Australia's treasurer attacks Malaysian PM Mahathir for 'antisemitic' comments

Josh Frydenberg escalates row over possible move of Australia’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem, saying Mahathir has ‘form’ for derogatory comments about Jews

Australia’s treasurer has hit back at Mahathir Mohamad’s warning that Australia moving its embassy in Israel could add to terrorism by citing a history of anti-semitic remarks by the Malaysian prime minister.

The deputy Liberal leader, Josh Frydenberg, accused Mahatir of having form in making “derogatory comments” about Jews in the past, including calling them “hook-nosed”, questioning the number of people killed in the Holocaust and banning the classic Holocaust film Schindler’s List.

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