KUALA LUMPUR – The government will cooperate with local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, to ensure the donations collected reach the right beneficiaries through the right channels.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said several measures were being drawn up to ensure smooth cooperation and for the humanitarian mission to succeed.
“We will do the best we can. Insya-Allah, we will plan how to increase aid to the Palestinian people, especially those who have lost their homes and are in need of medicatl treatment.
“We will call them (NGOs) to discuss the matter and for them be our strategic partners, to ensure that the assistance reaches the beneficiaries,” he told reporters after leading solat hajat (prayer of need) for the safety of the Palestinian people at Masjid Jamek Ibnu Khaldun here today.
Yesterday, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah decreed that all mosques and surau nationwide hold solat hajat and doa selamat after Maghrib today, to seek Allah’s mercy to protect the Palestinians from the Israeli regime. – Bernama, May 17, 2021
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