Israel bars Chomsky

Recently Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky attempted to visit the West Bank. Concerned about likely criticism of the occupation, the Israeli government barred him. This is a good and significant development. While the ultimate result of pro-Israel policy will likely be a disaster, leading to the fall of those responsible, many of them Jewish, it is important that matters not degenerate into pristine anti-semnitism. The real enemy is not an ethnic or religious group but an obsolete ideology and its policies. By demonstrating that not all Jews favor present policy, Chomsky has performed a valuable service.