Hawkings joins Academic Boycott of Israel

Juan Cole reports that Hawkings joins Academic Boycott of Israel.

Physicist Stephen Hawkings’ decision to boycott the annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem this year has been confirmed by Cambridge University. The university initially attempted to deny a political motive and said Hawkings was not going because of his health. It acknowledged the political motive when [t]he Guardian newspaper provided it with a copy of Hawkings’ May 3 withdrawal letter

This campaign of BDS has been going on for several years. Samah Sabawi wrote, in 2011, that:

Supporters of the non-violent global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement — especially members of the Greens — have been subjected to abuse in a deliberate national campaign of misinformation and slurs orchestrated against them. It has questioned their values and integrity and falsely accused them of anti-Semitism.

A great evil, the Holocaust, is being used to justify another evil, the occupation of Palestine.