He said with the change of governments since the last general election (GE14), he had seen very little being done to help the Palestinians, including leaders raising their cause at international forums.

“What have we done for them? Very little since BN fell in 2018. I urge the government to do more to defend our Muslim brothers there,” he said in a Facebook post today, adding that the current government should “walk the talk”.

He compared the lack of action to all the previous efforts by the Barisan Nasional administration to help the Palestinians.

Najib said throughout his tenure as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, he had not only consistently condemned the atrocities against the Palestinians, including at the United Nations assembly, but had also provided much welfare assistance to them.

“The government today is not doing enough. I can only hope that it is still concerned with the Palestinian issue. Don’t just talk, walk the talk,” he said.

He said there were many Malaysian groups, including student bodies abroad who were doing their best to highlight the Palestinian issue to the world and he urged the government not to let their hard work go to waste.

Citing the current situation with hundreds of Palestinians being killed due to the attacks by Israel, he urged the international community to condemn the atrocities and violence there and bring an end to the conflict.

Yesterday, Israeli planes continued to launch attacks on the Gaza Strip with Hamas fighters responding by firing rockets into Israel as the battle entered a fifth night with US and Arab diplomats seeking an end to the violence.