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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is committed to the civil and human rights of all students and faculty in higher education, including their 1st amendment rights of association and free speech; and we are firmly opposed to all…
read more[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…
read moreScholars 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…
read morePHILADELPHIA, 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…
read moreScholars 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…
read moreSPME 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…
read morePHILADELPHIA – 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…
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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…
read moreScholars 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…
read morePronouncements 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…
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