MORE CRITICISM OF CARTER'S BOOK
Carter's Book a Distorted View of Israel - Michael Jacobs
By using "Palestine" as the first word in the title, Carter is revealing the prism through which his book examines the situation: It's not about an equitable resolution of a two-sided struggle; it's about the Palestinians getting all they can. If Israel would just do what is right, Carter implies, Hamas, Hizballah, Iran, al-Qaeda, etc., would lay down their explosive belts, give up their improvised explosive devices, dismantle their rockets, forget nuclear bombs, and live in peace and harmony for all time. In reality, Palestinians, Arab nations, and Iran remain intent on Israel's destruction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
By using "Palestine" as the first word in the title, Carter is revealing the prism through which his book examines the situation: It's not about an equitable resolution of a two-sided struggle; it's about the Palestinians getting all they can. If Israel would just do what is right, Carter implies, Hamas, Hizballah, Iran, al-Qaeda, etc., would lay down their explosive belts, give up their improvised explosive devices, dismantle their rockets, forget nuclear bombs, and live in peace and harmony for all time. In reality, Palestinians, Arab nations, and Iran remain intent on Israel's destruction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
See also Jimmy Carter, Go Back to Your Peanut Farm - David J. Forman
The book's cover shows an obviously troubled Jimmy Carter, who believes that he is the moral voice of all those who suffer human rights indignities, overlooking the security wall Israel has built. Would it not have been far more appropriate had Carter, instead of superimposing his own humble presence over the wall, superimposed a replica of the hundreds of memorial plaques that dot Israeli bus stops, restaurants, supermarkets, malls, and synagogues where Palestinian suicide bombers carried out their acts of murder? Carter is purposefully providing a great measure of both respectability for and acceptability of the Muslim world's drive to wipe the Jewish state off the face of the globe. (Jerusalem Post)
The book's cover shows an obviously troubled Jimmy Carter, who believes that he is the moral voice of all those who suffer human rights indignities, overlooking the security wall Israel has built. Would it not have been far more appropriate had Carter, instead of superimposing his own humble presence over the wall, superimposed a replica of the hundreds of memorial plaques that dot Israeli bus stops, restaurants, supermarkets, malls, and synagogues where Palestinian suicide bombers carried out their acts of murder? Carter is purposefully providing a great measure of both respectability for and acceptability of the Muslim world's drive to wipe the Jewish state off the face of the globe. (Jerusalem Post)
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