Have you read Jimmy Carter's book palestine: peace not apartheid?

Question

i think it really tell the truth about the palestinian situtation, and one cant say its biased because the guy isnt muslim or a jew

Jimmy Carter made so many efforts towards peace in the palestinian conflict, how can u even say hes the worst president??

Answer 1

Anyone who says that "Carter was the worst president in US history" has to be a warmonger; they usually base it on the fact that Carter refused to start WWIII over a handful of American hostages (like those hostages would have lived if he had!) Inflation and interest rates were high, given, but not insurmountable: my husband and I (and millions of others) were able to build our lovely home during his presidency.
I did read the book, and I am truly mystified that people would refer to Carter as "anti-Semitic" merely because he stated facts, and that he believes a group of displaced people, the Palestinians, should not be occupied by a foreign military force. (If the Palestinians had displaced the Israelis, wouldn't the sh!t be hittin' the fan and splattering all over the world?)
Of course, there remain people like Mike in RI with the mindset that any and all criticism of Israeli policies is "anti-Semitic", when he and many others haven't a clue that ARABS are the true historical Semites, not the current occupants of Israel.
Peace, Bro.

Answer 2

Finally, I found someone of importance who shares the feelings I have had for years about the Israeli-Palestinian issue. We have blindly supported Israel for the past (almost) 60 years no matter what they do & who they hurt. It was our soldiers fighting side by side with the Israelis during the 6-Day War which pulled more land out from under the feet of the Palestinians. Where are they supposed to live. They are not Arabs; they are not Jordanians, they are Palestinians. Where were we all those 60 years when they were crying out peacefully that they were being mistreat- ed? Why do you think some of them behave like animals? We have left them no choice. We did not help them when they needed our help. Do we in the US realize that the bulk of our foreign aid $$ go to Israel when there are 3rd world countries with people dying of starvation & illnes by the 1000's if not 10,000's every day? It's more than sickening, it's criminal. Why is Israel's airport security 2nd to none, even better than our own? That's our American tax $$ at work, as well as Jewish American $$ being funneled over there. It's all the fault of the Jewish Lobby in Washington. They say jump & we jump. Do we realize that the reason for 9/11 was our unilateral support of Israel & the exclusion of the Palestinians? If you heard Bin Laden's speech on the Sunday immediately following 9/11, you heard him mention the Israelis & the Palestinians. This was the reason for 9/11. Until we decide to play fair with both sides & stop unilaterally supporting Israel not matter what they do & who they hurt, we can expect more 9/11's. President Carter is right when he equates Palestians with Apartheid.

Answer 3

I have read it and while I believe he speaks the truth as to what he himself witnessed and his remarks on the occupied territories are entirely appropriate. However, on matters regarding the history of the conflict he ignores the ethnic cleansing upon which Israel was founded and kind of accepts the Israeli version, i.e. that all those massacres of innocent Palestinian villagers and townspeople were in self-defense, even though most of the slaughtered people and weren't leaving their villages and attacking innocent Jews. Not to mention that the whole Zionist project to take over land and get rid of Arabs to make way for the Zionist state can be termed "defense." He accepts the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs from their ancestral homeland. He also accepts the Israeli line that Arabs within Israel have equal rights and therefore Israel proper is not an apartheid state. This is not the case (see http://www.adalah.org/eng/backgroundhistory.php ). It seems his religious beliefs have obscured his view in some respects.

Answer 4

I read the book, and I think people made much too big an issue about it. In my opinion, Carter was not calling Israel an apartheid state. Rather, he was saying that it could easily become one unless moves toward peace are made.

In any case, it is worth a read for anyone interested in the Middle East, but as with all things, people must read it with caution. Nothing is without bias as all people are individuals and perceive the world based on their own experiences and views, which are not always rooted in reality.

Answer 5

Jimmy Carter was the worst President in the 20th Century and his thinking in his book demonstrates again why he was such a bad President. Carter's bias is his arrogance and in naivete that also did not serve the US well in dealing with North Korea as well. He should stick to building houses which he as done well. Let him work on rebuilding New Orleans which would be a better use of his energies. He has fallen far from his days during the time of Camp David Peace Treaty.

Everyone has a bias - no one is exempt of that - Carter's bias is his needs to draw attention to himself and to make up for what he had which was a failed Presidency. Only a few former presidents have been great in retirement in recent history.
Good Luck!!!

Answer 6

Sure it can be biased. Carter made ridiculous accusations. Tell me, when I can stand in line behind a woman in a hijab and in front of a man in peyot at a kosher McDonald's, how is that apartheid? Superficial example, I know, but when you put it in the context of after the book came out, Carter called press conferences to correct erroneous statements he made in writing the book, it makes you think a bit. I'll tell you what. If a Palestinian reads The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz, I will read Peace Not Apartheid.

Peace

Answer 7

I havent read it i will wait for it in Hebrew since my hebrew is better then my EG second i wount tust Cater what he says o bec he didnt understand begen why he was hard for him to give up some land when Cater he he says that he didnt know Begen That well at all.

but i would allways read books like that bec its a book of an idea that might some what help to fix the problam


Begen couldnt see him self kicking Jews Isralis Out of there homes on any cost most of his speaces when he sopke if not all started By "My Brotheres And Sistres"

Answer 8

You can say he was a very inept president (double digit inflation / interest rates / unemployment), but still he wasn't as bad as grant or harding. Still, he probably would better off writing about something he actually understands, like carpentry / home building.

Answer 9

One need not be Jewish or Muslim to be biased. Jimmy Carter has some very idealistic viewpoints, which is probable why he was one of the worst U.S. presidents ever.

Answer 10

Given that you have referred to us as 'those damned Jews' in another of your responses, I wonder why you even want to come into this forum.

Hypocritical, or what?