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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

President's Conference

Illustrative. Young American Jews participating in a Birthright event in Jerusalem. (Dudi Vaknin/ Flash90)
June 24, 2013, 5:34 pm
Teetering on the edge of the Jewish ‘leadership cliff’
Some worry about impending doom if new leaders not found to steer the tribe, while others debate the merits of top-heavy funding of Jewish twentysomethings
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Kjell Magne Bondevik (photo credit: CC BY, Mikael Risedal/norden.org, Wikimedia Commons)
June 20, 2013, 4:17 am
Norway opposes sanctions against Israel, former PM says
Netanyahu is sincere about a two-state solution — and strong enough to reach a peace agreement despite internal opposition, according to Kjell Magne Bondevik
By Raphael Ahren
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking. (CC-BY elhombredenegro/Flickr)
May 12, 2013, 5:51 pm
Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year
Top West Bank figures, including key PA officials, regularly participate in Peres-hosted gathering that top British scientist is eschewing in solidarity with the Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Aaron Kalman
British physicist Stephen Hawking at a conference with Israeli high school students in Jerusalem in December 2006. (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 9, 2013, 5:43 pm
Fellow ALS sufferer to ‘hero’ Hawking: Reconsider Israel boycott
Photojournalist Esteban Alterman, who met and photographed the astrophysicist before a 2006 lecture in Jerusalem, says misguided decision undermines battle against their shared disease
By ToI Staff
Stephen Hawking (photo credit: CC-BY elhombredenegro/Flickr)
May 9, 2013, 5:11 pm
Hawking battered over Israeli conference boycott
Facebook memes ask scientist to stop using the Israel-designed chip that allows him to talk
By Aaron Kalman
British physicist Stephen Hawking at a conference with Israeli high school students in Jerusalem in December 2006. (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 8, 2013, 6:33 pm
Hawking is indeed boycotting Peres’s Jerusalem meet
After Cambridge U. inaccurately cited health reasons, British physicist confirms he’s bailing on Presidential Conference in solidarity with Palestinians
By Asher Zeiger
British physicist Stephen Hawking at a conference with Israeli high school students in Jerusalem in December 2006. (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 8, 2013, 5:16 pm
‘Health, not boycott, prompted Hawking pullout from Jerusalem conference’
Earlier report said British physicist bailed in act of solidarity with Palestinians; Presidential Conference stands by its criticism of him
By Asher Zeiger
British physicist Stephen Hawking at a conference with Israeli high school students in Jerusalem in December 2006. (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 8, 2013, 9:22 am
Stephen Hawking opts out of Jerusalem conference
Celebrated British physicist reportedly motivated by ‘independent decision to respect the boycott’ of Israel’s academia
By Asher Zeiger
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