Mahathir Mohamad Quotes

He thought that the Israeli policy of dealing with Arab terrorism was too weak. His view was that the same kind of terror practiced by some Arab terrorist groups, without regard to the lives of innocent civilians, should be adopted by Israel. His view was that since Israel was accused of terrorism when it had measured, pinpoint targeting of terrorists, especially when there was unintended collateral damage, Israel might as well adopt real terrorism that would be much more effective by having the entire Arab population in fear of their life rather than just being inconvenienced or even humiliated. He violated Israeli law and was even jailed for making terrorism plans.

The irony was that Breen was in charge of the Motion Picture censorship at a time when he personally could block any motion picture from being exhibited by withholding the Hollywood Production Seal of Approval. He was not only a virulent anti-Semitic but prohibited things like scenes with a double bed rather than twin beds for married couples.

This quotation was uncovered in 2010 when more of the Nixon White House tapes were relaeased. Nixon tended to have the worst stereotyped view of all minority groups.

German Jewish scientists were at first unwelcome and discriminated against as the Nazi’s gained power, Then they were banned from participating in most university and other scientific projects and institutes, Many began to leave Germany, and then the remaining ones were sent to concentration camps and mostly murdered. But the ones who had escaped came mostly to England and America. Before this started, Germany had the best physics research in the world. By the end of the war, the “German Jewish Scientists (like Albert Einstein) not only were helping to make America the world’s best physics research center, but were instrumental in developing the atomic bomb which Nazi Germany could not develop because there were not enough great scientists left.

After the Russian Revolution he fought both the Whites and the Reds. He finally lost to the Reds and was banished. Both the Red and White armies went on pogroms and attacked Jews. The Whites were the worst and did so with the complicity of their officers by and large. The Reds, under Symon Petliura issued orders {617892} against pogroms but didn’t enforce it much. Makhno’s troops had some minor anti-Semitic activity but he disciplined them harshly. Specifically he had them shot. None the less, the few incidents were publicized by both the Reds and the Whites who were themselves engaged in the worst anti-Semitic behavior used their exaggeration as propaganda against Makhno and his army.

Russia at the time would not allow Jews to leave the country under the theory that The Soviet Union had paid to educate them and their skills were too valuable to allow them to emigrate to other nations without some compensation for Russia. Meanwhile there was immense pent up pressure for Jews to immigrate to the U. S., Israel, Europe, even parts of South America and Asia. Russia finally changed their policies and millions of Jews and non-Jews emigrated.

Vladimir Lenin. Despite Lenin’s abhorrence of anti-Semitism, there were any other Russians for whom it was normal. After Lenin’s death, Stalin and his henchmen used anti-Semitism to divert attention from the Communist Party’s failure to meet its economic and other goals.

Constantine the Great. Roman Emperors saw Christians as their most dangerous foes. However, Constantine converted to Christianity and ceased the vicious persecution of the Christians. As politicians in many societies need scapegoats to blame for various problems, and the Christians were no longer available, the Jews then became the targeted scapegoats.