In other words, Stallman's cancellation of speeches in Israeli universities is indeed a victory in the worldwide attempt to promote academic boycott of Israel.
I understand that it is a battle which can be won by means of some money. So let's arrange funding for Stallman's trip to our area to replace Palestinian funds, and without the kind of strings that the Palestinians attached to their funds. Where to send my 100NIS contribution? --- Omer Zak On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 08:02 +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > I'm pretty suree RMS' reply bounced so here I am quoting it for all of > you. he sent me a longer reply in person and they both confirm what I > thought - he's more interested in fulfilling his original obligation > and use it for promoting collaboration. > > Moreover, he says the ban imposed on him is NOT Israel in its > entirety, but only the Universities (the private Shenkar College seems > kosher according to him). The weird but sensible thing to do is find > lecture halls outside the universities and there would be no conflict. > > I think there are now several people in the readers who should > marinade their hats for making this a bigger political issue than it > really is. > > I'll be posting his personal replies to me in my blog later, and > sending them to the papers. > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 07:36, Richard Stallman <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw that you sent an E-mail message canceling all of your > talks > in Israel= in the upcoming visit. > > > Not all of them -- only the ones at universities. It is the > universities that the funders object to. I have one planned > talk > which is not at a university, which I still plan to give. > > I will forward your message to them. I hope you can indeed > work > something out, because cooperation between Israelis and > Palestinians > is good. > > Another possible approach is to find other venues for the > other talks > I was going to give in Israel. -- Linux Mint is insecure by design as it won't accept contributions (bug reports) from Israelis who choose to defend themselves against suicide bombers: http://eclelef.blogspot.com/2009/05/palestine_03.html My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Discussions mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
