AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND -- If we were to truly honor the late, great Stephen Hawking, perhaps it would pay to remind ourselves of the principles the acclaimed physicist really stood for. One of those principles was Hawking’s commitment to the boycott of Israel in response to Israel’s longstanding policy of egregiously violating the rights of millions
Historically Anti-Apartheid New Zealand Confronts Risks of BDS and Standing Up to Israel
New Zealand prides itself on having been one of the most staunch opponents of South Africa’s former apartheid regime and has now taken some of that fervor to the fight against Israel’s marginalization of Palestinians, but the Kiwi nation is quickly discovering the high cost of confronting Israel.