Only after world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking succumbed to local academic pressure and canceling his scheduled appearance in Israel, The Guardian reported that Noam Chomsky was instrumental in pressuring Hawking.
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Noam Chomsky, the anti-Israel Jewish linguist, was involved in the efforts to persuade Stephen Hawking from appearing in Shimon Peres‘s Presidential Conference held annually in Jerusalem.
Hawking. Health or political concerns? – Photo: AP
The British paper The Guardian reported that Noam Chomsky, together with another 20 academics, sent the renowned physicist a letter urging him not to accept the invitation and cancel his participating in the conference.
According to the report, Chomsky and 20 other academics wrote Hawking that they are very disappointed that he had accepted the invitation since “Israel systematically discriminates against the Palestinians who make up 20% of its population in ways that would be illegal in Britain.” Continue Reading »
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