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by Chemi Shalev
Analysis
Stephen Hawking is now the academic boycott movement’s unlikely poster boy
Israel is no South Africa, but boycotts spark similar public reactions. The more Hawking is condemned, the more severe the repercussions will be.
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Chemi Shalev
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May 8, 2013
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09:30 PM
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In defense of my visit to Jerusalem
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Antonio Munoz Molina
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Stephen Hawking confirms he is boycotting Israeli conference
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Yarden Skop
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Stephen Hawking to visit Israel for Peres conference
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JTA
University claims Hawking canceled Israeli conference due to health, not boycott
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The Associated Press
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Hypocrisy and double standard: An open letter to Stephen Hawking
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Carlo Strenger
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Israel may not be a pariah, but it's definitely a headache
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Or Kashti
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ADL: Hawking's Israel boycott a 'slap in face of academic freedom'
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DPA
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Yarden Skop
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Targeting Stephen Hawking and Dustin Hoffman: Right-wing 'pro-Israel' advocacy as hate speech
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Bradley Burston
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Cliff Richard will come
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Gideon Levy
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Of course Israelis want peace, but now's not a good time. Can you come back later?
The Middle East is boiling, Israelis are otherwise engaged and the recent Arab League formula proves that time is on our side anyway.
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Chemi Shalev
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May 6, 2013
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06:40 PM
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Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria
Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted 'false flag' operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as 'clueless.'
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Chemi Shalev
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May 4, 2013
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07:17 PM
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Beware of people who know exactly what to do about Syria (and be glad you're not Obama)
The Law of Unintended Consequences reigns supreme in the Middle East, and usually for the worse. An attack on Syria might be the wrong thing to do for the right reasons.
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 29, 2013
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10:38 PM
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Pro-Israeli patriots won’t be fooled by Chuck Hagel’s fiendish psychological warfare
If the U.S. secretary of defense isn’t an enemy of Israel who reeks of anti-Semitism after all, his critics would have apologized by now, no?
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 22, 2013
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11:18 PM
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The Boston bombers have already scored a tremendous victory for terror
The whole world is watching the gripping drama of U.S. security forces invading an American metropolis and shutting it down. Terrorists around the world couldn't ask for anything more.
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 19, 2013
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08:40 PM
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Boston bombings kindle haunting deja vu of Twin Towers and Tel Aviv
America tries to shore up public morale in wake of Boston carnage and against fear, which Israelis know well, that atrocities might be repeated.
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 16, 2013
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11:51 PM
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40 years have gone by and I still can’t look into his mother’s haunting eyes
My friend Raanan Kolar was killed in the Sinai in the Yom Kippur War. He was a hero, one of his comrades told me, though I couldn’t care less
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 15, 2013
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02:10 PM
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Israel’s great challenge: gun-hating, gay-backing, grass-smoking young Americans
Support for Israel is lowest among the very same demographic groups that are increasingly winning American hearts and minds on domestic and social issues.
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Chemi Shalev
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Apr 5, 2013
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08:25 PM
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U.S.-Israel solidarity, Obama-Netanyahu honeymoon play prominently on America’s front pages
'United Front,' 'Mideast Thaw' and 'Unusual Solidarity' reflect the kind of positive headlines that the presidential visit is receiving.
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Chemi Shalev
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Mar 21, 2013
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04:01 PM
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Obama's all-out, guns blazing, no-holds-barred charm offensive on Israel's unsuspecting public
Obama’s speech was so pro-Israeli that even AIPAC maidens blushed. The president didn’t miss a trick, used every PR shtick in the book and invented some ploys of his own.
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Chemi Shalev
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Mar 20, 2013
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08:05 PM
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