Noam Chomsky Will Deliver Israel Speech Via Videoconference

Noam Chomsky Will Deliver Israel Speech Via Videoconference

After being denied entry to Israel Sunday, left-wing activist and MIT professor Noam Chomsky will give his speech at Birzeit University in the West Bank via videoconference.

The Boston Globe has more on the dust-up between Chomsky and Israeli authorities:

The decision to turn away Chomsky, who is a sharp critic of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, has become an international controversy and sparked a soul-searching debate within Israel. Critics say that Chomsky was blacklisted for his political views.

Israeli officials have said that the decision to turn Chomsky away was a misunderstanding, and suggested that he could enter the West Bank if he returned to the border.The officials said border officials overstepped their authority and mistakenly believed Chomsky also planned to travel to parts of Israel beyond the occupied West Bank.

Chomsky's daughter, Avi, said the entire situation was "nonsense" and that authorities knew she and her father only planned to visit the university.

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