Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel: report

By Daniel Tencer
Sunday, May 16, 2010 13:51 EST
Print
 
 

Famed academic and political dissident Noam Chomsky was detained for three hours by Israeli border guards before being denied entry into the country on Sunday, Israeli news sources report.

Chomsky, who is of Jewish extraction and has long been a fierce critic of Israel, told a TV station in Israel that a border guard said Chomsky had “written things that the Israeli government didn’t like.”

“I suggested [the interrogator try to] find any government in the world that likes anything I say,” Chomsky said, as quoted at Ha’aretz.

According to the Jerusalem Post, “some sources say [Chomsky] was told unofficially there was an order from on high to turn him back because of his political views.”

Chomsky, a renowned linguistics expert who teaches at MIT, has been an outspoken critic of Israeli foreign policy and US policy towards Israel for years. In 2006, during the Israel-Lebanon war, Chomsky called Israel’s bombing of Beirut “a serious breach of international law” for which “there is no legal justification.”

In March of this year, in front of a crowd at Boston University, Chomsky denounced the “slaughter” of Palestinians by Israeli forces and denounced Israel’s “escalating policy of apartheid” towards Palestinians.

According to Ha’aretz, Chomsky was scheduled to give a speech at Bir Zeit University, in the West Bank near Jerusalem. Chomsky arrived at a border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. He was taken for questioning, turned back from Israel and released at around 4:30 p.m. local time.

Palestinian lawmaker Moustafa Barghouti, a moderate who was scheduled to tour the territories with Chomsky, denounced Chomsky’s exclusion, Ynet News reported.

Chomsky has long labeled himself as a “libertarian socialist” or “anarcho-syndicalist,” a form of anarchism. In academic circles, he is widely considered one of the founding father of modern linguistics.

His political books, including Manufacturing Consent and Necessary Illusions, have been slammed by critics as being “subversive” and hailed by supporters as important works deconstructing the political structure of American society.

Daniel Tencer
Daniel Tencer
Share this story >>
Print
 
 
 
By commenting, you agree to our terms of service
and to abide by our commenting policy.
 
  • http://www.taylormarsh.com/2010/05/16/israeli-govenments-thought-police-target-noam-chomsky/ Israeli Govenment’s Thought Police Target Noam Chomsky | Taylor Marsh – TaylorMarsh.com – News, Opinion and Weblog on Progressive Politics

    [...] Moustafa Barghouti has denounced the action, according to Raw Story, via YNet News. [...]

  • marcellus

    Only under zionist pretense can you manufacture a title of ownership to a region after 2000 years of absentism, install a theocratic rule, round up the inhabitants and put them in Gaza camp with an indefinite sentence. Israel is a nightmare. living a manufactured bronzeage philosophy, held hostage by its own clerics and real estate interests.

  • http://SALON WHITE DRAGON

    Let’s call a ‘time out’: Close all the world’s banks and exchanges for 6 months…then we see who comes to the table. America is wallowing in the throes of its ‘final disgrace.’ It must not happen.

  • http://newtwitterblog.com/wordpress/?p=124619 “Verbatim | Israel Denies Noam Chomsky Entry” and related posts « Most Popular News Stories

    [...] Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel: report - Raw Story [...]

  • Anonymous

    The solution is for us to walk away and not look back. When all our citizens and assets are safely home post a warning:Keep your lousy wars inside the mid-east. One attack on us anywhere in the world will result in the annihilation of your country.Zero tolerance.

  • Anonymous

    Have you ever noticed that the majority of the world’s religions are inclusive? The only exclusive religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In order to be considered one of them you must do this or not do that.This is the beginning of the 3rd millenium CE. That bullshit has no place in our modern world.

  • Westcoastliberal

    So now we know “freedom of speech” in Israel depends on the speech. I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't allowed back to the U.S. Chomsky tells the truth as he sees it. Nothing wrong with that.

  • catholieonce

    So, even iin BLOODYISRAEL, Chomsky, a jew, one of the tribe, so to speak. Here we see documentation of the silenced liberals in BLOODYISRAEL. Silenced, just like the slaves of the USofBLOODYISRAEL. No freedom of speech at all, just trumped up propaganda. Neither US or BLOODYISRAEL is a democracy, and hasn't been for a long, long, long time. Like since 2000

  • lucky

    Today, Beck would call Ike a socialist commie.

  • lucky

    No, it’s not the same land. There is a 2-state solution. But, it means Israel needs to allow they Palestinian territories to be free states with no occupation. And they don’t want that. That’s the problem – not ‘one of them move’. BTW: The Israeli’s should be made to give back all the additional land they stole since 1967 or at least since 1990..

  • meggafish

    Why the world doesn't chip in and buy Palestine a new homeland, pay Palestinians a goodly sum to move there and build a nation away from Israel is beyond me. Over 60 years of killing and subterfuge make me believe Israel wants to always be in a state of war with neighbors and Palestinians. If we just gave them the land it would make the world a better place and Israel could stop undermining democracy in the USA and we'd save the billions Israel takes each year.
    Or is it those billions of aid that preclude a settlement?

  • lucky

    ‘Eye for an eye’ leaves the whole world blind.
    ‘Zero tolerance’ leaves the whole world dead before they even know what happened.

  • rawstorysuspect

    Too lazy to read? This award-winning Canadian documentary is the second most successful doc to come out of Canada ever! It is about Chomsky's views of propaganda and a state/corporate-controlled media society, and what it means for democracy, called Manufacturing Consent, available for free on google video:
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-563188…

    (In 2003, this Canadian documentary, called The Corporation, was released and surpassed Manufacturing Consent as the most successful, available free here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-684415… )

  • billfromny

    Christianity also exists in Israel. Do you suppose there's a clandestine faction of the religious right, AKA fundamentalist Christians, there too?

    Sure sounds like it.

  • JustSayin

    Many/most Christ-ians also believe they are God’s chosen. They are just slightly less in your face about admitting it that most Jewish people are. Look at the ultra religious US Congress critters and their little groups/sects like the C Street-ers etc. Mormons also have this as a core belief.

