Our mission is to inform, motivate, and encourage faculty to use their academic skills and disciplines on campus, in classrooms, and in academic publications to develop effective responses to the ideological distortions, including anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist slanders, that poison debate and work against peace. SPME welcomes scholars from all disciplines, faith groups and nationalities who share our desire for peace and our commitment to academic integrity and honest debate.

SPME believes there is room for negotiation. SPME is trying to counterbalance the well-documented and increasing anti-Israel and anti-Semitic forces that have made their way to the college campuses today, as SPME believes they do not contribute to peace for anyone affected.

Judea Pearl: Ben-Gurion on Palestinian Self Determination or The Myth of Zionism Naivete
 

Philip Carl Salzman: Clashes in Beirut
 

John R. Cohn, M.D.: Media Watch: Context on Carter's New 'Friends' Still Missing
 

Philip Carl Salzman on ASMEA Debut on the Middle East Studies at Harvard Blog
 

SPME Sends Student on JNF's Alternative Spring Break to the Negev
 

2008-05-14 - 'Not Enough Done' Against Campus Antisemitism
 

2008-05-11 - Second Anti-Semitic Message Discovered at UCSC
 

2008-04-28 - First Meeting for New Group on Middle East and African Studies Places Islamic Extremism at Center of Its Agenda
 

2008-04-17 - Concerns over Funding of Islamic Studies
 

2008-04-17 - UCU Under Fire for Palestine Donation
 

Martin Chulov: The Key to Peace
 

Benny Morris: Israel at 60 - From Dove to Hawk
 

Muqtedar Khan: A Civilized Dialogue: The Imam and the Rabbi
 

The Australian Editorial: Incompetent or Cruel
 

Benjamin Weinthal: German Companies Ignoring Shoah
 

Barry Rubin, Asaf Romirowsky, and Jonathan Spyer: UNRWA: Refuge Of Rejectionism
 

Concordia's David Pariser Reviews anti-Israel Film "Checkpoint" Recently Screened at University of Ottawa
 

SPME Review and Recommendations Inaugurated With Three Short Recommendations from Philip Carl Salzman, McGill University
 

2008-05-14 - Israel to Transfer Security in Jenin Area to Palestinians
 

2008-05-14 - Arab Mediators Hold Lebanon Talks
 

2008-05-14 - Lebanon Crisis Sparks Regional Row
 

2008-05-13 - White House Memo: As Bush Term Wanes, Mideast Peace Appears as Elusive as Ever
 

2008-05-13 - Olmert: Understandings Reached in Talks with Palestinians
 

To: The Government of Italy
A Petition to Call For An Expression Of Thanks To The Italian Government For Removing A Conspiratorial Anti-Semitic Website Targeting 162 Academics and Others

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To: Government of Bangladesh
A Petition to Government of Bangladesh to Free and Drop All Charges of Sedition Against Muslim Journalist Salah Choudhury

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