The following is my answer to a Quora
question: “Will
Singapore come to Israel’s aid if it is attacked by the Arabs militarily?”
If you had bothered to look at the map,
you would notice that Singapore and Israel are not exactly close. Between Singapore and Israel are all the Arab
nations that would conceivably attack Israel. Singapore is also surrounded by
Muslim-majority nations. If there were
such a conflict, regardless of how close Singapore and Israel are
diplomatically, Singapore is in no position to send any form of military aid. Whatever we would consider sending would have
to go through several thousand kilometres of hostile territory, whether by sea
or by air. Military aid for Israel is
likely to come through the Mediterranean coast, from European and American
assets based in the region, not from Singapore running through the gauntlet of
the Red Sea, and then the Suez Canal. That
would be a suicide mission.
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