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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], grass-roots community of scholars who have united to promote honest, fact-based, and civil discourse, especially in regard to Middle East issues. We believe that ethnic, national, and religious hatreds, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, have no place in our institutions, disciplines, and communities. We employ academic means to address these issues.

Ilka Schroeder is back

By: SPME

May 11, 2006

Ilka Shroeder (or Schroder) was the Green Party EU Parliament rep last seen speaking out against EU support for the Palestinian Authority two years ago. See previous: llka Shroder: The War Against Israel and Growing European Nationalism. A quick quote…

The New Anti-Semitism by Bernard Lewis

By: SPME

May 11, 2006

The New Anti-SemitismBernard Lewis The American Scholar – Volume 75 No. 1 Winter 2006 pp. 25-36 There is a well-worn platitude that we have all heard many times before: it is perfectly legitimate to criticize the actions and policies of…

Middle East Quartet to Allow Aid to Flow to Palestinians Following European Request

By: SPME

May 11, 2006

Representatives of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations – the so-called Quartet – agreed in New York this Tuesday on a plan to deliver aid to the Palestinian Authority, following European and French requests that…

Please Sign and Circulate SPME and Bar-Ilan University’s International Advisory Board on Academic Freedom (IAB) Petition to British Professors’ Union to Defeat or Not Vote For Boycott of Israeli Universities and Professors

By: SPME

May 9, 2006

Promoting Academic Integrity and Honest Debate An Appeal From Scholars WorldWide To NATFHE Not to Vote for or Defeat Any Motions to Boycott Israel Scholars at Their Meetings May 27-29, 2006 May 9, 2006 To: The Board and Members of…

ENGAGE Backgrounder by Jon Pike: NATFHE-Chuck out 198C!!!

By: SPME

May 9, 2006

NATFHE: Chuck out 198C! – Jon Pike The union that covers staff in the newer universities is to consider a further resolution on boycotting Israeli universities at its conference in Blackpool later this month. There are reports in the Israeli…

Steve Bowman, Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati, Asks ” What’s Wrong With A Strong Israel Lobby?”

By: SPME

May 7, 2006

Other than paying lip service to anti-Semitism, antisemitism and antisemitism, what is wrong with a strong Israel lobby? It is de rigeur for survival in Washington and, aside from Judeophobes and others, e*v*e*r*y*o*n*e would like to have a strong lobby…

Prime Minister Olmert: “Borders Must Be Defensible and Ensure a Solid Jewish Majority”

By: SPME

May 7, 2006

Prime Minister Olmert: “Borders Must Be Defensible and Ensure a Solid Jewish Majority” (Prime Minister’s Office) Presenting Israel’s new government to the Knesset Thursday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said: “I believe with all my heart in the people of Israel’s…

Jonathan Finkelstein: University of Maryland Baltimore County on New Faculty Forum Format

By: SPME

May 7, 2006

Thank you for the new format. Jonathan Finkelstein finkelst@umbc.edu

SPME Thanks New and Returning Contributors

By: SPME

May 7, 2006

Peter Gomori St. Francis College New York Ellen Pine Leon Zeitzer, MD Phoenix, AZ

When Is Opposition to Israel and Its Policies Anti-Semitic? A Letter Exchange Between Robert Wistrich of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Brian Klug of Oxford University

By: SPME

May 7, 2006

| Bild: | What kind of role does anti-Semitism play in the Middle East Conflict? At what point does opposition to Israel turn into anti-Semitism? These issues are discussed by Brian Klug, British philosopher and journalist, and Robert Wistrich, director…