Hawking Confirms He is Boycotting Israel
British physicist confirms he cancelled his trip because of academic boycott, not illness.
Middle East • May 2013 • Views: 1,506
“The University of Cambridge released a statement late Wednesday saying that Hawking had told the Israelis last week that he would not be attending “based on advice from Palestinian academics that he should respect the boycott.”
Earlier, the university said that news reports saying Hawking was boycotting the conference were wrong, and that the noted physicist’s decision to cancel his visit to Israel stemmed from health reasons alone.”
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