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Defending the indefensible
Tamar Sternthal
Published: 19.02.07, 17:21
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1. Like Olmert, he will glue himself to his seat
malcolm   (02.19.07)
Nothing will make the self righteous born again Jew hater from changing his tune. It is sad that the worst president in recent American history is trying to reinvent himself before he becomes totally senile. And about Camp David: Only time will tell if handing over Sinai was a mistake. Every day it looks worse and worse as his buddies Hamas, whose he election he presided over, import sophisticated Iranian weapons through the Egyptian checkpoints. Carter was and always will be a complete failure. Look at his website and see how he pathetically portrays and justifies his role leading up to and during the Iran hostage crisis. Now the far left in the US looks to him as their elder statesman and standard bearer. The far left in the US is adopting a virulently anti-Israel/Jewish stance in the hopes of injecting their hatred into Congress.
2. peanuts
israeli ,   israel   (02.19.07)
Of course Dhimmy Carter thinks his book is accurate - his brains must have turned into peanut butter.
3. Amazing?????
John ,   South Riding   (02.19.07)
It is amazing to see a respectable x President being tossed around by supporters of Israel, only because he has the guts to expose Israeli wrong and hatred plocies to the rest of the world. I believe that Carter is right while Ross, Stein and others who are still counting on Israel lobby support for survival are still not prepared to tell the truth. What a shame to see that some Americans have their loyalty to Israel and not to the United States of America. Shame!!!
4. Carter and Aloni
NYC Girl   (02.19.07)
It's difficult to decide who's the more loathsome of the two...Jimmy Carter or Shulamit Aloni, but they're certainly equal in their intellectual dishonesty .
5. but why expect a connection between the left and the truth?
(02.19.07)
6. Legal Action?
ilana   (02.19.07)
No question about it! Carter should face legal action for compensation to every Jew defamed by his piece of "literary" trash! Well, where are all the lawyers who jump at the chance to defend the Arabs against the Jews? We need someone in our camp for a change. Get the legal ball rolling. It is past time!
7. Who gives a rat's ass as to what this idiot says
Al   (02.19.07)
He is a peanut brain anti-semite. A loser for a president. The Dems ought to be ashamed that he was their president. Forget about him. He has caused huge damage to the Jewish people. A piece of dreck!
8. We just have to face it
Y ,   N   (02.19.07)
Jimmy Carter is an a****** and according to president Ford the worst american president ever.
9. Saying Carter's book is right doesn't make it so
JPS ,   Efrat   (02.19.07)
Aloni's truth is like Pravda's truth. It doesn't matter if you are left wing or right wing - saying that something is so does not make it so. Saying that Carter is telling the truth in his book is like calling Jordan "Palestine". They're both false. Aloni's biggest mistake was to not even blink at the title - itself so misleading as to render the contents worthless. Carter's attempt to smear Israel with the "apartheid" label is a non-starter. Israel is not South Africa, and the two cases are so different as to bring into question Carter's true intentions - which are obviously not to stimulate debate. Aloni missed out totally that Carter's goal is apparently not to stimulate debate, but to drive it into the ground with deception and false accusations.
10. Can't Take The Truth Too Bad.
1.5 Billion Muslims   (02.19.07)
Reality Check, World
11. Al-Jhimmil Carter
jan ,   usa   (02.19.07)
He has lost a lot of credibility in the US lately. My response to that? Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than the WORST president ever. Why would anyone try to defend such a trasy book? Worst president ever!!!!!
12. What is wrong with this writer
Inyaki ,   Bilbao, Basque   (02.19.07)
I can imagine that there are much more unacceptable claims in Carter's book than those brought by the author of this article. For example, Carter's statement that the fence is built entirely on Palestinian territory, is more true than otherwise. The "appreciable" autonomy - is an empty statement for one must qualify appreciable, and if Carter thinks that there is no appreciable autonomy- he is entitled to it. I would never qualify Madam's Aloni statement as false assertions, these are opinable matters, and definitely some roads are much more Jewish than are not and the fqact that some israeli arabs use those doesn't prove a point. At any rate, I would expect more serious criticism of Carter's claims. Inyaki, Biulbao, the eternal capital of the basques.
13. Aloni's defensive OpEd
Moll ,   canada   (02.19.07)
Aloni has forgotten that words are sacred -- the only containers we humans have for carrying around truth. If we use words to deceive and mislead, we will lose our credibility as a communicator. Words are also seeds which, when said/written, grow into the very events/conditions we then find ourselves walking through. She writes about an "apartheid-like" state. Is this what she is willing into being by her choice of words?
