Professors for a Strong Israel

{{Short description|Group of academics in Israel}}

{{Conservatism in Israel}}

Professors for a Strong Israel is a group of academics in Israel.{{cite news |author=Nadav Shragai |date=9 December 2001 |title=Seething with anger at the Oslo architects |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/seething-with-anger-at-the-oslo-architects-1.76900 |work=Haaretz |accessdate=15 January 2014}} They describe themselves as a "non-partisan organization of academics united by a shared concern for the security and the Jewish character of the State of Israel."{{Cite web |url=http://www.profs4israel.org |title=Professors for a Strong Israel website in Hebrew }}

The group was founded in 1988 but stepped up its activities after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.{{cite web |title=Lock up those 'peaceniks' in the ivory tower |date=17 October 2003 |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/180508.article |publisher=Times Higher Education |accessdate=15 January 2014}}

They are opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state[http://www.professors.org.il/releases/14feb03.htm Re: The problem isn't Arafat] Professors for a Strong Israel, Accessed 29 April 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041230055908/http://www.professors.org.il/releases/14feb03.htm |date=December 30, 2004 }} and consider the removal of Israelis from Gaza to have been ethnic cleansing.[http://www.professors.org.il/releases/08aug05.htm Re: Call for the Likud ministers to disengage from the government of ethnic cleansing] Professors for a Strong Israel, Accessed 29 April 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725235042/http://www.professors.org.il/releases/08aug05.htm |date=July 25, 2006 }}

Notable members include Nobel Prize winner Robert Aumann and Knesset member Arie Eldad.