[lbo-talk] Interview w/Mahathir Mohamad

[Joseph Wanzala]

....as you know, this issue was discussed at some length on this list. I 
simply thought this was interesting follow-up, especially as he is being 
interviewed in the *Israeli* press. I'd be more interested in what the 
response was from people in Israel. Mahathir is a complex figure, since he 
seems to have close Jewish friends and even conducted extensive 
correspondence with Yitzhak Rabin, I think the 'bigot' label is too, um, 
simplistic. He was also something of a tyrant, though he steered the 
Malaysian economy in a fairly prudent fashion. It is interesting to 
juxtapose Mahthir's remarks with those of the enigmatic George Soros:  Soros 
also said that he has personally contributed to anti-Semitism. Soros 
believes that Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohammad, was referring to 
people like Soros when he said, “Jews rule the world by proxy.” Soros' 
projects and funding have influenced governments and promoted various 
political causes around the world.
http://judaism.about.com/library/2_americanjewry/bl_soros.htm


>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
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>Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Interview w/Mahathir Mohamad
>Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 16:20:09 -0400
>
>Joseph Wanzala quoted:
>
>>The only focus was on what I said
>>about the Jews indirectly controlling the world.
>
>How wacky to focus on a remark like that!
>
>I'm curious if you thought this interview made MM sound better than his 
>image in the west, or only confirmed one's worst suspicions that he's a 
>bigot.
>
>Doug
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