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Israeli ambassador urges Middle East conflict stay out of Thailand
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Israel’s ambassador to Thailand has played down concerns that recent protests and disputes involving Israeli visitors reflect antisemitism, while acknowledging cultural differences and cases of poor behaviour by some Israelis.
Key facts
- Speaking to AFP yesterday, September 15, at the embassy in Bangkok, Alona Fisher-Kamm said Thailand and Israel needed to prevent tensions from the Middle East conflict from spilling into relations between Israelis and Thais.
- Israel’s ambassador to Thailand has played down concerns that recent protests and disputes involving Israeli visitors reflect antisemitism, while acknowledging cultural differences and cases of poor behaviour by some Israelis.
- More than 420,000 Israelis visited Thailand last year, according to AFP, with the country particularly popular among young Israelis after completing compulsory military service.
- We have to work together to make sure that the conflict in the Middle East is not imported here to Thailand.”
Summary
Speaking to AFP yesterday, September 15, at the embassy in Bangkok, Alona Fisher-Kamm said Thailand and Israel needed to prevent tensions from the Middle East conflict from spilling into relations between Israelis and Thais.
“We have to work together to make sure that the conflict in the Middle East is not imported here to Thailand.”