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And nothing makes for more of a symbolic victory than getting the most prominent living scientist to boycott Israel’s most prestigious gathering. Such was the impact of British physicist Stephen Hawking’s surprise withdrawal from Israel’s ...Forward · ByNathan Guttman · 5/17/2013
The global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has scored two major victories this month, starting with a groundbreaking report issued by the Church ... ‘What does the Lord require of you ...?’” …Gulf News · 1 day ago
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Hawking, who's also a cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician, is the author of books including the best-seller, "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes." The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions …CNN · 5/9/2013
In-depth coverageBritish physicist Stephen Hawking's decision last week to boycott a major international conference in Israel in June has stirred controversy. On The Current Wednesday, two academics shared their contrasting views on whether such boycotts are ethical and ...CBC · 5/15/2013
Stephen Hawking ... moral passion. Hawking is boycotting a major academic conference in Israel, one to be addressed by Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, because of "Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands." Albert Einstein, to whom Hawking is ...The Huffington Post · 5/14/2013
Israel has become the world’s premier nondestination for the smugly self-righteous. Since 2006, there has been a movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions organized by a coalition of Palestinian groups, to which people like Bono and ...ideas.time.com · 5/13/2013
Noam Chomsky was among 20 academics who privately lobbied Professor Stephen Hawking to boycott a major Israeli conference ... accepted the invitation to speak at next month's presidential conference in Jerusalem, which will chaired by Shimon ...The Guardian · 5/9/2013
I followed the news of Professor Stephen Hawking's decision to decline an invitation as an honored speaker at the conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres with great disappointment. Let me first note that Prof Hawking is a personal hero of mine ...The Guardian · 5/12/2013
It is an event "of cosmic proportions," said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was communicated on ...OpEdNews · 5/15/2013
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