    Religions who do not think that that their observant members will be “God’s chosen” are a minority.

  • margaretpoa

    With each passing day Israel becomes more and more like the very same people who used to oppress Jewish people. Now dissent won't be tolerated. Way to surrender the moral high ground and then dig a hole Israel. Waiting for the tired old “surrounded by enemies” excuse. It's like the jerk of the knee.

  • Anonymous

    We should use Solomon’s logic and threaten to blow up that rock unless they can share.

  • fluminense

    isareal= aterrorist state with no morals whatsoever. Backed by the US/UK.

  • What

    I wouldn't expect anything less from Israel. They already banned Norman Finkelstein from Israel for 10 years.

  • fluminense

    BOYCOTT ISRAEL.

  • What

    Who is, if you're Jew surname ignorant, is also a Jew himself.

  • What

    Indeed.

  • kwertie

    “I suggested [the interrogator try to] find any government in the world that likes anything I say.”

    Good for him!

  • lucky

    Gaza strip is a death camp. Israelis are Nazis. The golden rule: what goes around, comes around.

  • kwertie

    The world should just give Israel formal title to land they stole? And that will give us peace?

    Why Neville Chamberlain, I though you were dead!

  • Notorious Kelly

    Let's give Israel Utah as their promised land.

    They can move there and prosper.

  • Disillusioned

    So much for the pretense of Israeli democracy.

    Is there any remaining moral justification for the perpetuation of the Israeli theocracy?

  • Anonymous

    “It is Israel that justifies Israel and the illegal settlements with religion.”

    I rest my case.

  • meggafish

    What is your solution? 60 more years of war, with the Palestinians armed with rocks and IDF with the latest weaponry from Uncle Sam?

  • What

    Fool did you notice the keyword “justifies”? Do you know the difference between what started the issue and what the justification is? You have not a single clue what this issue is about. Oh no I just got a paper cut…religion did it.

  • mick

    Israel is a pariah .And Chomsky is a populist anarchist,ask him about 911. He is a gatekeeper.

  • What

    Isn’t it sad how many ignorant dumb fucks who have not the inkling of an idea what the Zionists are doing to Palestinians everyday, they just dismiss this complex issue by saying “oh well ya know it is religion, these two need to stop fighting”. These idiots don’t even know the Palestinians’ pain, how much they suffered, what the Zionists are doing to them everyday. They don’t even know why the Palestinians are angry, why they won’t bow down to Israel, why they have determination against Israel. Israel was not created peacefully, those zionists ethnically cleansed them, google naqba ya dumb fucks and then spew your ignorant simplification of “religion is the problem”. This is not a Jew vs Muslim issue, it is a crime against humanity issue.

  • Name

    ya except there has not been a year to date that palestinian rockets have killed in the double digits

  • phil

    They can never be mutually satisfied since they both claim the same rock as the holiest site of their respective beliefs.

  • easterling

    This is a lame attempt to give Chomsky some 'street cred.” Chomsky is a known 'Left Gatekeeper' . . . http://www.bushstole04.com/

  • H.P. Loathecraft

    The notion that Obama is some kind of hostage to the MIC is highly questionable at best. Obama has all the hallmarks of a conservative. He is religious, anti-gay marriage, pro-corporate, escalated America’s engagement in war and curtailed civil liberties and advanced executive power, floated pre-emptive detention, seeks to do away with Miranda rights, actively blocked any investigation into the Bushies, aggressively suppressed any release of information regarding Plamegate in court including that for which Cheney voluntarily waived confidentiality, let the US attorneys scandal slide unchecked, has ignored Bud Siegleman and he just nominated a pro-executive-power conservative to the SCOTUS.
    Are you seeing something liberal in any of that? I’m not.
    You’re probably not delusional but you seem to be exercising some severe wishful thinking at this point.

  • meggafish

    i said “rocks” as in stones.

  • What

    Well said.

  • S in PA

    The fundamentalist Christians in Israel are not clandestine. Their leader is John Hagee and they're buddies with the current Israeli government.

  • meggafish

    Exactly. There is only one solution, someone has got to move.

  • What

    Just like in every epic movie, somebody has to be the chosen one.

  • moxaman

    I already have.

  • Prattvictory

    There's an advertisement accompanying this article saying “there's a little bit of Israel in all of us.”

    Apparently not the case with Mr. Chomsky.

    I'd like a refund on my little bit.

  • Prattvictory

    What? Israel is the only bastion of democracy in the whole area. Certainly this must be a mistake.

  • What

    Rupert Murdoch is a zionist so, yea pretty much everything run by either Zionists or Jews.

  • What

    What

  • Azaz

    It is the internal matter of Israel, to admit or deny admission to anyone. As far as I know this man, he creates trouble by revealing truth about all hypocrites and Israel is no different. He has to stop revealing the inside of hypocrites and liars.

  • Anonymous

    The issue is that some people think that they’re the chosen people of their imaginary sky daddy and that that justifies stealing and occupying land, murdering the natives, etc. And yes, religion is what starts this shit.

  • Live Free or Die

    Actually, some people in the USA have lost “freedom of speech”, most notably our president Barack Obama. Though he knows the truth, that our “shadow” government is the true power in this land, and he merely a figurehead, he is not permitted to “speak that truth” to the American people. Though he is merely a “puppet”, he is not permitted to “educate” the American people for fear of “revolution”. Though he is against war, as he stated many times prior to becoming “president”, his personal feelings do not matter since he is merely a “manager” of the global Burger King store, unable to articulate his feelings on any matter for fear of “unpleasentries”. Poor Barack Obama, a literal “slave” to his masters the “shadow government” and “invisible empire” which, quite literally, remove the speech from out of his mouth.

    Noam Chomsky knows this about Barack Obama. Just ask him. He'll tell you the truth.

