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A Call to Academics Worldwide to Join Nobel Laureates and University Presidents to Stand in Solidarity with Israeli Academics Facing Threats of Boycott

By: SPME

January 7, 2014

[emailpetition id=”9″] – Nobel Prize Laureates and University Presidents Signing This Statement Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Nobel Prize – Physics Distinguished Scientist Argonne National Laboratory, USA Loren J. Anderson President Pacific Lutheran University Kenneth Arrow Nobel Prize-Economics Stanford University Lawrence S. Bacow President…

SPME on the American Studies Association (ASA) Endorsement to Boycott Israeli Universities

By: SPME

December 10, 2013

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), strongly condemns the actions of the membership of the American Studies Association, (ASA) whose National Council on December 4th endorsed a boycott of Israeli universities and other Israeli institutions. The ASA’s call for an academic boycott…

SPME responds to the University of California Committee on Academic Freedom (UCAF)

By: SPME

October 10, 2013

PHILADELPHIA, October 10, 2013 — Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) expresses deep concern about how the University of California Committee on Academic Freedom (UCAF) views Palestinian advocacy and anti-Israelism on their campuses. In a letter to the…

SPME Launches a BDS Monitor

By: SPME

July 29, 2013

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is pleased to announce the launching of a new BDS Monitor project, directed by Dr. Alex Joffe. Joffe has been affiliated with the Middle East Forum and has been involved with issues…

SPME on the Nomination of Sadia Saifuddin to Serve on the University of California Board of Regents

By: Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME)

July 17, 2013

SPME is deeply concerned by the nomination of Sadia Saifuddin, as a candidate of California student regent for 2014-15 for the University of California system. Ms. Saifuddin has been part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that co-sponsored…

SPME and AAJLJ Inaugural Law Deans’ Mission to Israel

By: SPME

May 30, 2013

PHILADELPHIA – May 30, 2013 Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ) are pleased to announce their inaugural Law Deans to Israel mission. The mission will take place from June 1st –June…

Brandeis Center and SPME Defend Tammi Rossman-Benjamin Against Attacks

By: SPME

May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, March 18, 2013 — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and Scholars for Peace in the Middle East today issued a Joint Statement in defense of University of California at Santa Cruz lecturer…

A Statement Condemning the Recent Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Resolution Calling for a Boycott of Israeli Universities

By: SPME

April 24, 2013

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) vigorously condemns the actions of the membership of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), which has just unanimously approved a resolution* which endorses the boycott of Israeli universities, making it the…

A Statement Condemning Current Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel

By: SPME

March 11, 2013

Pronouncements attempting to appeal to the conscience of academics supportive of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement often depict Israel as a Nazi-like state. These views—once labeled extreme—have become increasingly mainstream as academics call for Israel’s destruction, not by…

A Message to the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) from Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

By: SPME Board of Directors

March 15, 2012

The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East P.O. Box 48 Grantham, PA 17027 We are the members of the board of Scholarsfor Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a grass-roots community of more than 50,000…