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Jewish group questions Carter's apology
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Published: 30.03.10, 13:52
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1. WE STAND WITH YOU CARTER.
AMERICA   (03.30.10)
It is long past the time to ciritisez Israel and hold its people accountable for their crimes against humanity. Screw that fat guy at the ADL.
2. leave al chet alone!
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (03.30.10)
he is totally unrelated to this peoblem.
3. Hey Carter...
Paul ,   USA   (03.30.10)
Your mouth seems to move whenever the subject is Israel, but you don't make any comments about the Iranian situation. Now, I wonder why that is ?
4. #1 "ciritisez" ??:-))
(03.30.10)
you misspelled "chavez" ???
5. Carter is an embarrassment
zionist ,   miami   (03.30.10)
i want my hour back that i wasted at the carter center in miami.
6. No reason to question his apology, since we know he hasn't
Steve Kaplan ,   Minneapolis, MN   (03.30.10)
really meant a word of it. The man has always been an anti-Semite and at this late stage in his life, he is not likely to change his attitude towards the Jewish people and its nation-state of Israel.
7. Carter hate is in his hart
Tomas ,   Westchester   (03.30.10)
Mr Foxman, you are wasting your time. Carter hate for Jews is in his hart and family tradition and you need serious operation to replace the hart.
8. carter bottom line
marcel   (03.30.10)
Carter's hatred for israel stems from these possible sources- 1) when he first visited golda meir, he was shocked that jews were not praying and were so secular. 2) Lots of jewish voters shifted to reagan and he then lost the election 3) He was not able to concquer begin in setting up a PLO state. 4) his daughter may have dated arabs and brought their narrative into his family. 5) Brzezinki, his national security advisor was a flunkee in the iran hostage rescue attempt which was pathetic and humliating to westerners and then carter paid ransom , the coward that he was and is. Jews were blamed by brezinki, and though he is intelligent and accomplished as a professor, in practical terms amounts to a flop with no military service and no real understanding of war. This has been the problem with olmert and livni who don't understand the value of geography. Even Barak in his term didn't really understand the unreliablility of syrian and palestinain assurances.The russians have Brzezinki have his number. For all of these reasons, carter hates israel. On the other hand, israel doesn't need this coward who is subsidized by arab grants almost completely. They should not let him in the country period. Carter apologized only to allow his relative to get more votes in the jewish district. Carter is useless and israel should have nothing to do with him.The ADL doesn't have to be so forgiving. Bibi, remember, you have leverage so don't kiss so much rear end and telll clinton to go to hell if she blasts you. Why do I have to tell you this?
9. ADL is as clueless as carter. I wonder if either Foxman or
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (03.31.10)
carter could tie their own shoes.
10. He brought HAMAS and the Gaza war
Ariel   (03.31.10)
Carter's record is undiputable. He credits putting Houmeini and the Ayatollahs oligarchy in power in Iran, for the disastrous rescue of the Teheran's USA embassy hostages, for bringing "democracy" to the Gaza strip, for the lack of response to the Syrian-Hiszbollah murderous attacks on the Marine's barracks in Beirut', adn so on.... The worst President in America's history! No one can argue about that.
11. Jewish group questions Carter's apology
Paul ,   Florida   (03.31.10)
Who cares? They should change their name to the Israel Defense League.
12. no. 1 - you are not "America" - speak for yourself
Steve ,   USA   (03.31.10)
In fact, the vast majority of Americans, including this one, stand with Israel! So scr*w you, buddy! Carter was a pathetic president who caused much harm to USA both doemstically and internationally, who now seems determined to continue his record in the most duplicitous and underhanded manner. Don't believe this sad old anti-Semite. Am Yisrael chai!
