Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2012 Open Access

Dreams Deferred: An Alternative Narrative of Nonviolence Activism and Advocacy

Kathleen Kerr

Abstract

During a December 2011 interview with the Jewish Channel, then Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said, “I think we have an invented Palestinian people who are, in fact, Arabs and historically part of the Arab community, and they had the chance to go many places.” Gingrich then defended this statement during the December 10 Republican debate, arguing, “Somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are terrorists.” While Gingrich’s comments were met with audience applause during the debate and later praised by some in right-wing circles, they also drew plenty of negative criticism—and not just from Palestinians. The outcry came from both conservative and liberal Americans, while many in the international community, including Jews and Arabs, also took umbrage at Gingrich’s statements.

Journal
Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2012-09-01
DOI
10.59236/rjv12i1pp82-110
CompPile
Search in CompPile ↗
Open Access
OA PDF Gold
Topics
argument
Export
BibTeX RIS

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (0)

No articles in this index cite this work.

References (8)

  1. Cited (2009)
    Dreams Deferred:The Struggle for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine
  2. Hitchcock (2011)
    Emergency Committee for Israel
  3. Encounter Point (2006)
    Encounter Point. Dir. Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha. Just Vision. 2006. DVD.
    Just Vision
  4. Friedman (2012)
    Israel's Best Friend
    New York Times
  5. Hardy (2006)
    Abbas risks all with vote strategy
    BBC.co.uk. BBC News
Show all 8 →
  1. Herzl (1970)
    The Jewish Channel Exclusive Interview with Newt Gingrich Excerpt: 'Invented Palestinian People
  2. Sacco (2002)
    Palestine
  3. Zacharia (2010)
    Nations decry Israel's blockade of Gaza
    The Washington Post
CrossRef global citation count: 0 View in citation network → Build reading path →

Related Articles

  1. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Apr 2026
    Book Review: Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict: Negotiating Common Narratives, Values, and Ethos PickeringK. (2024). Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict: Negotiating Common Narratives, Values, and Ethos. Utah State University Press, 268 pp. ↗
    Mia Twomey
    argument book reviews
  2. Res Rhetorica Apr 2026
    Logos in ancient Greek discourse on rhetoric: An overview ↗
    Arkadiusz Sokolnicki
    classical rhetoric rhetorical criticism discourse analysis argument
  3. Assessing Writing Apr 2026
    Associations of adolescents’ argumentative writing scores and growth when evaluated by different human raters and artificial intelligence models ↗
    Deborah K. Reed; Sterett Mercer
    argument artificial intelligence
  4. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Apr 2026
    Psyche or Soma?: An Analysis of the Medical Debates Over the Diagnosis and Treatment of “Transsexualism” ↗
    Samantha Rippetoe
    rhetorical criticism argument archival research
  5. Argumentation Mar 2026
    The Recursive Argument Structure Reconsidered ↗
    Shiyang Yu
    argument