Richard Stallman answer to me

[Uri Even-Chen]

2011/6/6 Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>

> ---------- 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
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>  Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
>
>
>
I agree with Richard Stallman's views about the Israeli occupation.

Uri Even-Chen
Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
E-mail: uri at speedy.net
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