Malaysia's PM talks about importance of free speech - while government blocks Israeli web traffic

This past week, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke to Columbia University and said,

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? I didn’t protest, I didn’t demonstrate.

We have to be willing to listen to views which are not in our favor because of free speech. Free speech is about free speech. When you say, ‘no, you cannot say this, you cannot be anti-Semitic,’ then there is no more free speech.

Does Malaysia really treasure free speech?

Arnold Roth tried to get to some Malaysian government websites from Israel - and found that they were blocked.

He asked around and saw that they only blocked for Israeli IP addresses - people in the US and India could get to them. (One example is https://www.pmo.gov.my. )

It's so funny how people justify their hate by invoking liberal concepts that they personally trample upon.

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