Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader, MP Rauff Hakeem, has criticised the government over its recent statement regarding Israel's attack on Qatar, linked to the ongoing conflict with Palestine.

In a statement, Hakeem accused the Foreign Ministry of repeatedly failing to differentiate "between an occupier and the occupied, between an air attack and an incident, or worse, between mercenary behaviour and solidarity with victims."

He further alleged that the government appeared to be in "tactical or strategic collusion" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his administration - not only in relation to crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly Gaza, but also in extending sup...