Linux founder cancels Israel visit due to pressure by Palestinian groups.

RMS, "Linux founder"? Really?

I know journalists rarely do their job right but this submitted here on Hacker News? No. And moreover the story has already been covered by earlier submitted links. I wish I had enough karma to downvote.

Edited.

He claims the reason is that the Palestinian groups that invited him threatened to not pay for his visit once they found out he was visiting Israeli institutions. 1. It seems very obvious that he would visit Israeli insitutions on a speaking tour, this should have been known in advance. 2. I'm surprised no Israeli has offered up the money for his trip yet.

If it's on the Palestinian dime I'd say they have the right to put conditions on that dime. And it's Stallman's right to either accept those conditions or not go at all.

Linux founder? What is this garbage?