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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Peering out the window of one of this town’s many excellent coffeeshops, one could be forgiven for thinking that all is right at Harvard. The ancient pageantry of commencement, conducted this week, still inflects Harvard Square as…
read moreHamas might offer a 50- to 60-year truce if Israel withdraws to its pre-1967 borders, a top Palestinian adviser said. But Hamas still would not recognize Israel, Ahmed Yusef, a political adviser to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, told…
read moreEthical Norms in a Political World: NGOs, Human Rightsand the Arab-Israeli Conflict June 14, 2006 – Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem Keynote Speaker Natan Sharansky, M.K. 9.30 Registration 10:00 Welcome: Harry Hurwitz, Begin Center Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Director, Program on Conflict…
read morePlease add your name to this list of contributing members of SPME. Without your contributions we cannot do all the important work that is necessary to address issues of anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism on our campuses and in our disciplines. Please…
read moreIsrael SeminarJerusalem Nov. 5 – 14, 2006a grass-roots program for community leadership Eight Days Learning the Intricacies of Middle East Peacehttp://IsraelSeminar.Info Nov. 5 – 14, 20068 days of learning in Israel, airfare, hotel, speakers, bus trips, two meals daily, and…
read moreSummertime for many faculty is a time of reflection and renewal. This summer we’d you to reflect on your goals and aspirations for SPME for academic year 2006-2007. Please tell us what you’d like to see us doing and what…
read moreA British higher-education teachers’ union passed a resolution on Israel at its annual conference recently that was stunning for its rejection of academic values and simple bigotry. The resolution calls Israel’s policies toward Palestinians “apartheid policies” and urges the union’s…
read moreLONDON, June 2, 2006 — The governing council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) said in a statement this week that it opposes academic boycotts, “firmly believing that scientists provide a voice for rationality and moderation in political affairs.…
read moreMartin Rees, the President of the Royal Society, today (30 May 2006) criticised the vote by members of NATFHE for a boycott of Israeli academics, and re-affirmed the commitment of the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, to…
read moreRAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave Hamas three more days to accept a document that implicitly recognizes Israel before he makes good on an ultimatum to bring the issue to a national referendum, an official said Tuesday.…
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