Israeli group on Hawking boycott: "He must stop communicating via his Intel
chip"

Tel Aviv, May 8, 2013: "Hawking's decision to join the boycott of Israel is
quite hypocritical for an individual who prides himself on his own
intellectual accomplishment. His whole computer-based communication system
runs on a chip designed by Israel's Intel team. I suggest that if he truly
wants to pull out of Israel he should also pull out his Intel Core i7 from
his tablet" – this according to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat
HaDin – Israel Law Center.

On Wednesday it was revealed that British professor Stephen Hawking decided
to support the academic boycott of Israel and pull out of the upcoming
Israeli president's conference in Jerusalem. The fifth annual president's
conference, Facing Tomorrow, features international personalities and
attracts thousands of participants.

Darshan-Leitner: "He calls it an independent decision based on the unanimous
advice of his own academic contacts here. I propose he first seek the advice
of Intel engineers working here. He seems to have no understanding of this
world."

Since 1997, Hawking's computer-based system has been sponsored and provided
by Intel. His latest computer is based on an Intel Core i7 Processor. The
Core micro architecture was designed by Israel's Intel team that previously
designed the Pentium M mobile processor.

The first mobile processor that used the Israeli designed chip was codenamed
"Merom." Merom is the Hebrew word for a higher plane of existence or a level
of heaven, and was a name chosen by the team in Haifa, Israel.

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