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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: koan who wrote (80168)5/16/2010 8:19:28 PM
From: longnshort   of 89467
 
Chomsky denied entry into Israel'

By JPOST.COM STAFF
16/05/2010

Radical intellectual was set to speak at Ramallah's Bir Zeit University.

Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel via the Allenby Bridge border crossing on Sunday, according to various Palestinian reports.

The world-renowned linguist, and sharp critic of the US and Israel was on his way to speak at Ramallah’s Bir Zeit University in the Palestinian territories, at the invitation of Palestinian Authority parliament member and liberal democratic activist, Dr. Moustafa Barghouti,the sources reported.

He was allegedly held up on the Jordanian side of the crossing for over four hours and was finally sent back to Amman, with no official cause given for turning him back.

Chomsky has said that Israel and the US are the true obstacles to peace, saying that the Arab peace proposal was the Palestine Liberation Organization’s official position. He says Hamas hinted they would consider it and even Iran’s leader, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had accepted and it. Only Israel and the US ignore all these developments, he claimed.

Reports vary as to what Chomsky was told was the reason for the decision. Some sources say he was told unofficially there was an order from on high to turn him back because of his political views.
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