This report was sent to me by my friend Andrew Haas who attended his first demonstration in the West Bank last Friday – in Nabi Saleh. Friday morning, December 9th, my friend and I set out to experience a West Bank protest. It was a first for both of us, seeing as I have Arabic [...]
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My First Demonstration Experience at Nabi Saleh – December 9, 2011
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on December 12, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/12/12/my-first-demonstration-experience-at-nabi-saleh-december-9-2011/
On the ‘invented’ Palestinian people—and other absurd comments
This is a cross-post from +972Magazine by Omar Rahman Republican candidates in the 2012 primary race have topped each other in inflammatory remarks regarding Palestinians. Ever so often I am bombarded by so many words that almost none come at all and I pass up the opportunity to tackle a certain subject. This was the [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on December 11, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/12/11/on-the-invented-palestinian-people-and-other-absurd-comments/
TV Debate: “Has the Church Replaced Israel?”
Last week Dr. Stephen Sizer, vicar of Christ Church in Virginia Water, UK debated Dr. Calvin Smith of of Kings Evangelical Divinity School on Revelation TV. Below is the full debate. Personally I thought the title of the debate was offset. It would seem by that title that one would argue for and one against [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 16, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/11/16/tv-debate-has-israel-replaced-the-church/
Replacing the Peace Narrative with Discussion of Rights
Wednesday, November 9 2011 | Joseph Dana Cross-post from: +972Magazine Non-violent methods being used by Palestinians and their international supporters are helping to reframe the conflict from a discussion of peace vs. violence, into a struggle for rights under Israeli occupation. Next week, a group of young Palestinians will board Israeli settler buses in the [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 9, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/11/09/replacing-the-peace-narrative-with-discussion-of-rights/
HOMEFRONT: Portraits From Sheik Jarrah
Just Vision, the people who produced the film BUDRUS and ENCOUNTER POINT now have a new web based project called “HOMEFRONT: Portraits From Sheik Jarrah“. This new project is a new series of four video portraits chronicling the resolve of a neighborhood, and the support it receives from the most unexpected of places. Here is [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 2, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/11/02/homefront-portraits-from-sheik-jarrah/
Netanyahu’s “Peace” According to the Likud Party Charter
The recent Palestinian UN bid and this weeks Palestinian acceptance to UNESCO has once again put the “Peace Process” front and center. Listening to Netanyahu and the U.S. Administration, getting the Israelis and Palestinians “back to the negotiating table” is the utmost priority for a lasting peace deal. Although Netanyahu plays the part, the details [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 2, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/11/02/504/
Photo Essay: Rush hour at Bethlehem Checkpoint
Last summer I did a photo essay for +972 Magazine in Israel. Bethlehem, West Bank – Thursday, June 30, 2011. I set my alarm for 4:45 AM and headed out of Jerusalem to take some video at the Bethlehem checkpoint for an upcoming project. Jerusalem was still very quite, a stark difference for what was [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on October 26, 2011
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2011/10/26/photo-essay-rush-hour-at-bethlehem-checkpoint/
Seattle Metro Transit Reverses Course on Bus Ads on Israeli War Crimes
The Seattle Metro Transit was set to allow an advertisement by Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign to run on 12 buses starting next week. Several Zionist and Christian Zionists groups opposed the advertisement and found little success in changing the minds of the Seattle Metro. Although their lawyers advised them that it couldn’t refuse to accept [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on December 24, 2010
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2010/12/24/seattle-metro-transit-reverses-course-on-bus-ads-on-israeli-war-crimes/
53% of Israeli Jews believe the state has the right to encourage Arab citizens to emigrate
Haaretz is a reporting on a new study by the “Israel Democratic Institute” and here are some of the “Highlights”: 1. 62% of Israeli Jewish respondents also said that as long as conflict with the Palestinians continued, the state should not take into account Israeli Arab opinions regarding foreign policy. 2. 53% of Israeli Jews [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 30, 2010
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2010/11/30/53-of-israeli-jews-believe-the-state-has-the-right-to-encourage-arab-citizens-to-emigrate/
Wilkerson: Israel can’t be ‘democratic and Jewish’
Last night Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Colin Powell’s chief of staff was on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann“. In response to Keith Olbermann’s analysis from the Wikileaks documents that if Iran gain a nuclear bomb that 1/3 of Israelis would leave and therefore challenge Israel’s desire to be a “democratic and Jewish State” (20% are [...]
Posted by Porter Speakman Jr on November 30, 2010
http://porterspeakmanjr.com/2010/11/30/wilkerson-israel-can%e2%80%99t-be-%e2%80%98democratic-and-jewish%e2%80%99/
