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NAZI PHDs FOR PEACE mourn death of ubermenschen Scholars for Peace In the Middle East Condemns Genocidal Acts At Yeshivas Mercaz Harav and Calls For War Crimes Trials For Genocidal Acts 03.06.2008 | Spme.net By Edward S. Beck, President, SPME March 6, 2008 For Immediate Release In response to the cold-blooded murders at the Yeshiva Mercaz Harav in Jerusalem, the Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, on behalf of its nearly 20,000 participant faculty network at over 1500 colleges and universities around the world, wishes to express its condolences to the mourners of the victims and to the community of educators in which we are all bound together in the common goals to to both educate and enlighten.  The deliberate attack on this venerable institution of Jewish learning, a sacred seminary, cannot be interpreted as anything but an over act of premeditated, genocidal anti-Semitism not dissimilar from the acts of pogroms in Eastern Europe and Nazi SS raids on Jewish communities in Western Europe. Jews were killed simply because they were Jewish. In no way can this be interpreted as an act of political liberation or of Palestinian self-determination and if the Palestinians insist that it is, then it must be interpreted as nothing less than an act of war against Jews and not just Israel. Seminaries, synagogues and schools are meant to be solemn sanctuaries where scholarship, knowledge and learning is conducted in a safe and secure environment. When any school is violated with violence, there can be no justification for such actions and when those who attend a house of spiritual learning are violently violated in their sanctuary, such an action must be condemned in the strongest of terms. We urge those who read this statement to urge their governments, especially those who are members states of the United Nations Security Council to call for an immediate pressing of war crimes charges of genocide against those who continue to perpetuate these genocidal acts upon innocent civilians. Furthermore, we support the efforts of the Israeli and Palestinian Authority to work harder and more productively to bring an end to the long-standing conflict, but understand that Israel continues to maintain the right protect its civilians from genocidal attacks. For more information on Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, visit www.spme.net or contact spme@spme.net. Edward S. Beck Ed.D., CCMHC, NCC, LPC Walden University; President, SPME Board of Directors Jonathan Adelman, Ph.D., University of Denver Steven Albert, Ph.D., MPH, University of Pittsburgh Brigitte Bailer, Ph.D., Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance and University of Vienna Leila Beckwith, MD, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) John R. Cohn, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Donna Robinson Divine, Ph.D., Smith College Stanley Dubinsky, Ph.D., U. of South Carolina Awi Federgruen, Ph.D., Columbia U. Rev. India E. Garnett, M.Div. Treasurer, Harrisburg PA Chapter, United Church of Christ Rabbi Peter Haas, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve U. Judith Jacobson, Dr. P.H., Vice President, Columbia U. Efraim Karsh, Kings College U. of London Matthias Kuentzel, Ph.D., Germany Richard Landes,Ph.D. Boston U. Ruth Lichtenberg-Contreras, Ph.D., Secretary, U. of Vienna and Natural History Museum of Vienna Robert S. Mirin, Esq., Harrisburg, PA G.S. Don Morris, Ph.D.,California Polytechnic U./Wingate Institute IL Barry Rubin, Ph.D. GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary College, IL Philip Carl Salzman,Ph.D. McGill U. Ernest Sternberg, Ph.D. U. of Buffalo • Visit Scholars For Peace in the Middle East website http://www.spme.net SHARE THIS POST:     |
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