Chomsky on Gaza - Noam Chomsky

01/13/2009 4:00 PM WongNoam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MITDescription: While he admits to no surprise about events in Gaza, Noam Chomsky does consider “the latest U.S.“Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians“ a step beyond terrorism and aggression. He says “some new term is needed for the sadistic and cowardly torture of people caged with no possibility of escape, being pounded daily by the most sophisticated products of U.S. military technology.“ Chomsky says these “new crimes“ don’t fit easily into any standard category except for “familiarity,“ and his talk recaps the history of Israeli relations with Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere. He notes that while many are engaged in “sober debate on what the attackers hope to achieve,“ he doesn’t find Israeli motives at all “obscure.“ Chomsky says “rational Israeli hard“liners“ decided it was senseless to subsid