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John Poris

Apr 26, 2015, 12:04 AM

UC Riverside Offering Anti-Semitic Course Taught By SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) Leader

I recently became aware of a course scheduled to be taught at the University of California’s Riverside campus. The title of the course is “Palestine and Israel: Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid”. Simply hearing the name made the hackles on the back...

Aug 30, 2014, 12:49 AM

The High Cost of Ignorance

In countless conversations with anti-Zionist, anti-Israel supporters of Palestine and Gaza, I am constantly taken aback at their lack of knowledge of history, and the extent to which they believe the revisionist versions of "history" they glean from a...

Aug 16, 2014, 12:15 AM

Proportionality? Why?

During this and each previous armed conflict between Israel and Gaza, Israel has been accused of a non-proportional response to Hamas’ rockets and mortars. This is usually “proven” by lopsided “body counts” in which Israel suffers minimal casualty numbers, while...

Aug 15, 2014, 8:54 AM

A Few Pesky Questions

Throughout the course of the most recent conflagration between Israel and Hamas (and their “associates”), we have heard any number of times that Israel should do “more” to reduce civilian casualties. However, I have yet to hear any explanation of what...

About Me

John Poris was born in the USA, spent a "gap year" in Israel after high school, then returned to the US to study. He completed a degree in Near Eastern Studies and Languages at the University of Michigan before making Aliyah in 1977. He was a member of kibbutz Grofit for 4 years, served in the IDF (Nahal), then returned to the USA for engineering school, then advanced degrees in Engineering and Business. He is divorced, and currently lives in Florida.