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Chomsky makes first Gaza visit
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Published: 18.10.12, 23:17
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31. Nachum 19
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (10.19.12)
When Israel left gaza , there was NO bloccade at all . Hamas , and others , used this freedom to send suicide bombers into Israel . So who's to blame for this situation ?
32. Chomsky is a great linguist , yes
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (10.19.12)
but very biaised in politics . He , as many of his kind , see only one side of the coin : the so called "poor gazans" . Did he once look at the "palestinian" crimes comitted against Israelis ? No . Did he once say that Israeli Arabs enjoy more freedom , than those who live in arab countries ? No . Does he know that in one day jordan killed more palestinians than Israelis did since more than a century ? He don't want to know this . So a great linguist is not necessarely a sane person in politics .
33. What foolish policy - instead Israel should refuse to let
No Totalitarians ,   Boston   (10.19.12)
What foolish policy - instead Israel should refuse to let Chomsky leave Gaza!!
34. GRACZEK
(10.19.12)
you poles MURDERED MILLIONS OF THESE KINDS OF JEWS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EINSTEINS AND SCHOLARS THAT BENEFITTED HUMANITY.
35. Dirty old man !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (10.19.12)
36. this is the man who condemned the assasination of Bin Laden
zionist forever   (10.19.12)
The only people this idiot has any credibility there days is amongst the arabs & Muslims who acts of terror he defends. The man has been spewing hate of Israel for decades and then he went a step further when he condemned the decision to kill Bin Laden because the man had a right to a fair trial under international law so he should have been taken alive. Academics are the biggest bunch of idiots out there when it comes to all things political especially complicated international politics. They think they have a degree and teach people things so they are the enlightened ones who know better than anybody else, we need to introduce an international law banning academics from politics.
37. A great Scholar!
Rami ,   Tel Aviv   (10.19.12)
Why you are criticizing him, he is well known professor and he has the right to express his opinion. Israel refused to put a pan on the ridiculous movie about Prophet Mohammed and now Israel denies entry of Chomsky to Israel. It is very clear, freedom if you want to curse Muslims and it is anti Semitism when you say something about Israeli killing of the Palestinian people.
38. #13 - are you sure, Mark?
William ,   Israel   (10.19.12)
Because humankind usually doesn't highly value incitement to violence, spreading of lies via manipulation, and general hypocrisy. Take those away and what did Chomsky do for the world that another professor at MIT hasn't? He's a linguist - that means he studies languages and the social aspects of its use. But for some reason he keeps missing the virulent hatred and racism that spews from Arabs - "Palestinians" specifically. As for hypocrisy, he decries US support for the IDF but remains mum on the massive grants spent by the Department of Defense at MIT to research all types of military products and weapons, which end up being used in very sketchy situations where civilians are concerned.
39. #14 - "his place in history is assured"...in linguistics
William ,   Israel   (10.19.12)
while the rest of his persona will be chalked up as a typical self-righteous deluded liberal academic. let's give credit where it is due, and scorn where it is due.
40. To: No. 16
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (10.19.12)
Oooh -- are you ever ignorant! That said -- I hope you refused to have your children innoculated against polio. Both Drs. Salk and Sabin were Zionists. As were Albert Einstein, Edward Teller and a whole host of other Jews.
41. One of the Worlds Great Jews.
R   (10.19.12)
42. Atheist not Jewish
TR ,   U.S.   (10.19.12)
Could we quit calling these people Jewish? They are atheists.
43. No 13, it depends on how you look at it.
Not a Chomsky   (10.19.12)
In my mind you certainly qualify as an idiot for airing your anti-Semitic spew and stupidity. On that note, Chomsky may be a well known linguist, but he is a complete political left-wing moron, a self-denying buffoon. What did he achieve in Gaza? More promises, more incitement against Israel from Arab Gaza? He should have by now gotten it into his thick skull that there has never been a nation, people or entity called Palestinians except for the Jews living in Israel and called Palestinians by the Romans.
44. #43 You are one of the herd.
Robert ,   Australia   (10.20.12)
If a child is bombarded from babyhood with all sorts of propaganda it will accept it as true. This is what happens in places like Israel where its citizens actually believe the propaganda forced down their throats from an early age. Chomsky has proven that there some decent Jews.
45. not surprising....
les ,   canada   (10.20.12)
just an other deranged, selfhating, tretorous jew, living the good life in america, and betraying his people, joining the friedman clowns...
46. 42 , TR Atheist Jews are also pro Israel
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (10.20.12)
47. 44 , Robert , down under .
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (10.20.12)
You don't know about what you talk . It is not propaganda , it are facts we live every day . What propaganda ? That Israeli Arabs have a much better life than their brethren in arab states ? That they enjoy more freedom ? That here Jews had already all the needed institutions long before becoming an independent state ? That the arabs , with their "all or nothing" policy , by rejecting the partition plan , by attacking the Jewish state created all their problems . Had they recognised and accepted the partition , there would not be a "refugee" problem , they would have a greater territory than they can dream of , they would also enjoy from the prosperity the Jews brought into this region . Chomsky sees only one side of the coin , but does'nt look at the reasons of this situation . It make me thinking at this lawyer who asked pity to the court for an orphan , who had murdered his parents .
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