Times of Israel: At Columbia, Malaysian leader says Holocaust victim numbers debatable. ‘Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews?’ asks Mahathir Mohamad, citing right to free speech

The prime minister of Malaysia defended his past anti-Semitic statements and questioned the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust in a speech at Columbia University Wednesday.

“I am exercising my right to free speech. Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews, when a lot of people say nasty things about me, about Malaysia, and I didn’t protest, I didn’t demonstrate?” Mahathir Mohamad said in response to a question from an audience member.

Mohamad, who was speaking at the college’s World Leaders Forum, has called Jews “hook-nosed,” said they “rule the world by proxy” and questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. He also has said that he is “glad to be labeled anti-Semitic.”

Warum nur ist dem so?

“I am exercising my right to free speech. Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews, when a lot of people say nasty things about me, about Malaysia, and I didn’t protest, I didn’t demonstrate?” Mahathir Mohamad said in response to a question from an audience member.

Liegt es vielleicht daran, daß Voltaire mit seiner Bemerkung, *wenn Sie wissen wollen, wer die wahre Macht hat, müssen Sie fragen, wen Sie nicht kritisieren dürfen*, den neuralgischen Punkt getroffen hat?

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*Die Demokratie bildet die spanische Wand, hinter der sie ihre Ausbeutungsmethode verbergen, und in ihr finden sie das beste Verteidigungsmittel gegen eine etwaige Empörung des Volkes*, (Francis Delaisi).