Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 21, 2011 -
In a most welcome development, following a vote earlier this
year by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty Senate to
boycott Ben Gurion University (BGU), UJ's administration announced
that the original water-research contract which was terminated as a
result of the Senate Action has now been reinstated.
CHICO, California, July 11, 2011 -
The following was written by Scholars for Peace in the Middle
East Board of Directors:
The undersigned members of the Board of Directors of Scholars
for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a worldwide organization of
academics, denounce the recent raids on homes and the imprisonment
of faculty and administrators of the Baha'i Institute of Higher
Education (BIHE) and demand the immediate release of the 12 faculty
and staff members still imprisoned.
CHICO, California, June 22, 2011 -
The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
(SPME), SPME Task Force on Boycotts Divestments and Sanctions and
Leadership of SPME-UK, representing nearly 60,000 academics
world-wide:
1) Strongly condemns the Union of College and Universities (UCU)
vote on May 29, 2011 to promote the campaign to academically
boycott Israel, despite advice from its own legal counsel, which
has advised it may be an illegal action based on discriminatory
practices as well as being well beyond the scope of the charter of
the union.
MIAMI, January 16, 2011 - The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME),
in keeping with its position of opposing academic boycotts in general, and
opposing those against Israeli academics and academic institutions in
particular, issued the following statement in response to the recent
announcement of 160 Israeli scholars to boycott Ariel University Center.
NEW YORK, April 5, 2010 - The Legal Task Force of the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
released its first major statement today, blasting the misuse of universal
jurisdiction (in the U.K.
