The senior statesman also criticized Western powers amid growing global tensions, especially since the onset of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict last October, the report said.
“A lot of injustices are committed, but the U.S. and Europe view these injustices as issues that don’t concern them. They don’t try to stop Israel from committing all kinds of crimes,” he said.
Noting that the U.S. is the world’s biggest arms trader and continually produces new weapons, Mahathir claimed it is in Americans’ interest to see wars fought elsewhere, Nikkei Asia said.
“There is this belief in the West that to have peace, prepare for war, but that is wrong. Preparing for war ensures war because to make money from selling weapons, people must fight,” he said.
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