BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY SURRENDERS TO JIMMY CARTER

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY HAS INVITED JIMMY CARTER TO SPEAK AGAIN AND AGREED TO HIS DEMAND THAT ALAN DERSHOWITZ NOT ASK CARTER DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS HATRED OF JEWS.

Carter agrees to speak at Brandeis; Will face questions, not debate, on book (Boston Globe)
Jimmy Carter, after weeks of controversy, has agreed to speak and field questions on his new book about Israel at a forum at Brandeis University, administrators and a spokesman for Carter said yesterday.

Last month, the former president told the Globe he had declined an invitation from a university trustee to speak at Brandeis, because it came with the suggestion he debate Alan Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School who has criticized Carter's book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."

Carter's original decision set off a furor on campus and sparked a petition of more than 100 students and faculty members, who said Carter should be invited to speak without debating Dershowitz. Others contended that inviting Carter to speak without a debate would violate the university's responsibility to promote free speech.

The invitation to Carter also triggered questions about how open the predominantly Jewish campus is to views critical of Israel.

In the end, Carter is slated to speak for 15 minutes and answer questions for 45 minutes, campus officials said. The forum is scheduled for Jan. 23, but the date may change, they said....

The former president was formally invited by a committee of faculty and students -- not the university, officials said. However, they said, Brandeis will provide security and help plan the event.

I WONDER IF THIS BRANDEIS PROFESSOR WILL BE ASKING JIMMY ANY QUESTIONS.