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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.

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Truth on Trial

Are we winning the war against terror or more precisely, against the death-cult ideology of extreme hate that employs terror as one of its weapons? America, Britain and Israel have all committed significant sums of money to fight back militarily…

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My Date with NOW and CUNY

Leftists and left-feminists always talk about freedom of speech and the First Amendment. However, they only seem to have their speech or the speech of terrorists in mind, not the speech of those who disagree with them or who might…

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Campus Activities

“Campus Initiative to Engage, Not Rage” (Sept. 9) describes the Israel Campus Coalition’s plan for the new academic year. Celebrating Israel via “mega-events and reaching out to uninvolved students on university campuses is fine, but it does not address the…

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Columbia and the Academic Intifada

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12001029_1 EFRAIM KARSH is head of Mediterranean studies at King’s College, University of London. His new book, on the history of Islamic imperialism, will be out next year from Yale. He is a Founding Board Member of Scholars for Peace…

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EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO ANTI-ISRAELI LIES PUBLISHED IN BMJ

To: David Miller <d.miller@leeds.ac.uk >From: Ami Isseroffwww.mideastweb.org——————————————————-Dear David,I appreciate your concern. Unfortunately it is impossible – and we certainly do not have the resources – to refute or confirm every claim made by particles of one side or another. The…

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They Have Separated Themselves From The Academic Community

HARRISBURG, PA –(04/27/2005; 1030)(EIS) –Professors from around the world are being asked to condemn the scandalous and egregious recent action of the British Association of University Teachers [AUT] governing council to boycott Israeli scholars from Haifa and Bar-Ilan Universities. Scholars…

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Recommendations on British Boycott of Israeli Scholars

Professors from around the world are being asked to condemn the scandalous and egregious recent action of the British Association of University Teachers [AUT] governing council to boycott Israeli scholars from Haifa and Bar-Ilan Universities. Scholars belonging to academic societies…

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Juan Cole’s Bad Blog

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050425&amp;amp;amp;s=karsh042505 Before September 11, 2001, Juan Cole, a history professor at the University of Michigan, enjoyed anonymity outside his professional circle. He was a leading figure in the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), editing for five years…

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