By reading some more the e-mails that were exchanged, RMS clarified his stand
( http://hamakor.org.il/pipermail/discussions/2011-May/003033.html ). Not
only we were right, but 1) he does not cancel all his talks in Israel and 2)
he hopes that funds can be found so that he can give some more talks in
Israel:
> 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.
@aloniv: Are you Israeli? If so, it would be great to contact the journalists
talking about a boycott and point them these e-mails (as well as the fact
that RMS did give some talks in Israel a few years ago). The truth shall be
written...
