MIT Emeritus Professor of Linguistics; Jewish Scholar and Political Theorist
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Book(s):
- “On Palestine” by Noam Chomksy and Illan Pappe, (2015)
- “The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers The World” (2024)
- “Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the U.S.-Israeli War on the Palestinians” by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe, (2013)
- “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media” (2002)
- “Propaganda and the Public Mind” (2015)
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NOTABLE QUOTE
“… In 1989, two years into the Intifada, a delegation of Peace Now leaders — doves in Israel — met with Prime Minister Rabin, who was then in charge of the violent repression. They wanted to express concern about what was happening. Rabin reassured them, saying that the [Palestinian] inhabitants of the territories were ‘subject to harsh military and economic pressure,’ and that “they will be broken and will accept Israel’s terms.” And that’s what happened. There’s only so much flesh and blood can endure. Violence is often effective. We sometimes hear it claimed that violence doesn’t work. That’s just false. It works almost all the time — especially when it’s unconstrained, when it’s not punished, and when it’s authorized by the owner of the world — us. Once the population was broken, Israel instituted a new policy in 1991: the policy of closure. The goal was to turn Gaza into a prison, essentially. To separate the West Bank from Gaza. That’s one way to ensure that there will never be a viable Palestinian entity — cut off the seaport, the outside access, divide the population. And that policy has been maintained. I say ‘they,’ but it’s really ‘we.’ Because the U.S. backs it all the way. Every time I say ‘Israel,’ I mean ‘the U.S. and Israel’ …”
ABOUT PROFESSOR NOAM CHOMSKY
Avram Noam Chomsky born (December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as “the father of modern linguistics”, Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy, and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He has spent more than half a century at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.
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