Noam Chomsky: Israel’s Actions in Palestine are "Much Worse Than Apartheid" in South Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/8/8/noam_chomsky_what_israel_is_doing <br> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br></span><br> <div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part 2 of our conversation with famed linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky on the crisis in Gaza, U.S. support for Israel, apartheid and the BDS movement. "In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid," Chomsky says. "To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by 'apartheid' you mean South African-style apartheid. What’s happening in the Occupied Territories is much worse. There’s a crucial difference. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce. … The Israeli relationship to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories is totally different. They just don’t want them. They want them out, or at least in prison."</span><br> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img height="400" src="http://www.kabobfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/noam-chomsky_big.jpg" width="287"></span><br> </div></div>

Noam Chomsky: Israel’s Actions in Palestine are "Much Worse Than Apartheid" in South Africa

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/8/8/noam_chomsky_what_israel_is_doing Part 2 of our conversation with famed linguist and political...

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Noam Chomsky: The United States, Not Iran, Poses Greatest Threat to World Peace

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a speech Saturday at The New School in New York, Noam Chomsky explained why he believes the U.S. poses the greatest threat to world peace. "[The United States] is a rogue state, indifferent to international law and conventions, entitled to resort to violence at will. … Take, for example, the Clinton Doctrine—namely, the United States is free to resort to unilateral use of military power, even for such purposes as to ensure uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies and strategic resources—let alone security or alleged humanitarian concerns. And adherence to this doctrine is very well confirmed and practiced, as need hardly be discussed among people willing to look at the facts of current history." Chomsky also explained why he believes the U.S. and its closest allies, namely Saudi Arabia and Israel, are undermining prospects for peace in the Middle East. "When we say the international community opposes Iran’s policies or the international community does some other thing, that means the United States and anybody else who happens to be going along with it."</span><img alt="Chomsky3" src="http://www.democracynow.org/images/story/90/28390/w320/chomsky3.jpg?201509111500"></div>

Noam Chomsky: The United States, Not Iran, Poses Greatest Threat to World Peace

In a speech Saturday at The New School in New York, Noam Chomsky explained why he believes the U.S. poses the greatest threat to world peac...

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