Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) is amused by allegations that Israelis offered DAP US$300 million (about RM1.2 billion) in the last general election to build an airbase in Port Dickson if it captured Putrajaya.

Amanah vice-president Mujahid Yusof Rawa said the claims by PAS research director Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki on Dec 30 sounded like the “Joke of the Year”.

“How can I respond to a joke? I thought we are DAP stooges, now we are Israel’s,” Mujahid told Malaysiakini .

“How many stooges does DAP have now? If they could have so much money, why doesn’t DAP buy Umno out then?

“Asking me to respond to this is a humiliation to my level of consciousness. It’s unthinkable and unimaginable for any politician to respond to this especially from Amanah,” he added.

Mujahid said it is unthinkable that an opposition party would offer a hostile government to set up an airbase in Malaysia, when it had yet to secure Putrajaya.

He added that while Malaysia does not have diplomatic ties with Israel, it continues to have business interest in the country.

“Why doesn’t Zuhdi question this?” Mujahid asked his former colleague.

The Parit Buntar MP was among those defeated in the last party’s internal polls in June last year.

They left to form Gerakan Harapan Baru which eventually became a political party, Amanah, and was launched last September.

Israel-link accusations nothing new

Mujahid said accusations of opposition leaders being linked to Israel are nothing new.

In the past, such accusations targeted former opposition leader and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibahim but there was no proof, Mujahid noted.

“It came to a point where even PAS was accused of copying the slogan “PAS for ALL” from Israel,” Mujahid recalled.

However, Mujahid said this is the first time he had ever heard about allegations involving DAP and Israel, and wonders where Zuhdi gets his information from.

“Umno is not attacking DAP and Amanah anymore, this work is now done by PAS,” Mujahid quipped.

The DAP has dismissed Zuhdi’s allegations as “ ridiculous ”, and party leaders said they are mulling legal action on the matter.