KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 24, SPA -- MALAYSIA WON’T CONSIDERESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH ISRAEL UNTIL THE JEWISHSTATE CHANGES ITS POLICIES TOWARD THE PALESTINIANS, AFOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID MONDAY. "TEL AVIV HAS YET TO FULFILL CERTAIN CONDITIONS," FOREIGN MINISTRY PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY AHMAD SHABERY CHEEK WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY, BERNAMA. "THEREFORE, THERE IS NO REASON WHY MALAYSIA SHOULD REVIEW ITS CURRENT STAND." AHMAD SHABERY, SPEAKING IN PARLIAMENT’S LOWER HOUSE,REITERATED MALAYSIA’S DESIRE TO SEE ISRAEL RESOLVE ITSCONFLICT WITH THE PALESTINIANS PEACEFULLY TO TURN HOPES FOR A FREE AND INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE INTO A REALITY. NEVERTHELESS, DESPITE SHUNNING ISRAEL IN DIPLOMATICCHANNELS, MALAYSIA DOESN’T ADVOCATE HATRED TOWARD JEWS, AHMAD SHABERY ADDED. "WE MUST REMIND THE CITIZENS THAT THE JEWS ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES," AHMAD SHABERY SAID. "WHAT WE ARE AGAINST IS THE ZIONISM PRACTICED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN TEL AVIV," THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTED SHABERY AS SAYING. MALAYSIA CURRENTLY CHAIRS THE 57-NATION ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUSLIM POLITICAL GROUPING. --SPA 1338 Local Time 1038 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/355809