Malaysia’s prime minister again insisted that Jews rule the world. Mahathir Mohammad told the Bangkok Post that the media ignored the rest of a speech he delivered to an Islamic conference last week, in which he said he condemned suicide bombings and violence, focusing instead on comments about Jews that were widely considered anti-Semitic. “The reaction of the world shows they do control the world,” Mohammad reiterated Monday.
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