Israeli border officials stop Noam Chomsky entring the West Bank

Israeli border officials stop Noam Chomsky entring the West Bank 18 May 2010 A leading left-wing political thinker who was denied entry to the West Bank by Israeli border guards has accused the Jewish state of acting in a "paranoid" fashion reminiscent of South Africa during the apartheid era. Noam Chomsky, the Jewish American professor famed for his ground-breaking work on linguistics as well as his critical studies on the media and politics around the world, was trying to cross the Israeli-controlled border from Jordan to the West Bank on Sunday when he was detained for prolonged questioning and then told that he could not enter.