Renowned US intellectual Noam Chomsky says Barack Obama did not comment on "Israel's" war on Gaza, as it was part of the "premeditated" plan.

We have been informed by an "Israeli" source that the recent invasion of the Gaza Strip was completely premeditated, Chomsky said in an interview with the French Al-Ahram daily.

The plan was to deliver the maximum blow to Gaza before the new US president took office, so that he could put these matters behind him added the famous intellectual, referring to Obama's pledge to resolve the "Israeli" Palestinian conflict.

According to Chomsky, while "Israel" was pounding the Gaza Strip -- during which over 1300 Palestinians were killed --, Obama excused his silence by saying that "There's only one president at a time."

This, however, did not prevent the then president-elect from commenting on other leading issues of US domestic and foreign policy, Chomsky argued.

The recognized political analyst also criticized Obama for repeating the notion that defending "Israel" is a US priority. He predicted that during the Obama presidency US will hold the same policy on the "Israeli"-Palestinian conflict.