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Anwar Ibrahim can leverage American reactions to the war in Gaza to develop relations with the United States.
Galvanised by Israel’s ongoing bombing of Gaza following Hamas’s October 2023 attack, Malaysian Muslims have boycotted Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and other franchises with enough fervour to oblige some outlets to close. Protesters fault their parent companies for US support for Israel, although local owners and staff are overwhelmingly Malaysian and bereft of US foreign-policy clout. But American responses to the hostilities…
