Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is an pro-Israeli non-profit international community network of academic scholars, whose goal is to seek peace in, "the Middle East is consistent both with Israel's right to exist as a sovereign Jewish state within safe and secure borders, and with the rights and legitimate aspirations of her neighbors".
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