when high profile non-idiots start to join the boycott movement, that's a problem...

Hawkins isn't that good at physics he is wrong about many things. Seems to whine a lot. He thinks he is better then Einstein. And he is wrong with the perception of Israel.

I really don't care. Scientist's moral considerations are no better than anyone off the street. Smart people like Steven can be pretty dumb when it comes to understand real life. Funny, becasue a real scientist should take the time to actually research his opinion. But most don't, which brings us back to my original statement. Now, go support Assad Steven.

But in his case he probably just lost it.

Clearly zilch about 'Palestine'

Your unjustified decision to join the lies based and anti-semitic 'boycott Israel campaign', will become a significant smear on your academic credibility and ethics. As an academic and a physicist of your calibre, you would be expected to read a wide range of narratives and perspectives, deal with facts and reach logical and reasonable conclusions. Considering the facts in that so-called Palestinian Israeli conflict, it seems as you did not familiarize yourself with its historical background and failed to reach logical and reasonable conclusions. This is not to mention the hypocrisy of having academics like you, visiting countries where real breach of human rights takes place. The biggest mistake that you have made however, is depriving yourself from interacting & learning from the gifted, highly intelligent and world leading scientists that we have in Israel. Israel does not need you Hawking, but you and many others in the world, use and rely on scientific discoveries and technologies that were invented by Jewish people in Israel and abroad. Long live Israel!

Who cares what this idiot,,,this godless heathen thinks?! He's ignorant and a fool for mocking the very God who gave him whatever intelligence he may have. I'll take a man with common sense over a fool like Hawking any day! People have different smarts; knowledge comes in many forms. Hawking is no smarter than most anyone else. Again, I'm not impressed by this godless idiot!

Hawking will never realize the importance of Israel because he is an atheist and a liberal. Why waist your time on this!

Don't be bothered by the apologists. Human beings were born equal, regardless of sex, creed, age, etc. Kudos for your courage, and looking forward to receive you in Birzeit or any other Palestinian institution very soon.

in Stevie Wonder the piece of crap Roger Waters basically influenced him not to play for the fundraiser for Israel and Stephen Hawking who is a cripple and agreed to go to Israel only made his decision after he was intimidated by the anti-Israel pieces of crap

Israel has Pat Robertson. Good luck

I highly suspect you are not who you say you are. Nevertheless, based on your questionable moral comprehension, I would venture to guess, that were you a citizen of Germany 1930's you would have endorsed 'Mein Kamph', and the ensuring just actions on behalf of the victimized German people.

Bullying obviously and what does he know about the Torah ? His Technology he might abandon also as much of it was rooted in israel .A sick man should not be drawn into politics .

...he's still heading to Hell! Questioning the very God who created all that he's trying to explain about with his apparent limited mental abilities, is pretty stupid in my opinion! Genious IQ is greatly overrated! Science without a true spiritual faith, aspect, is a fool's bet at best! Yeah, man questions...and God laughs at his attempts to put Him in a box, neatly labeled with all man's misguided suppositions. As Psalms says: Be still...and know that I am God! One will only find God in the quietude of one's soul. Again, without faith...Science will never be able to explain God; He is beyond our finite, cognizant abilities! God bless Israel and His Jerusalem! A Christian Zionist

I am very sorry that Hawking being ill advised, has decided to boycot Israel. However people let us remain civil!!!!!!

I'll take Einstein any day over this guy. So in other words, if Einstein were alive, Hawking would have boycotted him and Hebrew University. How many people have heard of Hawking outside of the physics world? Some. How many people have name recognition of Albert Einstein? Probably 100%. I'll keep Albert and Hawking can stay home. I've never sworn on the Internet before but frankly, he can go to hell. Uninformed choice of the reality on the ground in Israel. I guess this is one way of keeping your name in the papers.

What exactly would be proportional in his mind? Should Israel fire random missiles into civilian populations for years on end? Is that the "proportional" way to fight the rain of Gazan missiles that fall on southern Israel? No! The only way to stop a war is with overpowering force. Otherwise, it will just go on and on and on. More people will suffer on both sides, if this misguided idea of proportionality would prevail. If Hawkins thinks that the Gazan missiles that fall on Israel are not really that terrible, let him go live in Sederot for one month. There he will have 8 seconds to find the nearest bomb shelter. Is his wheelchair fast enough to survive in Sederot as missiles fall?

I would!

I'll take Einstein any day over this guy. So in other words, if Einstein were alive, Hawking would have boycotted him and Hebrew University. How many people have heard of Hawking outside of the physics world? Some. How many people have name recognition of Albert Einstein? Probably 100%. I'll keep Albert and Hawking can stay home. I've never sworn on the Internet before but frankly, he can go to hell. Uninformed choice of the reality on the ground in Israel. I guess this is one way of keeping your name in the papers.

i read the title of this story and that's it! do we really need him in that conference? Is he anti-Israel because of blames G-d for his ALS condition ?

to be bullied like that and succumb to the propaganda says a lot about his personality and values-weak like his body. Shame on him.

whats wrong with being realistic sorry i mean atheist? he is way smarter thanand anyone here apperantly and you call him idiot :) the fact that such smart person gives credit to palestinians makes you furious right? that is bitter feeling of jealousy :) the man of his kind neeeds to spent a week to understand middleeast where areas evidently you need alife time pal :) objective opinions always come from third parties who has nothing to do with the conflict and thats what he provided here he is neither a jew nor palestinians neither christian nor muslim have anice day bayerisch :)

Notice that Dr. Hawking's motives are not quoted directly but presented as fact by self-congratulating BDSers -- a typical tactic of theirs. Give the matter a day or two to settle.

He´s a typical stupid intellectual. The palestininans will pay for their hatred against jews and the jewish state. More and more jews are getting up their eyes seeing how impossible it´s to make peace with these jewhaters. Give them an own state, but don´t accept a larger palestinian state than the San Marino.

Even if they fire 85 kassams a day, 99% of them fall into empty fields, and if they miraculously hit anything it is rarely destroyed. Disproportionate Israel uses free US heavy, laser guided bobs to kill thousands of innocent civilians, destroy houses, office buildings, universities, sporting fields and even airports. Intelligent people recognise that there are serious problems with Israeli policies, and that boycotts are in order. You on the other hand can't find your way home.

You obviously don't see how male jews treat women. They make them walk on the opposite side of the road, sit at the back of the bus, spit on them etc. Don't they Ryan?

Hawking's support of the BDS/Palestinian/British boycott of Israel just shows that even a genius can be just plain stupid! I suggest that Stephen Hawking ask the Palestinians to find the cure or treatment for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which he suffers from. Israel is one of the foremost research countries into ALS so Hawking is, as many others do, putting his inbred Antisemitism before logic. Once again we see the names of the Chief Israel Haters, Elvis Costello, Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Annie Lennox and Mike Leigh, leading the Hate Israel Brigade. The whole world knows that the most oppressive country on this planet is China which has occupied an entire country, Tibet, and completely subjugates its people. China even snubbed British Prime Minister, David Cameron, because he shook the hand of the Dalai Lama! Do we see these holier than thou Palestinian supporters saying a word about the rights of the people of Tibet? No! The fact is the boycott of Israel is nothing but Antisemitism.

“It is anomalous that world opinion should only criticize Israel’s response to hostility and should not actively seek to bring an end to the Arab hostility which is the root cause of the tension.” -Albert Einstein, 1955