Stephen Hawking Said it:
'Boycott Israel ~ NOW!'
PROOF: This is the same thing for years!
He was not a Muslim - But he said it:
We Must Boycott Israel - NOW!
[Palestine: It Was Friday, May 10, 2013]
Stephen Hawking's Boycotting: A longstanding Labour Party supporter, Hawking had also increasingly made his views known on a variety of political subjects.
He recorded a tribute for the 2000 Democratic presidential candidate, called the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq a "war crime". He boycotted a conference in Israel due to concerns about Israel's policies towards Palestinians, maintained his longstanding campaigning for nuclear disarmament, and has supported stem cell research, universal health care, and action to prevent climate change.
Stephen Hawking Insists
'We Must Boycott Israel!"
Boycotts, protests and divestments are strategies of the weak against the powerful, and, in some contexts - such as Palestine/Israel - they're a response of solidarity with a group asking for outside support in struggles for justice.
This is the place to start in the Palestinian situation today.
Due to "red herrings" (tricks) used in the discussion by Israel's apologists and opponents of the boycott.
But why did world famous "agnostic", Stephen Hawking, ordering a boycott against Israel?
Also, why are so many other celebrities, trade unions, faith communities, and student unions giving support to this campaign?
First, the boycott is a response to decades of Israeli occupation and violations of international law. To be in denial about this well-documented, past and present reality means no sensible discussion about the merits of a boycott is possible.
Second, boycott is about ending impunity and ensuring that there is a cost for persisting with certain policies. Reversing the typical accusation levelled at BDS campaigners of 'singling out' Israel, it is in fact Israel that is already singled out - for economic, diplomatic and military support and protection from accountability.
Third, boycott resonates as a strategy people are familiar with from many different contexts - from challenging unethical business models like sweatshop labour to more famous historical examples in workers' struggles and fights.
People get it - it empowers those looking to respond, and, as part of a bigger whole, is a way of campaigning that time and time again makes a difference.
Four, a boycott of Israel is required because, in the words of a former Israeli Air Force captain and now activist, "it is no longer enough to try and change Israel from within". Sadly, there is no 'peace camp' in Israel, if, by peace camp one means a sizeable body of Israelis who support equality for Palestinians and the realization of all their rights.
The fact is, Palestinians need less of the so-called 'peace camp', and more of an 'anti-apartheid camp'.
To different extents, Jewish Israelis benefit from the status quo - as the privileged group in an ethnocracy - and thus pressure from the outside is about making that status quo unsustainable and undesirable - along with Palestinian resistance of course.
(all this in 2013 - from a non-believer?)
Five, it is already having an impact. It is a nonsense to ask if an individual boycott will 'make a difference' or 'help Palestinians' purely in isolation - just as you wouldn't criticise an Amnesty International supporter because just 'one letter' won't free a political prisoner. Rather, it is about an accumulative impact - and indeed, the BDS campaign has made astonishing progress since its official launch in 2005.
You can tell that the Israeli government and its supporters are worried - because of all the time, energy and money they devote to fighting and attacking boycott activists and initiatives.
Stephen Hawking is not the only one. He's not the first and he won't be the last.
The Palestinians always favored using these peaceful tactics like boycott for decades.
Islam Newsroom picked up this important call for real peace and now more and more people around the world are hearing their appeal for action.
Comments
A peaceful boycott is mandatory in order to address the necessities of life, belief and freedom to esoteric education. INSHALLAH that change is not far away and the requirement for a humble and faithful society is needed very soon and Islam is the only answer to it. Islam today is what we need.
But Why Muslims Are Reading This And Saying Nothing?
You Guys Are Too Silent At The Wrong Times
I also support a peaceful and organized boycott against any aggressors or rulers who take away people's rights, oppress them and kill those who offer peaceful resistance to their violence against humanity.
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