Hi People, I just got this answer from Richard Stallman.
Apparently, he *does* plan to give a talk in Israel, but not in any Israeli university. I actually find this pretty weird, considering that most of the universities in Israel are full of staff from the left-side of the political map (TAU for exmaple?) -- *חץ בן חמו חץ-ביז *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים מעוניין להשתמש בשרותים שחסומים לגולש הישראלי? Hulu? NetFlix? Pandora? Google Voice? אם כן, כנס לכאן <http://vps.net.bz/?p=406>. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> Date: 2011/6/6 Subject: Re: regarding your (cancelled) Israel visit To: Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com I don't advocate a blanket boycott of Israeli universities, but I am not going to campaign against it either. I see where they are coming from: Israel's occupation policies are horrible. Nonviolent protests are crushed with persistent brutality. (See http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=221897.) Palestinians who are against violence are looking desperately for some method of nonviolent resistance. I can't blame them for it even if I don't agree entirely with the details. Thus, I decided to follow their policies in the trip they organized. I wish I had discussed the issue in advance and avoided having to cancel a plan I had agreed to. I will give at least one talk in Israel, at a non-university venue, and I am hoping more can be arranged. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
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