Chomsky has always been a critic of Israel in spite of (or maybe because of) the fact his parents are Jewish. He has also been quite critical of U.S. foreign policy. This is just part of the article reporting on his speech. Chomsky thinks that the expansion of Jewish settlement is responsible for much of the moral deterioration of Israel and chastises those who have supported that policy. The article is in the Irish Times.
""Israel's worst enemies are those who support its policies, claims Chomsky
PAUL CULLEN
Wed, Nov 04, 2009
ISRAEL'S GREATEST enemies are those who support its decline into moral degeneration and destruction, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky has told an audience in Dublin.
Chomsky, who is retired professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Israel was once a civilised society similar to those found in Scandinavia. Now, however, that has changed. There is high inequality just as in the US, and the social security system has collapsed, he said.
In the 1970s, he said, Israel had a choice between security within its existing borders and expansion into settlements and it chose expansion.
It was not possible to carry out the military occupation this required and at the same time maintain elementary moral values. "The worst enemies of Israel were those supporting it. What they were in fact supporting was its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction," said Chomsky.
Chomsky, the son of Jewish parents from Pennsylvania, said that at one stage he considered going to live in Israel but "now I prefer to come to Dublin".
He was speaking at the College Historical Society, or Hist, in TCD, which yesterday awarded him a gold medal for outstanding contribution to public discourse.".....""