  • Live Free or Die

    Actually, some people in the USA have lost “freedom of speech”, most notably our president Barack Obama. Though he knows the truth, that our “shadow” government is the true power in this land, and he merely a figurehead, he is not permitted to “speak that truth” to the American people. Though he is merely a “puppet”, he is not permitted to “educate” the American people for fear of “revolution”. Though he is against war, as he stated many times prior to becoming “president”, his personal feelings do not matter since he is merely a “manager” of the global Burger King store, unable to articulate his feelings on any matter for fear of “unpleasentries”. Poor Barack Obama, a literal “slave” to his masters the “shadow government” and “invisible empire” which, quite literally, remove the speech from out of his mouth.

    Noam Chomsky knows this about Barack Obama. Just ask him. He'll tell you the truth.

  • theghostpony

    Another good reason to despise the current Israeli regime. Pigs.

  • Natalie Rosen

    Insane to not let Chomsky in. I have not agreed with all he says but the guy is brilliant and some things he says are spot on. doesn't matter…what happened to freedom of speech in our ally who is SUPPOSED to be the most like us there is in the Middle East.

    Guess not so much huh? Bad move!

  • Steve E

    I firmly believe that statement.

  • lucky

    Usually religion messes people up – no doubt; and it’s part of it in this case. However, what started it is called “an-Nakbah”, meaning “the catastrophe”. Most Americans have no clue – why is that? Anyway, I wish someone would make a movie about this – it would totally kick butt.. Oliver Stone are you reading this? ;)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_exodus

  • Richie73

    Or they could both see the light and recognize their silly religions for the fairy tales that they are and stop hating each other. Monotheistic religion is the problem.

  • lucky

    Agree. I have seen news reports of the most horrible crimes. Young boys (10-13) dragged from home, tortured, arms broken, beaten up, disfigured, etc, then returned home. You can take almost any people, except maybe Buddhist monks, subject them to the same conditions, and probably >50% chance a suicide-bomber culture will develop.

    How many Americans know the world’s first suicide car-bombers (for many years?) were Jewish Zionists? Surprise! ;)

  • unclejoe40

    finkledick is a jew by accident of birth

  • unclejoe40

    guess what, all you jew hating idiots….every country has the right to ban people from entering its borders

    where were you jew hating bastards when michael savage was banned from entering the uk???

    where were your screams of anger towards the terrorist state of england???

    you are all hypocrites

  • loki5

    Actually, the good ole US of A hasn't been a Democracy since Adlai Stevenson lost the election to Ike.

  • NoOneYouKnow

    The Gaza Strip isn’t a death camp and the Israeli government–much less all Israelis–isn’t Nazi. Exaggeration undermines your credibility and allows your opponents to paint you as a liar and hater.

  • NoOneYouKnow

    “The Jews”? All of them?
    See, when Jew-haters like you post, you smear everyone else with your anti-Semitism. Why don’t you go back to Stormfront and play with your subnormal pals?

  • OldAtlantic

    Don't let him back in. He can go to Zimbabwe or South Africa.

  • Youwillsee

    It's the “thumper virus” at work here.

    #9 = “Do not bear false witness against your neighbor”

  • What

    Simpleton, for the Palestinians it is not about “monotheistic religion”. It is about their identity, their national identity not a religious one. It is about their dinity, their value their worth. It is about stopping the Zionists' ethnic cleansing,stopping Israeli war crimes, protesting Israeli apartheid, bombing of UN buildings housing Palestinian refugees, bulldozing Palestinians homes, IDF raiding, humiliating and torturing Palestinians.Don't turn this into an issue about religion silly fool, the world is not as black and white as you would like it to be. It is Israel that grants any Jew from any where in this world citizenship in Israel. It is Israel that justifies Israel and the illegal settlements with religion.The Palestinians aren't making this a Muslim issue, there are christian Palestinians too. The Palestinians don't hate Israelis because they're Jewish, it is because of what the Israeli are doing to them everyday. Don't comment on this issue if you're fucking ignorant on it. It is always the dumb fucks who render every complex issue ass “religion did it”. Religion is a virus, but blaming everything on religion is a easy way for the ignorant to dismiss every complex issue.

  • What

    You are the most adorable Israel apartheid apologist ever!

  • What

    Why don't you go move to Israel.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YVBA25ZZJYN5C44WGILY6P4X34 Raven

    Can I have some of what you're smoking.

  • Dennis

    Israel is an illegal creation of the U.N. and the U.S. and England that was and still is being illegally forced on the Palestinian people. Nor or criticisms of this type ever reported by the U.S. mainstream media. Cheers for Chomsky.

  • rarianrakista

    Move Mecca and Vatican there too. In fact just take all the Abrahamic religions and put them in Utah. Than we can build a 20 foot tall fence to keep them in.

  • rarianrakista

    Um, there are far more right-wing Jewish folk who really really believe they are the chosen people, to the point where if they were given the opportunity to wipe the Palestinians off the map they would take it in an instant.

  • rarianrakista

    Yeah, your hero Reagan was an apologist for Apartheid, and Israel practices it today. Too bad people like Chomsky spoke out against it consistently and with far more intelligence than the conservatives will ever be able to muster since the religious nutters in your parties have taqken over, and are only familiar with one big old book full of anecdotes about murdering, raping and pillaging in the name of their sky daddy.

  • rarianrakista

    Yeah, your hero Reagan was an apologist for Apartheid, and Israel practices it today. Too bad people like Chomsky spoke out against it consistently and with far more intelligence than the conservatives will ever be able to muster since the religious nutters in your parties have taqken over, and are only familiar with one big old book full of anecdotes about murdering, raping and pillaging in the name of their sky daddy.

  • rarianrakista

    Look at him, he thinks he is big people.

    Aw, who is an apologist for apartheid, huh, huh?

    You are. Yes, You are.

    Do you listen more to your imaginary sky daddy or your real radio daddy? Does M. Savage tell you to be so angry, or were you just born confused? When was the last time you had an opinion that wasn't made by someone else and fed to you like you were a pathetic wailing infant? Never, would be my guess. You are far too scared to think for yourself, so you think, worship and get angry about something new every day in unison with other socially retarded individuals and you bray and pray together.

