1MDB-LINKED AUSSIE LEADERS, WHO HELPED ANZ & NAJIB TO COVER UP, NOW RUSH TO ATTACK MAHATHIR AS GOLDMAN SINKS & U.S. DOJ RELENTLESS: DR M MAY HAVE ERRED IN HIS ‘HOOK-NOSED JEWS’ REMARKS – BUT WHAT IS CANBERRA’S ULTERIOR MOTIVE IN ALL-OUT BID TO UNDERMINE HIM?

AUSTRALIA HAS A HISTORY OF UNDERMINING MAHATHIR, SO WHY DOES HIS OPINION ON THE EMBASSY MOVE MATTER?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg scolding Mahathir seem to be  the fighting words of a proud Jew and Australian,  but unfortunately  history proves otherwise.

First , many who know Mahathir ,and that would include senior figures in  Australia (Bob Carr does not count,but ask Bob Hawke), would  not consider Mahathir anti-semetic despite his public statements.

They would understand that his reference to hook-nosed Jews  is in the same vein as his description of his own Malay Muslim coreligionist  as being  ” unproductive, corrupt and dishonest”.

However there  are ongoing attempts in Australia to undermine Mahathir in every way. The latest attempt, which appears to be linked to an umbrella effort to insulate Australian personalities from Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal,  has involved  the NSW Department Of the Attorney General And Justice asserting as credible  claims on the “Thirdforce” website that Mahathir paid this writer US 1 Million ,which was then used to fabricate stories about ex-PM Najib which were ultimately put to air by ABC 4 Corners.

This comes after the fact that Australia’s ex-PM Turnbull went out of his way to honour ex-PM Najib despite the US DOJ’s actions in seizing assets that were  acquired by Najib’s relatives and associates with money stolen from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, even as Mahathir led an ultimately successful campaign to remove Najib , given that theft.

Mahathir had on many occasions just prior to the Turnbull-Najib public display of affection  called on Australia to join with the US, Switzerland and Singapore to help recover money stolen from 1MDB, but to no avail.

Having ignored him for so long , the  Australian pretense that   Mahathir’s opinion matters is laughable, Moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem matters to Malaysia and  Mahathir  as much as  Australia’s same sex marriage laws. PM Scott Morrison and Treasurer Frydenberg know this.

The real question here is why the government they lead is now looking for excuses not to make the move. That has to do with Australian opposition to Israel in favour of  Palestine ,which can be found even among Australian Jews. Readers should not be surprised that there would be among  Australia’s Jewish population opposition to moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem. For an example of that muddle headed thinking, consider their treatment of Raphi Israeli.

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http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2018/09/alex-turnbull-was-involved-in.html

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-by Ganesh Sahathevan

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