when we come back, gnome jansky joins us. ♪ [music break] >> music by anouar brahem, the tunisian oud and composer. this is democracy now. i am amy goodman. >> to talk more about the crisis in gaza we go now to boston where we are joined by noam chomsky, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, institute professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of technology, where he's taught for more than 50 years. he has written extensively about the israel/palestine conflict for decades. >> forty years ago this year he published, "peace in the middle east? reflections on justice and nationhood." his 1983 book, the fateful triangle, is known as one of the definitive works on the israel-palestine conflict. he joins us from boston. welcome back. please first just comment. we have not spoken to you throughout the israeli assault on gaza. your comments? >> it is hideous. it is an atrocity of sadistic carnage,us, murderous, without any credible pretext. it is another one of the periodic israeli exercises in what they delicately call "mowing the lawn." that means shooting fish in the