's aircraft industry is cooperating with its Israeli counterpart and with Elbit Systems in upgrading the F-5 warplanes of the Turkish Air Force. A few years ago, Singapore's defense minister revealed that the Gil antitank missile, which is manufactured by Raphael (Israel Armaments Development Authority), was developed in cooperation between the two countries.
Lee Kuan Yew explained in his latest memoir the need to maintain secrecy to his close friend in the leadership, and the first defense minister in his government, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. "We have to ensure, as far as possible, that the arrival of the Israelis will not become public knowledge, in order not to arouse opposition among the Malay Muslims who live in Malaysia and Singapore," the prime minister summed up. That, in essence, is Singapore's problem. The residents of the small island, which has an area of about 670 square kilometers (Israel is 30 times as large), are mainly Chinese, and they live between the two Muslim countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. Life in the shadow of the large Muslim majority and fear of a Malaysian incursion are an integral part of the history of the two countries.
Anonymous
TRS contributor