The Caucus for the Improvement of Malaysia-Israel Relations (CIMIR) is an independent, privately-funded and operated discussion and lobbying group aimed at promoting the restoration of cordial political and economic relations between Malaysia and Israel, in the hope that such relations will engender . The Caucus aims to generate awareness of previous good relations between both countries, and through debate, analysis and discussion to use
The Caucus is not a partisan entity, and its views essentially reflect the multi-dimensional spectrum of opinion of its members, rather than the official views of public bodies . The Caucus aims to pronouncements
The question is not about whether Israel has or has not fulfilled its international obligations to , or whether the Palestinian community is deserving of their own sovereign state.
The modalities of the Israeli-Palestinian problem are multifaceted, intricate and have defied and invariably continue to defy . Given the subjective character of politics , accusations of Israeli can just as easily and validly be countered by criticisms of Palestinian . We like to think of modern society being more civilized and than our antecedents, yet we remain loathe to admit that we have not yet graduated from old habits of
The bipolar Cold War world order that shaped the contemporary Middle Eastern political is no longer practical and continued reliance on the four-power framework in our changed socio-economic environment will not solve the crisis. In an era where , responsibilities have become shared and countries once geographically dissociated from the local vicissitudes of a regional conflict, are now finding themslves compelled by to take collective ownership of problems they once regarded as . The is thirsty for newer influences bringing fresher solutions and ideas that are more representative of our contemporary, post-bipolar world. National governments no longer possess the comfort of being able to
Attendantly, whereas traditional religious and cultural rivalries once commingled with a clearly bifurcated global ideological divide to , the de-ideologization of the international system coupled with the ascendancy of
About the Founder
Aiman grew up in the United Kingdom before moving to Malaysia later in his childhood. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Nottingham in the UK, after which he sought admission to the New York State Bar and followed a foreign policy program at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Coming from Malaysian Muslim origins, he is an ardent advocate of greater Muslim-Jewish interaction at the culturo-religious, political and social levels, and believes that only through proactive engagement between Israel and the Islamic World will a comprehensive and durable peace in Palestine and the greater Middle East be realistically achievable. He presently works in the governmental sector.