14. Jimmy Carter speaks the truth...
JJohnson ,   Turks & Caicos   (02.19.07)
...and the truth HURTS.
15. Are we still wasting time on this guy?
Hebrew Girl ,   USA   (02.19.07)
16. putting lipstick on a pig (occupation)
dido for u ,   st pete   (02.19.07)
don't be cute, carter was referring to palastinians from the west bank not arab israelis not being able to drive on those roads, which are on their land, relevant to their travels and closer to them. About the armistace, BRAVO, u found a little booboos in carters book, 99% of it regarding the dispicable treatment of the palastinans stemming from ur authentic jewish morals is TRUE.
17. I agree with #11, but...
Joan ,   Haifa   (02.19.07)
You must admit that Shulamit Aloni is an incredible moron.
18. Well done Carter
(02.19.07)
Guys , start to prepare your selfs for more critics from famous people around the world and don't get shocked , i know you are not used to to hear and to read such critics and you thought that you will stay forever like the only child of the family that no one wants to upset him but the time came and you should make your self ready to axept and to dicuss not to get angry and to accuse the others with anti-simitism to escape from the truth and to avoid the discution which mostly will not be on your favour , there is more hard time is in the way to you , be ready by being flexible and open to axept and to change your self or face the waves .
19. Carter
Larry A ,   NC USA   (02.20.07)
He teaches sunday school, was the worst pres and also a jew hater, he's another one of those who would claim that Israel has nothing to do with "end times" and that Israel is living on stolen land! Maybe he should read Torah and the Prophets, huh? Just like the presbyterian church?? they need a reality check! Thanks
20. NAAA. ABOLUTE ZERO PROBLEMS!
Flower ,   Stockholm   (02.20.07)
They ALL lie! Of course Israel is a developed country, only defending itself, a lighthouse to the world, MEs only democracy. Anyone who try ANY lies about Israel is naturally a liar! And a anti-semite. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
21. responds to # 17----AGREED!!!
jan ,   usa   (02.20.07)
22. We said nothing on his falsehoods on "The Blood Of Abraham"
and we got this libe   (02.20.07)
conclusion: NEVER SHUT UP. SPEAK PUT NO MATTER WHO IS THE LIER. INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STSTES.
23. His Book?
Bruce ,   bako,ca.,us.   (02.20.07)
Just tell him to drop dead, which will be any day now, and that hes full of peanut butter!!
24. #19 U Must Be Wacthing Too Much Fox
1.5 Billion muslims   (02.20.07)
hearing all this Judoe-Christian value does not mean Judeasim and christian r one religion , they r different religion which each one believe other one is lie and their beleiver will go the hell , so like some celiberty who r Kabala followers at same time saying they r christian do not work , so stick either Church r synogage u can not have both . Carter stoop up the truth and say what lot of people wanna say cause they scare of Zoinist lobby group and their media. Reality Check , world
25. #14, He speaks YOUR truth, not THE truth
Ruthie Lipman ,   Jerusalem   (02.20.07)
26. #18, My eyes crossed reading your talkback
Liz Shemtob ,   Israel   (02.20.07)
Have you ever heard of proper punctuation and spellcheck?
27. JJohnson, what world do you live in?
SAM ,   USA   (02.20.07)
Time to wake up. fool. The book is so fake it isn't funny anymore. Anybody with an IQ over 25 can see Jimmy Carter is an American disgrace story.The only thing that saves his presidency is that he was voted out and Regan fixed the problems Carter created. The world is still paying for Carter's incompetency . Example: Iran is now strengthened because Carter never had a set of balls. Notice that Iran didn't dare play with the US during Regans time. How bout Libya for a good example how Regan took care of problems instead of Carter. Carter would have strengthened Libya if he had the chance. Johnson, take your meds. You make no sense. The truth will set you free, if you dare to try to be honest. Alas, racists can't do that or thier world will collapse.
28. responds to # 22
jan ,   usa   (02.20.07)
Your comments make no sense.
29. No. 3 John
NYC Girl   (02.20.07)
And what about the people like Jimmy Carter, James Baker and the others whose loyalties are being paid for with Saudi cash? Perhaps, you should concern yourself less with the so-called Israeli lobby and start worrying about the influence being bought by the country that gave us the 9/11 hijackers.
30. Mohammed Carter is under Iran's payroll
john ,   nz   (02.20.07)
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