Noam Chomsky Denied Entry to Israel 5.63K Max Read 05/16/10 07:40PM Filed to: Deportation Deportation Israel Noam Chomsky Palestine West Bank Generative grammar M.I.T. Gettypic Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky was denied entry to Israel and the West Bank on Sunday, seemingly due to his criticism of Israeli policies. But who knows? It could just be that the IDF doesn't believe in generative grammar. [Haaretz]