  • rarianrakista

    Single State Solution. Let them fight in their own bedrooms trying to out populate the other.

  • Prattvictory

    I’m not smoking anything.It’s called Glenn Beck. They inject it into your eyeballs. Its painful the first time but you used to it. It does have side effects you should be aware of, it causing your jaw to lose muscle control and excessive drooling.

  • Prattvictory

    Shut up.

    Rather than peddle the anti-Semitism nonsense why don’t you do something to end the cause of the problem. It isn’t some irrational hatred. It is a very specific reaction to acts of brutality and inhumanity.

  • oktoss

    A *jew-hating bastard* wouldn't give a damn about Michael Savage since he's a closet jew.

    Just saying…

  • ringwilson99

    Wow thats pretty funny dude. Go figure!

    Lou
    http://www.total-anonymity.se.tc

  • oktoss

    There's no Israel inside of me. It's times when Israel acts like this, when they spy on us and sell our military secrets, and when they speak of us in loathsome terms to the rest of the world if we agree with them that I say, “Israel isn't worth one American dollar or one drop of American blood.

    Just because they still want to live in the dark ages doesn't mean we need to follow them.

    Egypt and Jordan are kinder to us than Israel.

  • dotmafia

    Israel — the SO-CALLED civilized Democracy. What a load of BS.

  • jwilk

    Israel has a legitimate right to let whomever it chooses into its own borders.

    Having said that: Fuck Israel, anyway.

  • lucky

    Hell yes, we already got the Mormons in there ;)

  • lucky

    It's not just about Chomsky, you turd.

  • sanchosdad

    if that is so, why is the entire chain of command in the IDF and government made up of members of Team Apartheid otherwise known as the jews? why do they keep on electing leaders who only wish is to starve people to death and steal their land? the USA had a bad run with that idiot W but we went the other direction. the jews, not so much.

  • OldAtlantic

    So Chomsky can go experience non apartheid in Zimbabwe. Apartheid means survival for whites. Take apartheid away and you take whites away. We now know that this was the intention all along. How do we know? Because as the blacks kill the whites in South Africa the ones who demanded apartheid go are silent.

  • Yep

    Name one major US media outlet that is not owned or controlled (most since before the creation of Israel) by people who self identify as Jews (with the exception of Joker Sun Yung Moon's Washington Times).

  • MadTom

    There is a truly Limbaughesque coarsening of Israel's democracy going on before our eyes.

    Israel is becoming less like a Western democracy every day, and more like a typical Middle Eastern — what shall we call those countries, including Israel now?

    Just another Middle Eastern cesspool?

  • YaMon

    Michael Alan Weiner aka Michael Savage actually has a PhD from Cal Berkeley.

    I'm not sure how much he is in the closet but he certainly isn't trying to emphasize it.

  • NotTimothyGeithner

    They have the trappings of mass-suffrage democracies. Israel is not a democracy because they have legal second class citizens. South Africa voted for its leaders prior to Apartheid, but voting in of itself doesn't equal democracy.

  • unclejoe40

    fox….you jew hating bastard

  • psaxe

    Wow that's a shock. Usually Israel begs American Jews to visit Israel…. I guess they have changed their tune.

  • unclejoe40

    then what is it about? you dont care about the arabs…and the arab countries really dont care about them either

    you just cant wait to bash israel for doing exactly what every other democracy has every right to do

    now israel has blocked finkelstein, falk and chomsky…all enemies of the state

  • unclejoe40

    you dont even know what apartheid is

    not one israeli arab lives under an apartheid regime

    members of all races, creeds and colors live in israel and have equal rights

    the arabs who live in the west bank and gaza do not share those rights thanks to 242…so blame the un

  • unclejoe40

    hey natalie…guess what…most democracies do not allow for full speech rights

    that is a fact…so why should israel be judged any differently?

    if you are a holocaust denier in germany…you go straight to prison

    where is the outrage about that on this site??????

  • Anonymous

    North, you make it sound as if harvard grads care a hoot about any personal conviction. hey bud, its the age of servility to Plutocratic tyranny. And may the Ivies put out the best managerspatriotism is too impractical, too romantic for this complacent ilk

    With BHO, maybe the missing dad factor left some scars

  • jim

    actually, yes. find me somebody who is not jewish in any authority position higher than dogcatcher. best of luck.

    sorry you are so unhappy. what, did somebody start giving those arabs water or food or medical aid or something? how dare they!

    and I’m anti-asshole. try to keep it straight.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Israel is a democracy that we support, right? I mean we send them all kinds of money every year, right?

    screw police state, we are now are a police world.

    Oh Israel, how you are so afraid of words.

    Cowards.

    Noam, I share your frustration.

  • David R Velasquez

    They deprive the residents there of most of the most basic necessities. If that isn’t a de facto death camp then what the hell is?

  • Elim

    True, he is, but there’s no reason why we shouldn’t help Mr. Chomsky promote the idea that stealing Palestinian land and savaging their people is wrong, and that those who do it are war criminals. Every voice against them, that keeps the pressure on, is needed.

  • Elim

    They already have Washington DC. What would they want with Utah?

  • Mad Tom

    Bibi Netanyahu is Israel's Dick Cheney, and they're both very proud of themselves.

    Netanyahu is a fascist thug, and so are his supporters.

  • Jaz

    LOL yea actually you are right, Israel is not an apartheid. Yea the bantustan like territories of what is left for the Palestinians, separate roads, separation wall not apartheid like at all. It is much worse than apartheid. It is ethnic cleansing, that is how Israel started, that it what Israel is still doing. Love how you blame gaza and west bank on the U.N. Idiot when people critisize Israel they have those very regions in mind, we are not talking about the Israeli arabs ya dumb fuck. Gaza, West Bank an East Jerusalem only the U.N. fault? Nothing on Israel huh? Those are illegal occupied territories in international law, as in they don't belong to stupid fuckin Israel. Israel just doesn't want to listen because they are above the law.

  • What

    All of you are so silly, his or her comment was sarcastic.

