Richard Stallman answer to me

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

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
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Voice? אם כן, כנס לכאן <http://vps.net.bz/?p=406>.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>
Date: 2011/6/6
Subject: Re: regarding your (cancelled) Israel visit
To: Hetz Ben Hamo ‫hetzbh at 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
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