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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Stephen-Hawking-reaffirms-support-of-Israel-boycott-312505

Stephen Hawking Reaffirms Support of Israel Boycott

(Jerusalem Post) Jonny Paul - On Wednesday, University of Cambridge physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking reiterated that he pulled out of the fifth President's Conference in Jerusalem because he supports an academic boycott of Israel. "I have received a number of emails from Palestinian academics," Hawking said in a letter. "They are unanimous that I should respect the boycott. In view of this I must withdraw from the conference." Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, noted, "His whole computer-based communication system runs on a chip designed by Israel's Intel team."

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