  • Elim

    They have turned all the Palestinian lands into Warsaw ghettoes. The state of Israel has itself become what it claims to fear and hate the most.

  • What

    Ethnic cleansing.

  • What

    What Israel does best.

  • What

    Yup.

  • What

    That's fine, though they shouldn't call Israel a democracy.

  • Elim

    Was he the methamphetamine snorting closet homo?

  • Elim

    Great idea. Whose land should be stolen to do this?

  • What

    Israel is synonymous with Jews to you now huh?

  • What

    scum

  • What

    The list is long

  • What

    good man

  • DanStPeter

    If only we had an efficient method of keeping out our enemies like the Israelis do…but when everyday since your return to your homeland you are targeted for death, you develop such skills…
    When the Israelis finally destroy the threat of an nuclear armed Iran, they will be admonished by all in public…and thanked profusely in private…

  • Elim

    No, these folks have the right idea
    http://www.nkusa.org/activities/statements/20090209.cfm

  • Dick Tucker

    Blow me, Israel.

  • Dick Tucker

    What are your legal grounds for refusing a US citizen entry into the US? You disagree with him? Anything else, you freak?

  • Dick Tucker

    Don't give me that same, tired old “questioning the Israeli government's policies = hating all Jews” garbage, unclejoe40. The only anti-Semite on here is that brainwashed, right-wing OldAtlantic idiot.

  • Steve E

    Everyone should view the short video of Chris Hedges' speech regarding our topic here. It is devastating for Israel. It can be viewed at Truthdig. I don't think Hedges will be getting any invites or permission to visit Israel either and for his well being I advise him not to. Mind you Israel generally performs “hits” away from their homeland.

  • Klyde

    The mighty state of Isreal fears an aging linquist. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.

  • lucky

    It's about creeps like you running amok..

  • Klyde

    So one out of hundreds
    And Murdoch's mother was an Orthodox Jew

  • elijl

    I wouldn't let Chomsky into my neighborhood, either!

  • frantaylor

    Nobody will be thanking anyone for anything after armageddon.

  • mick

    No their final act will not be to “drop the bomb”. They have most likely pre-positioned many nukes in many capital cites around the world and the Samson Option is to detonate them all at once ..Once the truth about 911 is known by all is will be their fall back position. Zionist are fucking scary bastards.

  • mick

    No their final act will not be to “drop the bomb”. They have most likely pre-positioned many nukes in many capital cites around the world and the Samson Option is to detonate them all at once ..Once the truth about 911 is known by all is will be their fall back position. Zionist are fucking scary bastards.

  • emanuel appel

    Why, that's wonderful!
    This piece of garbage should not be allowed anywhere decent.

  • rawstorysuspect

    Thank you so much for pointing me to this!

  • Prattvictory

    Yeah because that would temp your friends to call in an airstrike on it.

  • Prattvictory

    This seems a desperate and counterproductive act. Israel is probably closer to collapsing than most people think. They've lost any moral justification for them to continue to exist.

    Their particular brand of religious zealotry is to use the victimhood as an excuse to be the victimizer. They've played it out. Their “defensive” attacks and seen as naked aggression.

    The question is will their final act be to drop the bomb.

  • Elim

    There are plenty of Christian zionists who want this to happen, because it means their messiah will appear and save them.

  • Anonymous

    Revealing hypocricy is not kosher. All western governments will falter on the criterion of honesty!

  • Anonymous

    Revealing hypocricy is not kosher. All western governments will falter on the criterion of honesty!

  • Elim

    ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE ISRAELI KEYBOARD BRIGADE!! Please return to the shit hole of the Daily Kos where you belong.

  • Anonymous

    It’s not such a “shadowy” government though; it’s the combined power of Wallstreet and certain other powerful sectors (Oil), and the so called policy “experts” who are their bought and paid for shills, on the one hand, and the trillion plus dollar military-intelligence security state complex on the other.

    These people call the shots; who was the last President with any guts to go against these folks, really?

  • Anonymous

    It’s not such a “shadowy” government though; it’s the combined power of Wallstreet and certain other powerful sectors (Oil), and the so called policy “experts” who are their bought and paid for shills, on the one hand, and the trillion plus dollar military-intelligence security state complex on the other.

    These people call the shots; who was the last President with any guts to go against these folks, really?

  • Elim

    Very nice. Thank you for pointing it out.
    http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/america_th…

  • surgethis

    Israel's war crimes can not stand up to the truth… so they have to suppress it and pump out non stop propaganda … and with their reps in our government continue to get money from the US.

  • Elim

    There have been several recent moves by Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran to counterbalance the US/Israeli threat. Unfortunately, this is also the same thing as upping the ante and pushing the envelope, but what other choice is there?

    An attack on Iran might very well unleash armageddon, and I'll bet there's plenty of these elite bastards having second thoughts about starting it. A smaller attack that wouldn't provoke that will be tried first, to gauge the reaction, and their chances of success against Iran. They won't touch Turkey, but might try to hit Lebanon again, or Syria. I think they would pay a big price if they tried it, and world condemnation couldn't be hidden, even by our highly controlled media.

  • Elim

    Israel has become the Middle East's Zimbabwe.

  • Elim

    And cheers to Neturei Karta.
    http://www.nkusa.org/

  • http://twitter.com/graygoods Gray

    You shouldn’t expect “legal grounds” or any reason from OldFrantic. Everybody knows he’s just trolling around. He’s just a pathetic, hatefilled old fart.

  • http://twitter.com/graygoods Gray

    You shouldn’t expect “legal grounds” or any reason from OldFrantic. Everybody knows he’s just trolling around. He’s just a pathetic, hatefilled old fart.

  • Elim

    You're a nutjob, you America hating bastard.

  • http://popurls.com/pop === popurls.com === popular today

    === popurls.com === popular today…

    yeah! this story has entered the popular today section on popurls.com…

  • Anonymous

    the last president to go up against these enemies of freedom got a “lone gunmen”for his trouble. that was heard loud and clear by the rest of the cowards who occupiedor currently occupy the whitehouse. change will not be tolerated, unless the change ismaking the super rich, super richer!

