was barred entry and so we never really got a full picture from that or you brought up professor chomsky and the issue of being barred from entering israel you know that he was recently in that same situation were you surprised were you not surprised because you yourself had experienced that i was a little bit surprised because professor chomsky is in a category all of his own and however much jews may feel still believe towards him for his political views they still take pride in the fact that professor chomsky is a certified in their knowledge genius so they take pride in the fact that he's jewish and a genius and it was surprising that a person of his stature with also have been turned away and there represents i think you know a serious deterioration in israeli let's just call it decision making the israelis for a long time prior themselves and being very rational as against the emotional arabs but now they're acting clearly very irrational and also counterproductive from their own point of view counterproductive way to make a terrible p.r. for denying an eighty two year old man who

involved in the money basically feeling was my closest friend over many decades is professor chomsky and i tried to look to him for moral guidance and he made many films or he would participate in these films himself and about his personal background so i thought there was nothing politically incorrect or vain about participating in such you. and so i went ahead and did it but one thing that didn't quite turn out right was i thought there'd be a lot more on my time in palestine and to meet some of my friends from their blood when we went over to shoot that segment of the documentary i was barred entry and so we never really got a full picture from that or you brought up professor chomsky and the issue of being barred from entering israel you know that he was personally in that same situation were you surprised were you not surprised because you yourself had experienced that i was a little bit surprised because professor chomsky is in a category all of his own and however much jews may feel still believe towards him for his political views they still take pride in the fact that profes

believe towards him for his political views they still take pride in the fact that professor john chomsky is a certified in their knowledge genius so they take pride in the fact that he's jewish and a genius and it was surprising that a person of his stature would also have been turned away and there represents i think you know a serious deterioration in israeli let's just call it decision making the israelis for a long time prior themselves and being very rational as against the emotional arabs but now they're acting in clearly a very irrational and also counterproductive from their own point of view counterproductive way to make a terrible p.r. for denying an eighty two year old man who is by any reckoning one of the greatest minds in human history denying him entry because it used to be that when israelis dissented the world praised them look how beautiful the israelis are when they do wrong they feel anguished they feel tormented but now for the first time the world is saying we don't care about your anguish and. torment we're holding you legally responsible for what you're doing don'

by the way, as someone pointed out, no chomsky -- no one chomsky said that he got the longest applause of anyone there. north america makes an issue of everything he says. but bush is the one that started the war. initiated by the venezuelan art -- oligarchy and supported by the u.s.. >> i recall that comment from bush. immediately after he gave that speech he came to a studio in new york at the embassy. my crew had him on this program. we interviewed him shortly after that speech. it was a fascinating day to talk to him. >> in the film we have kirschner, his friend. he says that he likes to go chavez as a friend, but he needs to think about a successor. right now the system needs to be made sure it works. >> that does not bother you? that he is setting himself up to be like castro? >> there is always an norris scrooge -- enormous scrutiny on the election. not only do they have an electronic balances, but at the same time they have two groups. far better than florida in 2000. there was a 75% turnout. better than obama. >> whe is putting off referendums. saying that he once had a third

chomsky talks about how the u.s. is preparing for this. hundreds of aircraft -- could that situation be repeated? >> well actually, the development is so fast, but weapons at the moment are more powerful than the ones used by bush when he launched the attack against iraq, and they talk about massacre. of course, iraq did not have the [unintelligible] it was a country divided among sunnis and kurds. the worst is going to be the ones who are going to fight. the endurance is the one you think the commander is going to link to the possibility of an aid it -- israeli nuclear attack against iran. there are mistaken calculations by the two of them. it has to be nuclear. there is no way out. of course, we are just guarding this interview -- just starting this interview. that possibility of a nuclear attack that you have foreseen reflects the dynamics of what is happening there. it also leads to latest issue, when it comes to the nuclear issue, they are forbidding iran to develop peacefully nuclear energy, but israel is doing it. all powers, 20,000