[Earlier this AM the leftist anti-Israel British rag the Guardian reported that scientist Stephen Hawking had backed out of an Israeli conference in sympathy with the academic boycott of Israel. The report was eagerly eaten whole by the rest of the anti-Zionist lamestream media in the USA and elsewhere.
Now comes a breaking story from the Algemeiner that throws cold water on the Guardian’s version of events. As the old journalist’s maxim goes, some stories are too good to check. df]
Now comes a breaking story from the Algemeiner that throws cold water on the Guardian’s version of events. As the old journalist’s maxim goes, some stories are too good to check. df]
The Algemeiner, May 8, 2013
It turns out that Stephen Hawking’s cancelled trip to Israel is not a matter of boycotting the Jewish state, but rather merely a result of his health.
The Guardian, which broke the faux story late last night, claimed that Hawking was to boycott the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem next month after receiving an erroneous statement from the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP), which claimed that it had issued it with Hawking’s approval.
The statement said that the move was “his independent decision to respect the boycott, based upon his knowledge of Palestine, and on the unanimous advice of his own academic contacts there.” The story was then picked up by various news outlets around the world.
However, a University spokesman told The Algemeiner that Prof. Hawking’s cancellation was due to a health issue.
“Professor Hawking will not be attending the conference in Israel in June for health reasons – his doctors have advised against him flying,” the spokesperson said.
A spokesperson earlier confirmed to The Commentator which first reported on the fraud that the BRICUP organisation had “assumed” Hawking’s position on the matter, and that it was fundamentally untrue.
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UPDATE:
[Alas, not too good to check; too good to be true. df]
The Algemeiner
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