  • Anonymous

    the last president to go up against these enemies of freedom got a “lone gunmen”for his trouble. that was heard loud and clear by the rest of the cowards who occupiedor currently occupy the whitehouse. change will not be tolerated, unless the change ismaking the super rich, super richer!

  • Anonymous

    israel is nothing but a blood sucking parasite on our country, im in the ron paul camp”i hope israel flourishes, as long as it doesnt cost us one us dollar,or one us life”fat chance of that ever happening, we supply there weapons, we supply the veto in the un for sanctions of israel in there many,many, atrocities! shysters, thugs,land grabbers,murderers!!!

  • Anonymous

    israel is nothing but a blood sucking parasite on our country, im in the ron paul camp”i hope israel flourishes, as long as it doesnt cost us one us dollar,or one us life”fat chance of that ever happening, we supply there weapons, we supply the veto in the un for sanctions of israel in there many,many, atrocities! shysters, thugs,land grabbers,murderers!!!

  • adar

    The US will also deny from an El-Qaeda member to get inside – am I right? always remember that when you are pointing somebody (Israel in this case) there are three fingers pointing back at you. As for myself, I don't mind he will say whatever he want to say – anywhere he like.
    And yes, I forgot to mention, I'm an Israeli and my English is lousy – I would prefer to quarrel with chomsky in Hebrew but he is a chicken when it comes close to his expertise.

  • Anonymous

    the brain dead christians are nothing more than israels “USEFULL IDIOTS”

  • Anonymous

    the brain dead christians are nothing more than israels “USEFULL IDIOTS”

  • Anonymous

    playing the tired ol antisemitism card huh? being repulsed by israel has nothing to do
    with there silly superstition, its the murderous, bloodsucking government that we cant stand. the rest of the world is sooooooo on to israel, but aipacs stranglehold on our congress keeps the billions in aid flowing, and the veto in the un for israels non-stop murderous crimes against humanity. israels own newspapers are much more critical of
    israels murderous actions, but we dont have a free press anymore, so we arent allowed to
    print, or read anything bad about the “chosen” people.

  • Anonymous

    playing the tired ol antisemitism card huh? being repulsed by israel has nothing to do
    with there silly superstition, its the murderous, bloodsucking government that we cant stand. the rest of the world is sooooooo on to israel, but aipacs stranglehold on our congress keeps the billions in aid flowing, and the veto in the un for israels non-stop murderous crimes against humanity. israels own newspapers are much more critical of
    israels murderous actions, but we dont have a free press anymore, so we arent allowed to
    print, or read anything bad about the “chosen” people.

  • mick

    We need to start an anti-goyim league …to counter the BS from Israeli apoligist .

  • Anonymous

    I never had any delusions about Israel’s ‘freedom of speech,’ but don’t forget to that protesters of the Bush administration were relegated to fenced in enclosures blocks away from wherever he spoke.

  • Anonymous

    I never had any delusions about Israel’s ‘freedom of speech,’ but don’t forget to that protesters of the Bush administration were relegated to fenced in enclosures blocks away from wherever he spoke.

  • Anonymous

    Then how can you look in the mirror?

  • Anonymous

    Then how can you look in the mirror?

  • alekk

    Just how crazy is Israel going to get in service of its ultra-nationalist “Jewish” exclusive homeland in the Arab, Muslim, Middle East idea? It seems like they collectively become more unhinged every year.

    Just how reactionary, bigoted, and anti-humanitarian, and flat out illiberal in the classical sense, will they get in service of winning a permanent demographic struggle against the overwhelming regional majority? Not to mention dispossessing the Palestinians and trying to erase their memory, and permanently rendering Palestinians and Arab Muslims as third and second class citizens respectively … assuming these don't end up being purged at some point.

    What a society to live in, a triumph worthy of Pyrrhus.

    But they do got the vote.

  • Gray

    “Chomsky, who is of Jewish extraction”? “Extraction”, really? How did his parents do that? No, don't tell me, I really don't want to know how his dad “extracted” little Noam! Certainly a horrorstory.

    Who would have thought that bright mind Chomsky started as Frankenstein's junior…

  • Gray

    Uh huh. And still you settlers are among the most vocal defenders of Israel when someone points out it's a discriminating police state. The only democracy in the middle east, right? Damn hypocrites.

  • jim

    its easy. i can shut off the lights and look at my reflection lit by the white spot on my soul. jews dont believe in the soul. that is easy when yours is so black you cant see it.

  • Alan

    Any Zionist should find it completely shameful what the Israeli government has done, if in fact this is true. I hope the Israeli’s public does not let this stand.

  • Luke Awry

    The last president felled by a lone gunman was Reagan.
    We desperately need more lone gunmen.

  • BlueRidgerevolt

    The Israeli state from its inception had a heart that was defined by exclusion, repression, and persecution. So it isn't any wonder that the result is what we see today, an apartheid state of the worst kind. The Israeli people should be ashamed to live in such a state, basically an armed camp surrounded by hostility, and lead by people who are so paranoid they have literally chosen to alienate themselves from the rest of the world. Its no wonder they denied Chomsky entrance, people of his stature are to much of a reminder of their own corruption.

  • Anonymous

    Why is it that you think you are the only one who understands this issue. It is very complex, and yours is just an opinion. Other people have an opinion also and it is just as valid as yours.

  • musashi1

    no problem, lets deny aipac access to our entire phucking government! phuck these
    parasites! let them kill palestinians with their own damn money. nazi phucks!

  • musashi1

    WHAT ISRAEL FEARS IS BEING OUTED AS THE THUGS THEY ARE, THEY PRETEND TO BE VICTIMS, ALWAYS VICTIMS, BUILD MUSEUMS TO KEEP THE MYTH ALIVE THAT ISRAEL IS NOTHING BUT A VICTIM. while it kills, steals, rapes,plunders everything in its slimey path!

