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Chomsky makes first Gaza visit
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Published: 18.10.12, 23:17
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1. is not jewish. lost what ever jewishness he had at his bris
ralph   (10.18.12)
2. Free speech is a sign of an democarcy. Why is israel afraid
Free Speech   (10.18.12)
to hear a decening opinion. Germany in the 30"s repressed different opions.
3. #1
mark ,   ca   (10.19.12)
Chomsky should join Trotsky. Where is a stalin when we need him??? :-))
4. A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest
Gil ,   LA, USA   (10.19.12)
"we arrived here and I saw several things which I hoped before to see..." So he is admitting that all these years when he was criticising Israel on the subject, he was actually ignorant and prejudiced, just hoping his bias was justified?!? And now that he is getting a "Hamas guided tour", he is happy to see his bias "confirmed"... Amazing how left-wing intellectuals, who are supposed to be fair and open-minded, keep wondering why their credibility is gone...
5. "Palestinian people have a right to live peacefully"
William ,   Israel   (10.19.12)
Perhaps Chomsky can educate them then on the values of promoting peace instead of launching unilateral wars and terrorism. If Chomsky has a moment with Hamas, he can suggest to them to end their needless and failed war against Israel, which is the justification for the legal blockade and IDF action there.
6. Not that abused 'free speech' nonsense.
Ron ,   Melbourne Australia   (10.19.12)
Virtually every democracy out there has refused visa to one person or another. Eg. I live in Australia and the most recent example was Greet Wilders was not able to get a Visa - and his an MP of a Democratic. England had done similarly and there are numerous cases if you care to check. Israel does not filter his web sites, talks, etc - it just did not let him in. There are plenty of Arabs in Israel with hate speeches, speeches against the state ,etc - they are not censored. By the way the places he is frequenting - Gaza - under Hamas Control and West Bank area A under PA control are both areas with virtually no free speech - do you think Chomasky is going to to about that ? is he going to talk about the huge amount of captial punishments issued, the persecutions of minorities ,etc, etc - I don;t think so - for him Free speech is only one way and that is OK we support his right to distort.
7. Did he call no more missiles, no more no peace ever?
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (10.19.12)
8. Chomsky wrote the introduction to
Reuven   (10.19.12)
an anti-Semitic Holocaust denier's book! Chomsky is pure evil!
9. Simply disgusting.
Stephen in New York   (10.19.12)
If you don't know what I mean, you're not my audience.
10. Why not go to Syria, to Libya, to Yemen?
Adam Smith   (10.19.12)
11. World class shmuck
Sidney   (10.19.12)
They should keep him in Gaza permanently. His devotees call him a great scholar but it is hard to find anything that he has ever done but disparage Israel and the USA. If you want to play Freud his father was a distinguished Hebrew scholar. To my embarrassment he is an alumnus of my high school.
12. Is there a crack in his head ?
Roland Seener ,   London England   (10.19.12)
13. Idiots on this site...
Mark Wilson ,   U.S.A   (10.19.12)
Who are you to criticize Chomsky? If you lived your lives ten times over, you will never be able to achieve a tiny fraction of what this great man has achieved. SO ZIP IT IDIOTS...
14. Noam Chomsky is brilliant in linguistics.
Michael ,   California, USA   (10.19.12)
He is very highly regarded in the academia. One can disagree with his personal views, but he deserves admiration for bravery and for being outspoken. Naturally, his social and political opinions are leftist, populist. The FBI and the Mossad probably have rooms filled to capacity with files on Chomsky's anti-government activities. His place in history is assured.
15. Noam Chomsky
Harold ,   USA   (10.19.12)
Prof Chomsky is a great man and deserves every respect because he talks the truth. Why Israel is scared of this Jewish professor. Has he ever lied like others are doing. Prof Chomsky I wish you a safe trip back to the United States.
16. Chomsky
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (10.19.12)
Noam Chomsky is a breath of fresh air! One of the minority of Jews who actually works to do good for humanity.
17. Too bad
Harry Schonfeld ,   Stockholm Sweden   (10.19.12)
Too bad this grossly overstated blockade does not block Chomsky and his chums out. Too bad Hamas is not stupid enough to seize Chomsky for the purpose of negotiating another thousand for one prisoner exchange.
18. Who is afraid?
Harry Schonfeld ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (10.19.12)
They let him in, don't they?
19. Mutual Peace
Nachum BD ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (10.19.12)
Let's be honest - Israel could stop the rockets from Gaza any time they want. Be it through re-invasion, massive bombing of military camps (they know where every one is), or by simply turning off the electricity or water supply. The fact is, Israel maintains the status quo for its own purposes, whatever they are. There's only one way to end the conflict - Israel offers to lift its barricade and in turn, Gaza stops the rocket attacks. If they begin again, Israel goes back in, and hard.
20. Model Second-Rate Citizen
marcohoe ,   San Francisco, USA   (10.19.12)
Maybe his weird ideas about grammar already prepared him for life as a second-rate citizen under Islam.
21. He consumes food of the starving Gazans !
ab   (10.19.12)
22. Graczek,your Poles would have traded him for a pound of lard
ab   (10.19.12)
during the WW2,despite of him being "one of the few Jews actually working for the good of the humanity" as you put it.
23. Let him stay in Gaza
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.19.12)
They deserve each other. By the way, a Jewish congregation in Cambridge, Massachusetts placed a herem upon Mr. Chomsky. He's no longer a Jew.
24. KEEP HIM IN GAZA.
Big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
There's no pal who renounces violence to the Jews. There is no pal who helps any Jew. So, this old fart can go and stay in hell.
25. # 16 Chomsky's an ass
big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
All he needs to make it official is to be crowned pal of the year by the Noble Peace Committee. Why not? They awarded obama the muslim the same honorary gift that means shit. In a few years, his name wont be remembered except by the non existent pals.
26. Too bad indeed! hamas is welcome to the old fart.
Big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
he should be made their 'cheer leader' certainly, no self respecting Jew will have anything to do with this nut job. He can take his pick go to Gaza and STAY or, go to hell.
27. # 15 Harold Chomsky's an ass
big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
His life will be remembered as an enemy agent to all jews. And, to top that off, if the pals could, they'd slit his throat as well, why? Because he's a Jew. Dear Lord, one more idiot on the pile of history's shit balls. I guess everyone has at least one idiot in their 'family'.
28. Poles suck
Big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
I remember seeing films of these polish devils as the Jews were being handed over to the Nazis, they spat, cursed the Jews and helped the Nazis murder 6 million Jews plus others. No wonder we heard so many pollack jokes.
29. And you? A Pole?
big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
Hell every ple should shut his/her mouth the blood of Jewish blood is still drippng from your filthy hands. Still selling tickets to the camps for a buck? Seems the poles love to take money to witness their own sins against the Jews. Bloody whores.
30. # 19 And let's be more honest okay?
Big bad Jew ,   United States   (10.19.12)
If obama hadn't demanded that Israel end "Cast Lead" early, ( as his inaugural gift to the pals via the Saudis who paid for obama's election ) there's be no rockets being fired into israel. Thank G-d ROMENY WILL WIN!!!! obama might be charged with crimes for lying to the American people and to Congress and the Senate. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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