WP Punggol GRC Siti Alia's Deadly Stroke: MOE's Mishandling of Palestine Issue sent Shivers down Lawrence Wong's Spine

[True Believer]

And the Hamas attack just came out of the blue, no previous trigger, no context? Turning a blind eye to 76 years of Israeli apartheid, atrocities and genocide since the founding of Israel?

By your logic, it is acceptable for the Malays to try to topple the S'pore Govt to retake this land by force because the original inhabitants of S'pore were primarily the Orang Laut.

 

[True Believer]

If my neighbour crosses the fence into my home, kills my wife and kidnaps my children, I will rescue my offspring by all means necessary, and ensure that he never repeats his aggression against my family ever again.

 

[superpower]

By your logic, it is acceptable for the Malays to try to topple the S'pore Govt to retake this land by force because the original inhabitants of S'pore were primarily the Orang Laut.

Right analogy, wrong application.

If we were to liken the separation of Malaya into modern (West) Malaysia and Singapore to the separation of British Palestine into Israel and the Palestinian state, then what Israel did to the Palestinian state (West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza) since its founding would be akin to Singapore invading Johore and occupying it, embargoing its trade, putting a curfew on the Johoreans, starving them; and massacring them if they dared to bomb so much as an MRT station in Woodlands.

Which of course Singapore didn't do. Otherwise the Malaysians would be justified in launching a war to reclaim Singapore.

 

[True Believer]

Right analogy, wrong application. If we were to liken the separation of Malaya into modern (West) Malaysia and Singapore to the separation of British Palestine into Israel and the Palestinian state, then what Israel did to the Palestinian state (West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza) since its founding would be akin to Singapore invading Johore and occupying it, embargoing its trade, putting a curfew on the Johoreans, starving them; and massacring them if they dared to bomb so much as an MRT station in Woodlands. Which of course Singapore didn't do. Otherwise the Malaysians would be justified in launching a war to reclaim Singapore.

Do you consider yourself a moderate even though you support a terrorist organisation like Hamas?

 

[duluxe]

Best not to mix foreign politicis with domestic bread butter issues. It is more important that Malay candidates connect with Singaporeans at large. Otherwise, PAPPY dogs will try to dig out your facebook history and throw shades at you.

Why do PAP in the first place preached a very SENSITIVE and International issue to impressionable school kids? Now they contradicted themselves! It has been turned into a local issue by MOE not WP.

 

[True Believer]

The PAP are quite chickenshit when it comes to dealing with those from the Moon Cult. Smol balls and smol penis shrink and retract back into the groin, it becomes a CB.

The SG Govt is afraid that Islamic extremists will start attacking the locals like in Europe if they don't pander to them.

 

[rocket]

@NanoSpeed your eastern depot dog k1976 barking frantically now. Please keep it in hand. Leash this dog up with a metal chain and or put a muzzle on it's cheebye chui.
Kum sia

 

[3_M]

The SG Govt is afraid that Islamic extremists will start attacking the locals like in Europe if they don't pander to them.

PAP is afraid of Muslims, not just Muslim terrorists and extremists.

Else how could they blatantly park their car illegally at the side of the road every Friday without getting a ticket?

 

[3_M]

There is too much of activism in her. Not a good fit for WP.

 

[True Believer]

PAP is afraid of Muslims, not just Muslim terrorists and extremists.
Else how could they blatantly park their car illegally at the side of the road every Friday without getting a ticket?

The whole of S'pore is wondering what sort of immunity these Muslims enjoy as far as illegal parking on Friday is concerned. I drove past Chai Chee Street at lunchtime today, and was flabbergasted that the TP and Certis officers were onsite to direct traffic around the obstruction caused instead of issuing summonses to the illegally parked vehicles. There were even vacant lots at the HDB carparks within walking distance to the mosque.

 

[True Believer]

There is too much of activism in her. Not a good fit for WP.

Siti Alia would be more effective as an activist like these 2.

 

[3_M]

Siti Alia would be more effective as an activist like these 2.
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I rather WP lost Ponggol than to have another Raesaah. The last thing I want is for the party to be hijacked by religious extremists.

 

[True Believer]

I rather WP lost Ponggol than to have another Raesaah. The last thing I want is for the party to be hijacked by religious extremists.

