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Meanwhile, some Malaysians were disquieted by incidents of Palestinian flags being hung next to the Jalur Gemilang, Malaysia’s national flag, at some locations.

Malaysia “also decided to no longer accept ships using the Israeli flag to dock in the country” and ban “any ship on its way to Israel from loading cargo in Malaysian ports”.

After much delay and cautious discussion, Palestine will now have a flag of its own, government officials have informed the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.

Malaysia’s government announced Wednesday that it was imposing a ban on all Israeli owned and flagged ships, as well as any vessels headed to Israel, from docking at its ports.

It was a lesson for me as in Malaysia or even in the United Kingdom or the United States, it was common for us to carry the Palestine flags in Malaysia as a form of support for these oppressed people.

Protesters wave the Palestinian and Lebanese flags on the steps to the Rhode Island State House on March 17, 2025. Getty Images Buses pass by Providence City Hall on May 28, 2020.