Hier mal die Darstellung in Haaretz.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/stephen-hawking-s-complicated-relationship-with-israel-1.5906160
Stephen Hawking was critical of Israel and supported BDS, but also visited Israel a number of times ...
Hawking war schon dauerhafter Unterstützer von BDS, er war nur nicht immer konsequent. Auch Kritiker so eines Boykotts leugnen nicht, dass Hawking Israel boykottiert hatte:
Responding to his decision, the conference organizers issued an angry statement saying: “The academic boycott is in our view outrageous and improper, certainly for someone for whom the spirit of liberty lies at the basis of his human and academic mission.
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Writing in Time Magazine then, David Wolpe, the prominent Los Angeles rabbi, voiced his indignation. “As Hawking must know,” he wrote, “he is boycotting precisely those most likely to agree with his political stance, the left-wing academic community in Israel.