'Support oppressed, not the oppressor' (HL).

Byline: Ili Liyana Mokhtar; Syed Umar Ariff

KUALA LUMPUR: TWO Pas leaders have expressed displeasure with opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's "I support all efforts to protect the security of the state of Israel" remarks in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

"It is our job to be with those who are oppressed and not the oppressor, which in this case is Israel," said Pas Dewan Ulama vice-chief Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed yesterday, when contacted by the New Straits Times.

Pas Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan did not make a direct reference to the WSJ interview in a Saturday Facebook posting in which he offered severe criticism of any attempt to …