The Malaysian government is not consistent with its policy on the Palestinian issue as it recognises Fatah but not Hamas, says PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Saifuddin said this shows that the Umno/BN government is subservient to pressures from the United States and Israel.

“The Malaysian government is one sided to the Palestinian issue as it recognises Fatah (once headed by Yasser Arafat) but not Hamas, which has been legally elected into power by the Palestinian people.

Commenting on the three letters written by former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to former Israeli premiers, Saifuddin said the letters to Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak confirm opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s claim that Mahathir is a hypocrite.

“Mahathir comes up with an image of taking a hardine anti-Jewish stand. He slandered Anwar as being pro-Jewish.

"However, Mahathir took a different approach as he quietly approached these Zionist leaders,” said the PKR secretary-general.

“The revelation only confirms PKR’s assertion that Mahathir and Najib to stop playing riddles as their hypocrisy stands out.

"For PKR, we will continue with the peace efforts in the Middle East in order to seek justice for the Palestinians,” he added.

Recently, Anwar came under attack by Umno and BN media following an interview with the Wall Street Journal where he was wrongly quoted and told to apologise .

However, Anwar said he was backing the two-state solution for Palestine and Israel.