  • Michael McTague

    Never happen. Religion is part and parcel of the power structure where a few govern the many and has been so for a long time. Peasant fear of the unknown, the decline of education and critical thinking, keep religion alive.

  • http://www.r4-ds-card.ca m3 zero

    As usual, Israeli oppression but I respect Noam Chomsky and his work.I personally believe he is such an intelligent and moral person.

  • icenine

    This is Israel's loss. It screams volumes about where they are in regards to freedom of thought and speech..

  • jorge

    hey, chomsky’s a jew, its not antisemitism. its just pointing the fucking obvious!

  • jorge

    hey, chomsky’s a jew, its not antisemitism. its just pointing the fucking obvious!

  • jorge

    hey, chomsky’s a jew, its not antisemitism. its just pointing the fucking obvious!

  • jorge

    hey, chomsky’s a jew, its not antisemitism. its just pointing the fucking obvious!

  • kansas1949

    “Palestinian lawmaker Moustafa Barghouti, a moderate who was scheduled to tour the territories with Chomsky, denounced Chomsky's exclusion,”

    Moderate. Right. Let someone crtical of Palestine go over to Gaza or the West Bank and spout off. See how long they live.

  • kansas1949

    Wow. Apparently I stumbled across an Israel hate site. Carry on.

  • http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/ Big Dan

    All I can say is, this is a microcosm of how Israel controls what is said about them in the U.S. press, too. They want to control speech about them.

  • erik77

    Wow – congratulations for the dumbest comment of them all. I guess everyone else took all the good comments so you felt the need to pull one out of your ass.

  • shinyorbs

    Why do we give Israel BILLIONS of dollars again? geezuz “we don't like what you wrote about us” wtf?

  • Peter

    Chomsky is a douchebag.

  • iconoclasm

    Why do you think America is getting so f*cked up? There are so many Jews and Zionists in positions of power (including the Banking system and media) that we are turning into a bigger version of Israel!

  • zaafran

    i think its more about the fierocity of the speeker…
    you think the right gov here likes half of what the left has to say?!
    also you have arab MK who basicly say zionism is shity.

  • zaafran

    i think its more about the fierocity of the speeker…
    you think the right gov here likes half of what the left has to say?!
    also you have arab MK who basicly say zionism is shity.

  • zaafran

    here is a fun game:
    try to compare us to what they teaching the kids in the other side of the fence,
    and how they treat the opposition there…

  • zaafran

    here is a fun game:
    try to compare us to what they teaching the kids in the other side of the fence,
    and how they treat the opposition there…

  • David

    Did the last sentence not strike anyone as very dumb?

  • rawstorysuspect

    as chomsky has stated, all good education is necessarily subversive.

  • dennycrane

    Surprise, surprise, surprise.

  • mick

    Because Gaza is the worlds largest outdoor prison they would probably not get into Gaza unless they go through one of the lifeline tunnels .You are more likely to be killed by Israeli's whilst harvesting your crops within 300 meters of any Israeli imposed fence or wall.

  • fearless fosdick

    An anti-semite is a person the Jews hate

  • mother of two

    I'm kind of frightened by the hate spewing at the bottom of the comments here – and can we separate being Jewish from supporting a religiously preferential government? The way people are conflating the two is unfair.
    I was born Catholic, doesn't mean I'm not freaked out by the Vatican and some of our terrible problems, but it is my heritage so please be gentle – I can't imagine Jewish people feel any different.
    To be honest, the current state of things in Israel isn't fair at all, and the entire situation has been so poisoned who is going to stand up and do the right thing now? No matter your religion, most seem to agree thou shall not steal, kill, imprison unfairly, torture, etc.
    Thank God, or whoever, or no one in particular we have people like Chomsky to call us on it every so often. To speak against your family's tradition and faith is hard. Do your thing man, you probably drew more attention by being excluded than by speaking to a small crowd.
    All of us feeling the need to comment should pay attention to his example and try to effect change, but vile characterizations are not helping much, are they?
    P.S. I don't comment often, probably explains the long winded response – sincerely hope I have not offended anyone. Thanks for the open discussion.

  • Maha

    Doesn't surprise me…
    Wasn't it George Orwell who wrote in 'Animal Farm' : “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” ??
    Not a far cry from the human race, methinks… the “Israeli” race in particular in this case.

  • Jonathan

    Why is an MIT professor trying to enter into Israel at a Jordanian border crossing as opposed to just flying into Jerusalem?

  • http://pijamasurf.com/2010/05/israel-prohibe-entrada-de-chomsky-a-su-territorio/ Israel prohíbe entrada de Chomsky a su territorio | Pijamasurf

    [...] Via Raw Story [...]

  • U Poras

    You dupe. Arafat did that.

  • Dick Yoo

    One can only hope this is the case.

  • Elim

    Sure he did. Then the Israeli’s poisoned him for his trouble. And after all he did for them…..

  • http://israelday.co.cc/?p=31581 Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel: report | Raw Story | Israel Today

    [...] Excerpt from: Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel: report | Raw Story [...]

  • http://www.blogtext.org/albert6weaver/article/212624.html?Kim+Kardashian+Sex+Tape Kim Kardashian sex tape

    Hey! Where is your rss link? I woul like to subscribe.

  • http://www.wickedfire.com/links-seo/95761-drip-feed-blasts-powerful-scheduled-xrumer-service.html xrumer services

    The only reason we are protecting Israel is money in the form of juicy campaign contributions from wealthy, powerful jews in this country.

  • http://www.dressupdollgames.net/ DressUp Games

    Shared this one via my Facebook wall. Some of my friends will surely find this one very useful. Hope there will be more post of this kind soon.

  • http://www.jessica-sierra-sextape.com/ jessica sierra sextape

    your website is not showing up correctly in my browser…

  • http://www.shaunasand-sextape.com/ shauna sand naked

    Nice post….plz help me i also want to post here….

  • http://www.businessjobresource.com/resumes/how-to-write-a-great-resume-how-to-write-a-functional-resume kim kardashian sextape

    this really is going on my twitter…

  • http://davehillonline.com/blog/2010/05/18/the-german-invasion-continues kim kardashian sex tape

    This is an informative post, thanks a lot!

