SPME deplores the recent Faculty Council of DePaul University’s vote to censure an article by Prof. Jason Hill, advocating the Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Regardless of how one feels about Hill’s extreme policy recommendations, his treatment at the…
read moreDear Colleagues: For past two years, Africa’s top university has been entertaining the adoption of an academic boycott of Israel. The Senate recently adopted a resolution stating that, “UCT will not enter into any formal relationship with Israeli academic institutions operating…
read morePHILADELPHIA, PA March 15, 2019 – Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) strongly condemns Pitzer’s College Council decision to suspend its study abroad with the University of Haifa which was motivated by the global BDS movement. What makes…
read moreSPME wishes to congratulate the University of Michigan administration for its disciplining of Jonathan Cheney-Lippold for his unprofessional BDS actions. In particular, the documenting of bad faith in refusing only after he had tenure, the hijacking of class time for…
read moreDear President Schlissel, We are 58 religious, civil rights and education advocacy groups writing to you about an incident of grave concern to our organizations and our hundreds of thousands of members and supporters. Earlier this month a University of Michigan faculty…
read moreDear President Bollinger, We are 65 education and civil rights organizations who are writing to express our deep concern about the extraordinarily hostile climate for Jewish and pro-Israel students at Columbia University, and to offer a recommendation for addressing the…
read moreThe Hon. Lamar Alexander Chairman, Senate HELP Committee 455 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Hon. Patty Murray Ranking Member, Senate HELP Committee 154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Re: Amendments to Title VI…
read moreDozens of advocacy groups on Monday called for the confirmation of Kenneth Marcus — a leading figure in efforts to combat campus antisemitism — to a prominent civil rights post at the US Department of Education. The founding president of…
read moreDear Colleagues: As you may of have heard, Africa’s top university is placing its partnerships with its US counterparts in jeopardy if it succumbs to pressure from BDS activists to adopt a full-scale academic boycott of Israel. The governing bodies of the University of Cape Town…
read moreScholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is deeply concerned about the non-renewal of longtime University of Maryland (UM) professor and SPME member Melissa Landa. Currently, her contract is being investigated by the school’s Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct…
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