Prabowo backs Palestine, offers rare security pledge to Israel in bold UN speech

JAKARTA – In a fiery debut at the United Nations General Assembly, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto thumped the lectern as he walked a delicate diplomatic line – pledging continued support for a Palestine state while offering an unprecedented security assurance to Israel.

For the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and a long-time critic of Israel, the pledge marks Indonesia’s boldest reference to the Jewish state at a major international forum, though practical policy shifts remain uncertain in a country where anti-Israel sentiment runs deep.