Noam Chomsky, the extremely influential dissident, linguist, and media critic behind such works as Manufacturing Consent and What We Say Goes. In this Paper Tiger classic he deconstructs several New York Times articles by historians Bernard Wertzman and Thomas Friedman in order to examine the foreign policy of the United States in the context of the Israel/Palestine conflict. Chomsky examines how these articles skew the facts through “suppression” or “framing” in order to recreate history to meet the needs of current U.S. foreign policy. In examining the first article, “Are the Palestinians Ready to Seek Peace” by Wertzman, Chomsky points out that in the American Press, the validity of U.S. policy is unquestioned and thus the article frames the question within the “rejectionist” foreign policy of the United States. He goes on to look at the article by Thomas Friedman as well, which claims to document the history of peace negotiations between Palestine and Isreal. Chomsky calls attention to the suppression of facts in the article, pointing out several negotiations that are not mentioned. According to Chomsky, the title of Wertzman’s article should read “Are the Palestinians Ready for Peace?” but rather “Are the Palestinians Ready to Accept a Rejectionist Peace, in Which They Do Not Participate?” Chomsky concludes by restating that no one is ever against peace; everyone wants peace. “The question is: What peace?”