Stephen Hawking boycotts Presidents conference in Israel - Shameful article stating it's an attempt to destroy Israel. Pure brainwashing

Professor Hawking’s determination to overcome this as well as his unquestioned scientific brilliance make him admirable beyond words. But as though to show that even the brightest people can make fools of themselves, he has now done something which is beyond stupid.
In June, the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, will host his annual President’s Conference. This year’s conference is called Facing Tomorrow and will address the future of world politics, economics, environment, education and much more.

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

This is comfortably the most biased article I have ever read in the DailyMail and the comments will back me up on this.

"Let us be clear. Such a boycott is an on-going attempt to demonise, delegitimise and ultimately destroy the world’s only Jewish state and our closest cultural and security ally in the region. That Hawking should add his name to the boycott is shameful."

Horrific attempt to brainwash people.

I know Hawking has his detractors here, but with this I think he is correct.