No one would take a professor of international affairs delivering a talk on computational linguistics seriously. Why do people take a computational linguist talking about international affairs seriously? Because he says what they want to hear. As someone who has taken significant coursework in computational linguistics (including studying Chompsky's results), I can guarantee you that it does shed any light on the nature of zionism or the arab-israeli conflict.

In order to criticize Israel, he has better to go to Iran, Syria, Lebanon... but access to Ramallah is also possible through Jordanian.

So unable to see reality by distortion through the lens of liberal ideaology that he should be considered intellectually legally blind.

He is a real hate-monger and people who are anti-semitic love to read him and treat him as a god

This man is an AntiSemite claiming to be Jewish. He should be kicked out from entering the Land of Israel. Israel should never tolerate Judases and AntiSemites.

If Chomsky were not a US citizen would he have ever been given a US visa to enter the country? I wonder how he would have answered these questions: Are you now, or have you ever, in the United States or in any other place, been a member of, or in any other way connected or associated with the Communist Party? Have you ever knowingly aided or supported the Communist Party, directly or indirectly through another organization, group or person? Do you now or have you ever advocated, taught, believed in or knowingly supported or furthered the interests of Communism?

He is one of the few Jewish people with clean mind.Instead of attacking him listen to him with open mind and put on the side fighting mentality.

He invents stories against Israel and support its enemies.

Matty Groves aka Michael Hess aka BS

no need to give him a platform.

the only reason: you know you are in the wrong...

You just want more and more concessions all the time. Enough is enough. We were supposed to get the whole British Mandate of Palestine which included today's Jordan.

the public sees, that arrests also happen to haredim, while the rightists have a field day with chomsky.. a coincidence, that this tomb-removal was scheduled, when chomsky was set to arrive... ?

May be you should kick out the polish people where u live and take Poland too just like what happened in Palestine.

Korah, Dothan, and Abiram also opposed the leadership of israel.... ====== The gainsaying of Korah – Numbers 16:1-35 Noam Chmosky might want to check it out...

thats what happens when you declare Jihad and lose. Comprende ?

I read you comments with great pleasure.....

Keep on posting and make a difference !

Out of interest once I read one of Chomskys books and the man really must love himself because he seems to think he has the answer to everything. Israel, industry, communism, America, Europe,Iraq & Afghanistan wars. Its good to read a story that can put a smile on your face now and again even if Israel could probably have done more by sending this Israel hating, self loving communist and his little friend straight back to America at his own expense.

Just what exactly do you mean by "clean mind".?...Most of posts here are written by people who care about their tiny Homeland and have an open mind. All of chomsky's talks is nothing but unverifiable garbage, based on his pathological hate for Israel...In most people's eyes he is a schysophrenic, who made himself quite a lucrative living off bashing ISrael and Jews. And those who listen are only islamic jihadists, far left lunatics and masochists..He wouldn't be so famous and rich if people like you would stick with simple facts and logic, mixed with a little selfrespect and moral values...

Note that it was to Ramallah not to anywhere in Israel. Note that it was to give a lecture not to deliver weapons. Is this and many of the comments here not over-reacting? Must we prevent a lecture on liberalism in industrial European societies because he doesn't sing our tune on domestic affairs? This brings us no honor. It makes us look childish and vindictive.

You need VISA to enter ANY country. Israel MUST NOT be an exception.

could care less ....even if a reasonable two state solution was achieved -HUDNA in the palistinian eyes- if after that imaginary point there were suicide bombings and qassam attack...I seriously doubt he would raise his voice against it... why invite another poisonous voice to the mid-east?

in our poor little dear country.These ruffians haven't the intelligence or goodness of Noams little toe.He is the inspiration to tens of thousands around the world when bullied by all-encompassing systems to not give up and have the courage to speak -when speaking means losing everything except the ability to look yourself in the mirror.Israel is on the dark side and so are its inhabitants.Israel never looses a chance to make a mistake and here it made a big one.These mistakes are cumulative and one day the cost will to clear to a system myopic self-consumed and refusing to see the world has changed to the point one can no longer deport people for their political opinions and claim to be free. Funny some places where digging your own grave seems the right thing to do.

this proves that the zionistic regime is not a democracy, but a dictatorship (the middle east has no democratic country/countries at all) besides noam chomsky i can give more examples to prove it. a dictator doesnot like and tolerate criticism and doesnot want critical persons coming to his country.

The more powerful the intellect of Israel's critics is, the deeper and more vicious is the hate and revulsion felt by Israel's apologists for them. This applies particularly to Noam Chomsky. In his book "Fateful Triangle" Chomsky demonstrates his marvellous skills in forensic scholarship. Part of the book analyzes events in Lebanon in 1982-1985. I lived and worked in that country during those years, a small actor in the midst of that chaos trying to make sense of it. Chomsky's analysis of those years was razorsharp, but not only that. He was an intellectual with the courage to stand out from the crowd, knowing that his analyses were not popular amongst Zionists and their supporters. He was amongst the first to analyze the shallowness of Israel's claim as"the only democracy in the Middle East". What delicious irony to see Chomsky's detractors demonstrate the validity of his analysis here!

In a linguistic community he is typically associated with concepts of "falsified research" and "academic fraud". Skinner is DaMan!