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 - Analysis - SPME Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

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

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 the of the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education

We, the undersigned faculty members from around the world, urge the Board and Members of the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education to either not vote on or defeat any resolutions that would boycott scholars and faculty from Israeli academic institutions at their annual meeting May 27-29.

Such boycott actions are not only antithetical to principles of academic freedom, they further hamper and confound the chances of seeking peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Academics are frequently among those who work with colleagues and policy makers from opposing sides to develop solutions to complex issues.

Those who perpetuate and participate in such boycotts are separating themselves from the academic community as opposed to bringing it together to work for peace and support academic freedom.

We urge our colleagues in the UK to withdraw or defeat these resolutions and pledge ourselves to encourage our colleagues from around the world to oppose this boycott action.

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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.