I'm personally sympathetic with your comments on his politics, but the only part of your comment that is relevant here is "He is an awesome scientist and has made real contributions to the field computer science."
According to Wikipedia he is the father of Daniel Pearl, the journalist who was murdered by al-Qaeda. This may colour his views on things.
I flagged your post, and since you're relatively new here, I figured I should explain why. Simply, no good discussion will happen based on your comment. It will devolve into a political discussion, which while important, is not relevant to the purpose of this site. I specifically flagged your post instead of downvoting it so that the entire discussion about the award and his contributions are not derailed.
In case anyone else didn't pick up on this right away, Judea Pearl is the father of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and decapitated in Pakistan.
The NGO Monitor aims to undermine non-violent actions against the Israeli occupation in order to maintain it. It tries to cut funding to peaceful NGOs because they don't align with Zionist values.
NGO Monitor is pro-occupation and pro-Israeli settlers.
So your response seems to be out of place. I criticize A, you say "but B" which is unrelated to A as a counter argument.
> It tries to cut funding to peaceful NGOs because they don't align with Zionist values.
Ah yes, "Peaceful NGOs"....
Even if they are "peaceful" (many aren't), that doesn't imply that they're good.
There's nothing inherently wrong with attacking NGOs. In fact, it's actually good to attack some NGOs because said NGOs are evil.
The fact that you've taken a side does not imply that the other side is wrong to oppose your side, let alone that this guy has done anything wrong in his opposition.
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