Worldrenowned linguist and dissident noam chomsky, in speech and conversation. Before an audience of 800 in the hall of the uns General Assembly. January 20, 2006, a very important event took place for the first full free election in the arab world, carefully monitored, recognized to be free and fair. It had one flaw that came out the wrong way. Hamas won control of parliament. U. S. And israel did not want that. Noam chomsky for the hour. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today we spend the hour with professor noam chomsky, worldrenowned political dissident, linguist, and author. He is Institute Professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of technology, where he has taught for more than half a century. In october, more than 800 people packed the hall of the uns General Assembly to see noam chomsky. Ambassadors and the public alike from around the world. The event was hosted by the committee on the exe
Why theres yet again no winner for a major african award for leadership. Three foreign aid workers remain in captivity somewhere in Northern Syria tonight. Three were released after they were all abducted by an unoccupied group. Colleagues and friends at icrc headquarters in geneva had been waiting ally. When it came, it was bittersweet. Because some are still being held. Despite the abduction, the red cross insists its business as usual. This will not see us suspending our operations in syria. Even yesterday we were helping displaced people, in rural damascus. Despite this unfortunate incident were still going to work for the syrian people. Numerous armed groups are fighting the government as well as each other. Aid workers can unwittingly get caught up in the daily violence. Like this car bomb so powerful at least 12 of the victims were burned beyond recognition. The attack happened beyond the turkish border, field hospitals are swamped with the survivors many with serious injuries.
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minister itamar ben gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before hamas was destroyed. last night in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people gathered to urge the prime minister to accept the ceasefire proposal unveiled by the us presidentjoe biden. groups of protesters were dispersed by mounted police and water cannon. some said they feared the prime minister may sabotage the proposal. a group campaigning to bring the hostages home warned that such a move would endanger the lives of those held in gaza. akiva eldar is a political analyst and journalist at the haaretz newspaper. akiva, you re also the co author of the book lords of the land: the war for israel s settlements in the occupied territories. benjamin netanyahu is in very
of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga in of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga in johannesburg - of people in this country. catherine i byaruhanga in johannesburg speaking byaruhanga in johannesburg speaking to byaruhanga injohannesburg speaking to my colleague anna foster a little earlier. let s turn to the middle east now, where two key right wing members of israel s coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister agrees to a peace deal for gaza. finance minister bezalel smotrich and national security minister itamar ben gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before hamas was destroyed. last night in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people gathered to urge the prime minister to accept the ceasefire proposal unveiled by the us presidentjoe biden. groups of protesters were dispersed by mounted police and water cannon. earlier i spoke to akiva eldar, a political analyst and contri