<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial (Hebrew)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><div><font face="Consolas">To: </font><font face="Consolas">Dr Richard Stallman, </font><font face="Consolas">President, Free Software Foundation</font><font size="2" face="Arial (Hebrew)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">
<br></span><font size="2" face="Arial (Hebrew)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></font></span></font><font face="Consolas">Regarding: </font><font size="2" face="Arial (Hebrew)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><font face="Consolas">Cancelling Speech in Israel After Encountering Opposition Palestinian Sponsors<br>
</font></span></font><br><font face="Consolas">Dear Mr. Stallman,<br><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial (Hebrew)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><font face="Consolas">According to your e-mail, you have allowed the Palestinian group sponsoring your visit to prevent you from speaking in Israel. <br>
<br>
</font></span></font><font face="Consolas">I'm not totally naive, so I know that your attempt to include both a talk to Palestinians and a talk to Israelis was bound to encounter some controversy. <br><br>Nevertheless, I can't help thinking that by accepting these conditions that you are saying that it is somehow "okay" for this group to prevent you from speaking to Israelis. I wonder if you would be ready to allow an Israeli group to prevent you from speaking to Palestinians.<br>
<br>I think that the free software movement will be made a bit weaker by this unfortunate event. I hope you will come and speak in Israel soon. <br><br>Sincerely,<br>Tom Balazs<br>Haifa, Israel<br><br>-----Original Message-----</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">From: Richard Stallman [<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org" target="_blank">mailto:rms@gnu.org</a>] </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:31 PM</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Cc: <a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org" target="_blank">rms@gnu.org</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Subject: I have to cancel the speeches at universities</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">The funds for my travel to Israel are coming from Palestinians who</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">invited me to give talks for them. They are unhappy that I offered to</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">give talks at Israeli universities, and say they won't buy the</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">tickets if I'm going to do that. So I can go, and cancel these</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">speeches, or not go, and cancel these speeches.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">I think it is best if I go, and give the speeches they originally</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">invited me to give.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">I am sorry for the disappointment this will cause.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-- </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Dr Richard Stallman</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">President, Free Software Foundation</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">51 Franklin St</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Boston MA 02110</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">USA</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"><a href="http://www.fsf.org/" target="_blank">www.fsf.org</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/" target="_blank">
www.gnu.org</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> Use free telephony <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/" target="_blank">
http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/</a></font></div></span></font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/5/30 Information Knowledge Mana Graduate School of Management <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ischool@univ.haifa.ac.il">ischool@univ.haifa.ac.il</a>></span><br>
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<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">שלום רב</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">לצערנו קיבלנו את הודעתו של ד"ר ריצ'רד סטולמן (<font face="Consolas">RMS</font>) על ביטול הרצאתו באוניברסיטאות בישראל.</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">אנו עושים מאמצים נוספים לקיום ההרצאה.</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">במידה והאירוע יתקיים נעדכן אתכם על כך.</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">בברכה,</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">החוג לניהול מידע וידע ומרכז שגיא לחקר האינטרנט</span></div>
<div dir="rtl" style="text-align:right"><span dir="rtl">אוניברסיטת חיפה</span></div>
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<div><font face="Consolas">Dep. of Information & Knowledge Management</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Graduate School of Management - University of Haifa</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Tel: 972-4-8288963</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Fax: 972-4-8249194</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"><a href="http://management.haifa.ac.il/" target="_blank">http://management.haifa.ac.il/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">-----Original Message-----</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">From: Richard Stallman [<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org" target="_blank">mailto:rms@gnu.org</a>] </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 9:31 PM</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Cc: <a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org" target="_blank">rms@gnu.org</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Subject: I have to cancel the speeches at universities</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">The funds for my travel to Israel are coming from Palestinians who</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">invited me to give talks for them. They are unhappy that I offered to</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">give talks at Israeli universities, and say they won't buy the</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">tickets if I'm going to do that. So I can go, and cancel these</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">speeches, or not go, and cancel these speeches.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">I think it is best if I go, and give the speeches they originally</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">invited me to give.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">I am sorry for the disappointment this will cause.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-- </font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Dr Richard Stallman</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">President, Free Software Foundation</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">51 Franklin St</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Boston MA 02110</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">USA</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"><a href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">www.fsf.org</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_blank">
www.gnu.org</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas">Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> Use free telephony <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/" target="_blank">
http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas"> </font></div>
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