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‘Pinkwashing' Conference Head Claims Dissenters are ‘Israeli Operatives'June 14, 2013

Israel divestment resolution defeated at UC Santa CruzJune 5, 2013

BDS a hypocritical movementJune 4, 2013

How do you spell antisemitism? BDSMay 31, 2013

Israel divestment vote at UC Berkeley the latest sign of hostile campus environmentMay 8, 2013

On Israel, divestment and double standardsMay 1, 2013

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Latest SPME News

SPME & AAJLJ Law Deans' Mission – 2013News and Recaps
June 19, 2013

On June 3rd, 2013, the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan, Israel (CLB) hosted a...

German NGO launches petition to stop labeling of settlement productsBackground to the News
June 18, 2013

BERLIN – A German NGO started a grassroots online petition last week to urge Chancellor Angela Merkel not to move forward with a...

Alicia Keys' refusal to bow to unjust boycott of Israel was a stellar performance News and Analysis
June 17, 2013

Brava to , the hugely popular, 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, for standing up for truth and cultural...

London to host conference on boycott campaignsBackground to the News
June 17, 2013

LONDON – The British capital will host this week a major international academic conference looking at the issue of boycotts,...

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NEWS AND RECAPS

Jun 19 2013 SPME & AAJLJ Law Deans' Mission – 2013

Apr 9 2013 What Right of Return? Join us at Boston University

Nov 15 2012 ASMEA 2012 Roundtable C: "The Causes and Consequences of Getting the Arab Spring Wrong: A Discussion"

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SPME Statements

SPME and AAJLJ Inaugural Law Deans' Mission to IsraelSPME Statements
May 30, 2013

PHILADELPHIA – May 30, 2013 Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the American Association of Jewish...

Brandeis Center and SPME Defend Tammi Rossman-Benjamin Against AttacksSPME Statements
May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2013 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and Scholars for...

A Statement Condemning the Recent Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Resolution Calling for a Boycott of Israeli UniversitiesSPME Statements
April 24, 2013

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) vigorously condemns the actions of the membership of the Association for...

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From Our Members

BDS vs. Palestinian StatehoodBy: Asaf Romirowsky, PhD
June 14, 2013

This year's National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference took place at Bethlehem University where we witnessed a...

The Importance of the Kuperwasser ReportBy: Joel Fishman
May 28, 2013

On September 30, 2000, the French channel, France 2, broadcast a televised report which claimed to show the cruel murder...

The voices of BDSBy: Asaf Romirowsky, PhD
May 24, 2013

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement's biggest success is rooted in its ‘soft power.' The ability to...

The Church of Scotland and its Fatal ObsessionBy: Dexter Van Zile
May 23, 2013

In May 2013, the Church of Scotland issued a document titled The Inheritance of Abraham? A Report on the ‘promised...

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Latest Outside News

ASUC Senate bill urges divestment from IsraelMay 7, 2013	Recognizing Hate Speech. Antisemitism on Facebook March 21, 2013
South Africa's ruling party endorses BDS campaign against IsraelDecember 21, 2012	York U grad students endorse BDS movementNovember 26, 2012
France Waking Up to Its Anti-Semitism?November 15, 2012	Brandeis Center Releases Guide for Combating Campus Anti-Semitism August 23, 2012
Narrow BDS Defeat Nothing to CelebrateJuly 6, 2012	Attacking Israel OnlineJuly 1, 2012
Lenin's Legacy: Why Jews Have Been Betrayed by the Radical LeftJune 29, 2012	McCain, Kyl knock ASU student divestment billJune 22, 2012

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SPME Faculty Forum

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SPME Speakers Bureau

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Philip Carl Salzman, PhD
	Professor of Anthropology at McGill University, Member SPME Board of Directors Topics: Islamization; "Root Causes" of anti-Western Violence Moslem Nomadic Tribes (esp. Baluchis) Tribal Bases of Middle Eastern Cultures

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SPME Reviews & Recommendations

Review of Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. (The Language of Enmity toward Jews in the Twenty-First Century)2013-04-20 17:51:58
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Review of Żydzi w powstańczej Warszawie [Jews in the Warsaw Uprising]2013-04-08 18:04:53
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An Insider's Story to Israeli Military Technology 2013-03-23 23:02:30
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The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History

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