The WP made a major blunder with Raesaah Khan who is a racist, religious extremist, serial liar and traitor all rolled into one.

 

[3_M]

The WP made a major blunder with Raesaah Khan who is a racist, religious extremist, serial liar and traitor all rolled into one.

This is the problem when you didn't assess her aptitude through a period of what groundworks. Just give her a free pass to candidacy by virtue of her minority status.

 

[superpower]

Do you consider yourself a moderate even though you support a terrorist organisation like Hamas?

I don't support terrorism; neither do I condone apartheid and genocide.

What I'm saying is that the Israeli-Palestinian issue is much more complicated than the reductionist narrative of one random isolated terrorist attack inviting a massive state retaliation. It goes back to the British mandate and the tumultuous events leading to the founding of Israel and the endless bloodshed after. There are no angels in this longstanding conflict.

 

[A Singaporean]

m&ds wake up. Do the right on May 3rd. You have support PAP without reservation. For fuck sake WAKE UP.

 

[UltimaOnline]

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/m...Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1745566999

 

[shock888]

Best not to mix foreign politicis with domestic bread butter issues. It is more important that Malay candidates connect with Singaporeans at large. Otherwise, PAPPY dogs will try to dig out your facebook history and throw shades at you.

This issue wont go away though PAP Elites hope it would. Malay community feels strongly on this issue.

 

[duluxe]

A speech by The Workers' Party (WP) new face Siti Alia Abdul Rahim Mattar has resulted in online discourse regarding candidates speaking on global issues at election rallies.

At the party's first rally for General Election (GE) 2025 on April 25, the 43-year-old lawyer said that while Singaporeans meet their MPs to discuss "bread and butter issues", they would also like to "discuss the effects of certain laws or the government's positions on certain global issues".

"The concern for the humanitarian crisis in Palestine crosses the boundaries of race and religion. It is something that many Singaporeans, regardless of their ethnicity and beliefs, have expressed concern about," she said.

Clips of Siti Alia making these statements were stitched together and shared on Reddit with the title "WP's Siti Alia declares Palestine is important global issue, more important than bread and butter Punggol issues?"

This prompted a heated debate among netizens, some of whom criticised her for mentioning the topic during a GE rally.

One such comment read: "We are talking about Singapore and Singapore's policies and government. Singapore is so small, what use would that have on Palestine, which is halfway across the world?"

"We have matters that need to be fixed within Singapore borders and this topic being mentioned in a Singapore GE rally makes things very unappealing to me," read another comment.

Netizens who claimed they were at the rally in person wrote that they saw people "turn around and walk off" upon Siti Alia's mention of the topic.

Some other commenters, however, pointed out that she did not say the Israel-Hamas conflict took priority over local matters, adding that the post was misleading.

One such netizen wrote: "She didn't say in verbatim that the Palestine cause is more important than bread and butter issues in the video. That was inferred by [the Reddit post]."

"Her point is that such an important and sensitive global issue was inserted into the MOE curriculum without consulting parents. I don't think her intention was to express any stance on this issue," wrote another commenter.

'We want healthy discourse'​

Siti Alia, who is a candidate for Punggol GRC, had started her speech by addressing concerns regarding the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.

She then brought up the Ministry of Education's (MOE) Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) lesson on the Israel-Hamas conflict, which sparked online discussion and parliament debate in 2024.

MOE eventually revised the lesson to make it better scoped for students of different age groups and provided teachers delivering it with additional support.

Siti Alia questioned why parents were not asked for consent before their children were taught that lesson.

"I put forward this example to show how much it means to the average Singaporean to have their voices heard. After all, the elected officials are elected in order to be the voice of Singaporeans," she said.

"This is where I hope that myself and my colleagues from The Workers' Party can help. No issue brought up by a constituent will be too trivial or unimportant to be raised. We want healthy discourse to take place," she added.

She was addressing some 10,000 attendees at a field along Anchorvale Crescent on April 24, alongside 12 other WP election candidates.

While it was the party's first physical rally since 2015, the long absence did not dampen the enthusiasm of rally-goers, who began trudging into the muddy field nearly two hours before the first speaker took to the stage.

 

[ftan42]

can let off your stream of frustration at the ballot box on 3rd May polling day