The History of the Look-To-Israel Idea in Malaysia (1957-2003)

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject History - Asia, National University of Malaysia, course: History, language: English, abstract: When it's a matter of relations with Israel, the Malaysian government such as on the horns because any incident could impact the government's image in the eyes of the people. A brief review of Malaysia-Israel relations historiography reveals that while there is a large amount of literature on the negative aspects between the two countries, not much is written about the positive aspects of the past, bringing to the Look-To-Israel idea. This study will examine the extent of the Malaysian government's acceptance against Israeli involvement in this country, the sectors involved, contributing to the importance of this study because it identifies the scale and scope of the relationship between Israel and Malaysia despite the absence of diplomatic relations over the years. Answers to these questions will provide the basis for determining and understanding the level of relations between the Israeli government and the Malaysian government.

Currently working as AIA Premier Financial Advisor, Dr. Uqbah Iqbal was born in the United States and emigrated to Malaysia at the age of six. Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, he was the recipient of Research University Fellowship Scheme from the National University of Malaysia, MyBrain 15 (MyPhD) Postgraduate Scholarship Programme from Ministry of Education Malaysia, Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the National University of Malaysia as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of the National University of Malaysia. He's authoring 67 books/ebooks and his 218 articles appeared in international and national journals. Until now, he has published 383 publications and reviewed 1,475 manuscripts and articles for journals and conferences. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 7 of his reviewed books received 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Awards. In 2016, OMICS Publishing Group recognized him as a Valuable Author, Editor and Reviewer under Management Journals Category. In 2017, Scientific Federation recognized him as one of the brilliant and most gifted minds of this century; International Agency for Standards and Ratings recognized him as the World Champion in Social Science (Sept - Oct), the World Champion in Humanities (Oct - Nov), the World Champion in Social Science (Nov), the World Champion in Humanities (Nov) and the World Champion in Social Science (Nov); Scientific & Academic Publishing Co. recognized him as an expert, have an international reputation and extensive experience in the field of social science; Health Science Journal recognized his work asthe utmost valuable and an eminent source of information in the field of health science; Nessa Journal ofSocial and Political Science recognized him as one of the outstanding researchers in the field of Social and Political Science and Scientia Ricerca recognized his work asthe utmost valuable and an eminent source of information to a wide range of research community. He is the First Malaysian Historian that has his own 3 special issue journals, most journal articles and considers himself as the last Malaysian historian from his generation. Currently, there are 118 book companies around the world who are selling his books/ebooks.