PUTRAJAYA (Jan 5, 2009) : Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed has again asked countries who oppose the invasion of Gaza to boycott the greenback as a protest against US’ support for Israel’s invasion. 

Tun Mahathir gestures as he speaks at the Perdana Leadership foundation.  He also lauded Malaysia’s move to initiate the convening of the UN General Assembly to find a solution to the matter as the assembly can override the decision of the security council. 

Blaming the US and Britain for backing the invasion he said: “The dollar is only being used because people accept the greenback as legal tender and if they stop, then the US cannot trade, cannot make money, they will become poor and this will stop them from producing more and more weapons.” 

“People who keep all their money in the US are actually responsible for the manufacturing of weapons which are used to kill people.  That’s what their money is being used for,” said Mahathir, adding America was a bankrupt country with no money or no reserves, so anyone can go against it if they wanted to. 

Mahathir also said while it may be difficult for governments to move, individuals can do their part by boycotting US products. “ Governments cannot force people to drink Coca Cola, and you won’t die because you did not drink any Coca Cola,” he cited as an example. 

Asked if this would affect Malaysia since the US is its largest trading partner, Mahathir said: “There will be a price to pay to do something good, but if you slowly whittle down involvement with the US, then slowly we will get used to it.” 

Mahathir also said: “This is not a religious war.  There are many places where the Jews have been living with Muslims for years. “ There is no animosity towards the local Jews in these places, so this war is not religious but territorial .” 

Mahathir said: “The US who is the ‘policeman of the world’ has given its full backing to the invasion.  No candidate in America can afford to say they don’t support the Jews. 

“US president-elect Barack Obama’s deputy (Joe Biden) gave an interview saying I’m not a Jew but I’m a Zionist so you can expect the new administration’s stand on this.  I don’t think that anyone can be as bad as (George) Bush, so I think that it’s the best of a bad choice,” he said when asked if Obama can make a change. FIRMA MULTINASIONAL BERKAITAN DENGAN YAHUDI PROMOSIKAN HALAL MALAYSIA