Israel Matzav: Mahathir: 'Jews had to be periodically massacred'

Mahathir: 'Jews had to be periodically massacred'

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was back in the new this week, telling the self-styles Conference for the Support of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) that the US faked the 9/11 attacks as an excuse to go to war with Muslims.

He also came up with this gem:

The former premier also blamed Jews for hindering progress in US foreign policy. Voicing his disappointment that Barack Obama had not yet ended the war in Afghanistan or closed the US terror detention center at Guantanamo, he explained that “there are forces in the United States which prevent the president from doing some things. One of the forces is the Jewish lobby.”

Jews “had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived and they held whole governments to ransom,” Mahathir said.

“Even after their massacre by the Nazis of Germany, they survived to continue to be a source of even greater problems for the world.”

Sounds just like Stephen Walt, doesn't he?

But Andrew Bolt asks the frightening question that we should be asking: For how many Muslims does Mahathir speak?

Read the whole thing (Hat Tip: Dave H).

Israel Matzav: Mahathir: 'Jews had to be periodically massacred'