John Rebel

Well howdy stranger! I haven't seen you around these parts too much lately!

Noam Chomsky, whose withering critiques of political establishments have earned him the wrath of regimes of all persuasions around the world, was todayforbidden by Israeli immigration officers from entering the Palestinian West Bank.
Chomsky said he was disappointed and surprised to have been turned back from the Allenby bridge across the Jordan river, which is understood to be the first time he has been refused entry by the Israelis. He had been due to give a series of lectures on domestic and foreign policy at Birzeit University and the Institute for Palestine Studies in Ramallah, in the West Bank.
He told Al-Jazeera television that the immigration official who interviewed him had made it clear that “the government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world”.
The academic, aged 82, had been with his daughter and two Jordanian friends. The friends were allowed through by the Israelis, but Chomsky and his daughter were denied entry.
Chomsky added that the Israeli authorities also seemed to take exception to the fact that he was only giving lectures in the Palestinian territory and would not be speaking in Israeli universities, “which I have done several times in the past”.
Chomsky has been a keen critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and of successive US governments that he says have propped up the system in which Palestinians are denied equal rights.
Sabine Hadad, a spokeswoman for the Israeli interior ministry responsible for immigration decisions, said the department was trying to contact the military to clear up the matter, in order to allow Chomsky in. She told Reuters there had been a misunderstanding, as border officials had wrongly assumed he was planning to visit Israel as well.
But Chomsky said: “There was no misunderstanding. I was invited to give a series of lectures. It was straightforward, I do it all the time.” He said that even if the Israelis did clear him for entry, he would now have insufficient time in his schedule to visit the West Bank.

How's my rebellious, rolling stone friend doing?! Just have to say, it is called "absolute" happiness precisely because it is NOT different for each individual - that type is what is called "relative happiness" in Buddhist circles. There is no chemistry or biological condition that is greater than the Law of the universe. There is no immutable karma!

All the best on your journey through this life...

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Hello,
I just read your November post on Afghanistan. The geopolitics & economics became much more clear after I read your explanation.

Thanks for sharing!

Hey Mr. John! I did get your e-mail and have been looking through the information. I'm a tad under the weather so I've been remiss in getting back to you. I'm sorry, I'm such a horrid friend.

You keep trying to wake me up with all this info. and I've been so happy with my head in the sand! That's ok, though. It's probably about time to wake up. I just need to find the coffee. :)

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