On April 6, The Guardian published an open letter signed by 120 University professors (90 from the UK) calling for a moratorium on cultural and research links with Israel at a European or national level "unless and until Israel abides by UN resolutions and opens serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians, along the lines proposed in many peace plans..."

As men and women who long for peace and mutual respect to prevail among the peoples of the world, we call on you to repudiate the initiative of the “Anglican Peace and Justtice Network” to adopt an anti-Israel divestment policy. Divestment is morally wrong because it unfairly singles out the nation of Israel for opprobrium, and it is bad policy because it is likely to lead not to peace but to war.

As concerned citizens, we urge you to deny the use of meeting space on the Duke University campus to the National Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, a group that supports violence and suicide bombing.

General Assembly vote to divest the Church’s holdings in companies that do business in Israel is MORALLY WRONG. As Harvard University President Lawrence Summers said with regard to another effort to promote divestment from Israel, such actions “are anti-Semitic in their effect, if not their intent.”

His only crime, was that he wanted to go to Israel to attend a Writers' Conference in Tel Aviv.
The charge against him at first, when he was arrested on November 29, 2003, was a passport violation. Nonetheless, he has now been charged with Sedition, WHICH IS A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE THAT CAN LEAD TO A DEATH SENTENCE. Salah Choudhury is not a spy, he is just a democratic journalist who wanted to create bridges of understanding between Bangladesh and Israel.

oppose the misguided divestment petition calling for punitive actions by the University of Pennsylvania against the State of Israel. We have diverse opinions on how peace in the Middle East can be achieved, and widely differing views of the current government's policies.

After the world watched and experienced the horrors of World War, it exclaimed "never again" on October 24, 1945 by establishing a United Nations, "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security." However, the message of the UN today seems diluted by the voices of Syria and China on the Security Council and the prospect of Libya heading up the Human Rights Commission. This is further amplified by the actions (or rather inactions) of the UN to prevent terror attacks throughout the world.

9.6.05 Scholars for Peace in the Middle East very much appreciates the nearly 330,000 signatures received to date and realizes that we are only one third of our way to reach our goal of 1,000,000 signatures. The absence of suicide/homicide bombings in the news does not mean attempts have stopped. There are reports daily of thwarted attempts in Israel and other places. The fact of the matter is that prosecutions need to begin as soon as possible and justice needs to be had for the victims and to protect future victims. This issue has been pushed out of the headlines, until the next attack, but the need to prosecute is ongoing. Please also be generous with a contribution to Scholars for Peace in the Middle East with a check with your email address to: SPME, c/o Susquehanna Institute, 624 Sandra Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17109-5816 USA. It will cost $10,000 to print 1,000,000 names and present these petitions to government leaders world wide. Go to www.spme.net/donation.html

American Jewish World Service 1,000,000 Voices For Darfur Signature and April 30th Rally Information in Washington D.C.

Coalition Europe , a new platform of European Human Rights NGOS, recently launched a pan-European campaign against Hate Crimes - From Hate Crimes to Human Rights . We seek your assistance in calling on European governments and intergovernmental organizations (EU, OSCE and the Council of Europe) to show the political will to combat hate crimes and to support hate-crimes victims.