By Asmahanim Amir
Pictures by Abdul Raai Osman

BANGI, 29 Dec 2017 – President of the United State of America (US), Donald Trump has done big crime when he is declaring Jerusalem as the new capital of Israel.

Deputy Legal Advisor of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Assoc Prof Dr Salawati Mat Basir said Trump’s actions have been violated an international law for not respecting the decisions of the Security Council concerning the position of Jerusalem.

Trump also has not looked at international law stating that Jerusalem should not be dealt with unilaterally but in conjunction with stakeholders.

“The only conditions of the reconciliation are Jerusalem must be the capital of Kota Palestine,” she said at the 41^st Bicara Persada titled ‘Trump VS Dunia: BaitulMaqdis (Jerusalem) Milik Siapa?’, here at Perdana Chancellory, recently.

She is also one of the Jury of International Legal or Opinion Jurists representing Malaysia said that,  organization is currently drafting the draft for declaring Trump is doing war crimes.

“The draft is expected to be submitted to the Security Council United Nations (UN) 2018 so that appropriate action could be done against the US President,” she added.

Assoc Prof Dr Salawati said Trump clearly has violated four laws and UN resolutions passed in respect of the status of Jerusalem.

I hope the rest of the world countries, especially Muslim countries together against the Trump actions, she said.

The Forum conducted by Al-Hijrah TV host, Wan Kamarudin Wan Ibrahim also lined by three other panel members, namely, the Deputy Director of Research and Development, the Center of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Lecturer of the Deaprtment of Civilization and Arab Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies UKM, Dr Azmul Fahmi Kamaruzaman and Chief Executive Officer of Aman Palestin Berhad, Awang Suffian Awang Piut.