  • http://iamneurotic.com/2010/04/27/toaster-ovens-are-less-scary kim kardashian video

    liked this post.

  • http://parisbytrain.com/forums/member.php?22618-merle5scott talk to women

    Thanks for this great post.

  • http://brunoboys.net/forum/member/26869/ personal trainer

    this really is going on my twitter…

  • http://www.comedytime.tv/uprofile.php?UID=45338 dog guide

    this really is going on my twitter…

  • http://www.musicaleditor.com/en/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=28117 dog pictures

    Hi buddy, your blog’s design is simple and clean and i like it. Your blog posts are superb. Please keep them coming. Greets!

  • http://forum.hostpapasupport.com/index.php?action=profile;u=35973 lesson plans

    thnx for sharing this blog post.

  • http://www.promisedeco.com/blog-cht/post/e7abb9e88887e5bbbae7af89e789a9e79a84e9858de6a48de4bba5e58f8ae7abb9e5ad90e79a84e696b0e58a9fe883bd.aspx Kim Kardashian Ray J

    Nice post….plz help me i also want to post here….

  • http://www.deaconblue.com/smforum/index.php?action=profile;u=56070 Kim Kardashian tape

    Thanks for sharing this helpful info!

  • http://abduzeedo.com/profile/weldon1romero Montana Fishburne

    Extremely interesting. I like the way you write. Do you currently have an RSS feed?

  • http://www.ecotonejournal.com/index.php/member/32351/ Kim Kardashian

    Well, I don’t know if that’s going to work for me, but definitely worked for you! Excellent post!

  • http://community.freshbooks.com/forums/profile.php?section=personality&id=29971 Sam Jones

    more interesting on this site.

  • http://cory719beard.jimdo.com/2010/10/08/uncover-to-participate-in-poker-7825/ Elroy Voetsch

    Useful reading. Thanks, have a nice day!

  • http://cory719beard.insanejournal.com/630.html Margo Mull

    Useful information. Thanks, have a nice day!

  • http://www.landislife.org/user/trevor72lawrence Shauna Sand

    Interesting..

  • http://kimkardashian369.edublogs.org/2010/11/07/watch-kim-kardashian-and-ray-j/ Kim Kardashian

    Very nice site!

  • http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978672597 ChippyD

    Extremely interesting. I like the way you write. Do you currently have an RSS feed?

  • http://pornoizle-x.info/uncategorized/ride-him-wild/ porno izle

    Hello everyone. I was just surfing the Internet for fun and came upon your website. Terrific post. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience! It is good to know that some people still put in an effort into managing their websites. I’ll be sure to check back from time to time.

  • http://www.clfmedia.com/dallas-dentist/choosing-dental-insurance-programs Susan Land

    Great site, thank you. I really like it!

  • http://irwin1justice.blogs.experienceproject.com/506250.html Kim Kardashian

    Outstanding weblog, thanks for writing this post

  • http://kimk4252.blogspot.com/2010/11/kimk-pictures.html Kendra Wilkinson

    Great page, I like how the website looks! The style is great!

  • http://hubert3watkins972.webs.com/apps/blog/show/5293195-kim-kardashian-movie Kim Kardashian

    Your blog is quite interesting…

  • http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Get-a-Girlfriend---The-Easy-Way&id=2819398 dating

    liked this article!

  • http://forums.plaxo.com/member.php?u=93807 celebrities

    this really is going on my twitter…

  • http://inboundmarketing.com/user/26847 kim kardashian

    Excellent article, bookmarked for future referrence

  • http://www.rhydianroberts.com/forum/member/234507 rayj

    are you insterested in link exchange?

  • http://trippert.com/posts/view/26116 Sharon Ward

    The moment I saw your site was like wow. Thank you for putting your effort in publishing this blog.

  • http://www.perfectdir.com/rss.php?c=13&s=P&p=1 body art

    i like this blog too bad you have so many unrelated comments

  • http://pornoizle-x.info/uncategorized/biker-babe-gang-bang/ gay porn

    I was extremely pleased to locate this website.I wanted to thank you with regard to this excellent read!! I certainly appreciated every little bit of it and I’ve you bookmarked to look at new things you publish.

  • http://www.theselector.org/?p=1110 chippy d

    are you insterested in link exchange?

  • http://alicewonderbang.up4itnow.net/2008/09/seductive-alice-wonder-bang-dildo-pics Hollis Mithcell

    extreme register you’ve get

  • http://www.seo-optimizare.ro inscrierii in directoare manual

    Just proves the old adage. It’s an ill wind that blows no good. – A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is just putting on its shoes. – Mark Twain 1835 – 1910 inscrieri manuale in directoare

  • http://www.earlylearningcenter.co Early Learning

    I know this is really boring and you are skipping to the next comment, but I just wanted to throw you a big thanks – you cleared up some things for me!

  • http://www.cures-for-hemorrhoids.net/tag/1457 John Chan

    Excellent work there. your blog RSS.

  • http://mucheezies.com/folding-barstools-convenience-in-a-piece-of-home-furniture/ folding bar stools

    Hi, maybe i’m being a off topic here, but I was browsing your site and it looks exceptional. I’m writing a blog and trying to make it look neat, but everytime I touch it I mess something up. Did you design the blog yourself? Could someone with little experience do it, and add updates without messing it up? Anyways, good information on here, very informative.

  • http://www.aurorabooksandgems.com/2010/12/tramadol.html tramadol online

    To be sure completely with all your conclusions and feel that you’ve made some excellent points. Also, I’m keen on customized for specific cultures of this site along with the simplicity of navigation. I’ve bookmarked your website and definately will return often!

  • http://discountbathroomcabinets.co.uk Liane Zimmerman

    Major thanks for the article post. Will read on…

  • http://www.oyax.com/tag/Glass%20dining%20table glass dining room table

    Delightful, I passed this on to a friend of mine, and he actually bought me lunch because I found this for him, so let me rephrase: Thanks for lunch.