Yehuda Stern
1st August 2008, 12:17
I have been asked by an ISL comrade to forward this message. I leave it as it was sent and in his name, as the person in question would like him to handle the situation. We appeal for you support on this.
Shemuel Yerusalmi is an Israeli Russian Jew poet. He is unusual not only because he is an anti Zionist Jew living in Israel, but because he is coming from the Jewish Russian immigration known for its chauvinistic stand toward the Arab. A symptom of a kind of Red neck whites in the American south.
Because of his political poetry he is suffering from many forms of harassments, He is known for his poetry and he need the recognition as a poet. He is poor and therefore he can not afford private internet and use the one open to the public in Bear Sheva university.
A few days ago he wrote a poem on Samir Kuntar the Lebanese prisoners Israel was forced to exchange for the bodies of two solders who were in the hands of Hezbollah. In this poem he raise the question Whether Kuntar is the monster they say he is, or is it the Zionist state that committed so many crimes.
Some one saw the poem and inform the University internal security that detained him for a few hours. Two days later the value Shemuel Yerusalmi (Jerusalmi) disappears from the English language Wikipedia most likely by the request of the University security or the general Israeli security service.
This happened before, About 18 months ago his name was vanished from the same Encyclopedia claiming to be free and committed to the freedom of speech but as many of us know it is a right wing and likely connected to certain government .However at that time they had to retreat and returned his name after many left wingers around the world sent a letter of protest to the editors of the English Language Wikipedia. At that time they had to take an European lawyer to act as an arbitrator ,who decided that since many people protest there is an interest in keeping the value. The same is needed now.
It is important that a campaign on this issue will be carried out and as many people who believe that the freedom of speech of the Israeli academia should be maintain and for this reason oppose the boycott on Israeli academia will know what is the reality of this freedom of speech when it comes to Israel and its friends regarding the freedom of speech of even Israelis who have different views than the Zionist line.
I suggest that you write to VikiPedia this short notice
Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 78350
San Francisco, CA 94107-8350
USA
Phone: +1-415-839-6885
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +1-415-882-0495
Wikimedia UK
London
United Kingdom
http://www.wikimedia.org.uk (http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/)
info <at> wikimedia.org.uk (http://wikimedia.org.uk/)
I (Name Or Email) protest the removal of the Value Shemuel Yerusalmi from the English language Wikepedia on the 222-23 of July) after he wrote a poem that raise the question whether it is true that Samir Kuntar did what the Kangaroo Israeli military court found him to be guilty of and who is the real monster, Kuntar or the Israeli state that committed so many crimes against the Arabs
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Shemuel Yerusalmi is an Israeli Russian Jew poet. He is unusual not only because he is an anti Zionist Jew living in Israel, but because he is coming from the Jewish Russian immigration known for its chauvinistic stand toward the Arab. A symptom of a kind of Red neck whites in the American south.
Because of his political poetry he is suffering from many forms of harassments, He is known for his poetry and he need the recognition as a poet. He is poor and therefore he can not afford private internet and use the one open to the public in Bear Sheva university.
A few days ago he wrote a poem on Samir Kuntar the Lebanese prisoners Israel was forced to exchange for the bodies of two solders who were in the hands of Hezbollah. In this poem he raise the question Whether Kuntar is the monster they say he is, or is it the Zionist state that committed so many crimes.
Some one saw the poem and inform the University internal security that detained him for a few hours. Two days later the value Shemuel Yerusalmi (Jerusalmi) disappears from the English language Wikipedia most likely by the request of the University security or the general Israeli security service.
This happened before, About 18 months ago his name was vanished from the same Encyclopedia claiming to be free and committed to the freedom of speech but as many of us know it is a right wing and likely connected to certain government .However at that time they had to retreat and returned his name after many left wingers around the world sent a letter of protest to the editors of the English Language Wikipedia. At that time they had to take an European lawyer to act as an arbitrator ,who decided that since many people protest there is an interest in keeping the value. The same is needed now.
It is important that a campaign on this issue will be carried out and as many people who believe that the freedom of speech of the Israeli academia should be maintain and for this reason oppose the boycott on Israeli academia will know what is the reality of this freedom of speech when it comes to Israel and its friends regarding the freedom of speech of even Israelis who have different views than the Zionist line.
I suggest that you write to VikiPedia this short notice
Wikimedia Foundation
Postal address
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 78350
San Francisco, CA 94107-8350
USA
Phone: +1-415-839-6885
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +1-415-882-0495
Wikimedia UK
London
United Kingdom
http://www.wikimedia.org.uk (http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/)
info <at> wikimedia.org.uk (http://wikimedia.org.uk/)
I (Name Or Email) protest the removal of the Value Shemuel Yerusalmi from the English language Wikepedia on the 222-23 of July) after he wrote a poem that raise the question whether it is true that Samir Kuntar did what the Kangaroo Israeli military court found him to be guilty of and who is the real monster, Kuntar or the Israeli state that committed so many crimes against the Arabs
Signature
I will appreciate if you send a copy to me
[email protected]