The founder of the popular Wikipedia website, Jimmy Wales toured Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard on Sunday and said that he was impressed and amazed by what he saw there. He added that he did not know if he agreed with the protest but was very impressed by the fact that people were identifying with the cause and debating the issue. (Yoav Malka)

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, on Sunday visited Tel Aviv's tent city, located on Rothschild boulevard.

"It's wonderful that in the democracy here, people have the right to go out and express their opinion. I do not know if I agree with the protest or not, because I'm not familiar with the economic and social situation in Israel, but the very fact that freedom of speech and discourse are free in Israel is remarkable," Wales said.

"People around the world watch what's going here," Wales continued. "In front of the auditorium in Haifa, where we held the international conference of Wikipedia, there were dozens of tents. And we didn't need to explain to the hundreds of foreigners who were participants what it was, they knew from the Internet and the already existing Wikipedia articles about this protest."

Wales was in Israel for the international Wikipedia conference, Wikimania, which took place in Haifa over the weekend.

Wikipedia founder visits Tel Aviv's tent city
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By JPOST.COM STAFF Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, on Sunday visited Tel Aviv's tent city, located on Rothschild boulevard. "It's wonderful that in the democracy here, people have the right to go out and express their opinion. I do not know if I agree with the protest or not, because I'm not familiar with the economic and social situation in Israel, and if I were I wouldn't dare comment anyway. But the very fact that freedom of speech and discourse are free in Israel is remarkable." Wales said unctuously. "Of course, all these people would be blocked for disruption from Wikipedia if they had views not in accord with the ruling elite there, but it's nice to see that they aren't deported for disruption in Israel," Wales said. "At least during daylight." he added.

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I do not know if I agree with the protest or not, because I'm not familiar with the economic and social situation in Israel, and if I were I wouldn't dare comment anyway.

You know.. thank you.. I don't really understand your Congress, or your system of checks and balances.. because, as I said during the campaign - I'm just a caveman! I fell on some ice, and later got thawed out by scientists.