Should Singapore speak up against genocide?

I saw this Facebook post from GinnySaidSo, titled "Singapore, please voice your concern". 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1PJ9aHoyBm/

One would think that as a small nation, Singapore would root for another small nation [Palestine], and stand up against the destruction of another nation and its people (aka genocide) by its stronger and well-backed neighbour. But there is more to consider...

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PUBLIC ORDER ACT

Singapore has changed a lot in some ways, and yet also very little after 15+ years in other areas.

It is really unfortunate that the organizer was not careful enough to declare the kite flying event as a private invitation-only event and proceed as such. Singaporeans are generally well aware of the "no public political events without a police permit" rule. [The last I remember "4 or more" is considered a gathering.] That the situation has escalated to the organizer being charged is really unfortunate. I hope that this lady has good lawyers besides her awesome compassion. 

For a country that keeps wanting to encourage creativity and entrepreneurship, Singapore has too many restrictive rules that figuratively shoot itself in the foot before even leaving the starting line. 😥

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GLOBAL DEPENDENCY 

On which side of the fence Singapore sits... It is a tiny nation whose survival depends on a stable world-order.

Singapore's 1st army was trained by Israeli army after its sudden independence back in 1965. The Israel army wasn't a first choice; it was a "no other options" available choice. Go search publicly available history and one would find out how Singapore was abandoned by those it thought were allies back then. 

Then there is also the situation of Singapore's global economic dependency. Again, as a tiny nation whose survival depends on the goodwill of many other nations -- it has to tread carefully in a dynamically changing world. 

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BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Can Singapore afford to publicly call out a genocide? The bigger question is how many of the bigger and more powerful nations have called out the genocide and took actions beyond "strongly worded condemnations"? 

Having said that, unfortunately, Singapore may be left behind in the new world order if this drags on too long. At some point, one not only has to be on the right side of history, but also has *to be seen* as being on the right side of history. Just look at Malaysia's ascension in BRICS and its growing & glowing global influence. Malaysia is on the right side of history for this.

Honestly, IMHO, Singapore's leadership has a very tough balancing act during this period of global instability. I wish them the very best of luck.