13. who cares and what credibility does the
Barney ,   USA   (03.31.10)
runner up if not the finalist for the worst president in american history have. you honor him with your publicity. let him wallow in his ignorance and bigotry without the help of ynet. he is a non issue in the states and nobody cares to hear what he says. he is a complete idiot
14. No, #1, America doesn't stand with Carter ...
EST ,   Miami USA   (03.31.10)
that is why he lost his second bid to the White House. You may ... but not the rest of us. If you are so concerned about crimes against humanity why aren't you condemning the use of a mentally handicapped Palestinian boy used as a "human bomb remotely detonated"by his Palestinian handlers...Why aren't you condemning the millions upon millions of Muslims killed in the last decades by other Muslims due to infighting as they are hungry foe power and supremacy ...even amongst themselves? Why aren't you condemning the incessant rocketing of civilians in Israel for years? I guess you forgot -or are basically ignorant - about the meaning of crimes against humanity!!! Just like Carter...go shake his hand...I'll keep mine clean
15. We all know he was just doing what comes naturally to him ..
EST ,   Miami USA   (03.31.10)
whoring himself in order to garner votes for his grandson in a district which has a large Jewish voter base... Now he can revert back true to nature and keep on being anti-Israeli openly as he whores for the Arabs...after all they sponsor his pseudo intellectual adventures...a book, a center for ????? and many other things....
16. what kind of betrayer u r carter?
ivan ,   haifa   (03.31.10)
Just take a political view and defend it, donĀ“t be the prostitute of everyone.
17. He speaks the truth
Lisa ,   Washington, DC   (03.31.10)
BRAVO to Carter for his honesty and candidness. I don't know why he ever apologized in the first place. He knows of what he speaks and has made statements in which he rightly criticizes Israeli political decisions, such as illegally building settlements, which impedes any prospect of a peace process. This is not anti-Semitic. I am beyond sick of any criticism of Israel being labeled "anti-Semitic." You harmfully trivialize the gravity of true anti-Semitic hate speech when you label any political criticism as anit-Semitism. Take some responsibility. If you disagree with Carter's position, disagree, object, refute-- but demanding an apology? This is IR, not kindergarten.
18. Carter's apology!
Spencer ,   Israel   (03.31.10)
Of course we can't believe his apology is or was genuine. He is of the same ilk as Barak HUSSEIN Obama......a liar! How do we know when either of these two are lying? When they open their mouths. Both are anti Israel and yes, even anti semitic......and they have proved it time and time again.
19. no. 17 - and what would you know about the truth?
Shaul R ,   USA/Australia   (03.31.10)
Dearest Lisa in DC, Actually we are all sick and tired of this tripe you are peddling about all criticism of Israel being labeled as anti-Semitic. There are plenty of valid issues for Israel to be criticized over, and many, including majority of Israelis themselves, do so without resorting to libels and defamation and, consequently, are not labeled as anti-Semites. What Jimmy Carter has been doing, however, fits perfectly with the tried and tested anti-Semitic canards. The most infamous of them, labeling Israel as "apartheid", is not only offensive and anti-Semitic, but has absolutely no basis in reality. I suggest you visit Israel someday to see for yourself how far from truth Mr. Carter's characterization is. As for his "apology", no one has demanded one and none is expected. The "apology" in question was offered by Mr. Carter himself, interestingly enough, while his son was running for a Congress seat in a district with heavy Jewish population. In light of Carter's track record, it was understandably met with much skepticism at the time. Now by reverting to the same old libelous and anti-defamatory song he has proven the skeptics correct. Finally, don't you think it is rather rich of you to lecture a largely Jewish audience about trivializing "true anti-Semitism"? It is pretty transparent that your feigned indignation, acting as if you really care about anti-Semitism and its effects on Jewish community, is only used to legitimize your bashing of Israel. Lisa, honey, I am afraid it is you, who has not progressed beyond kindergarten in your worldview. I suggest you get your story straight before joining the blockhead brigade.
20. "To Lisa, "the truth as seen through the mighty petro dollar
EST ,   Miami USA   (03.31.10)
21. No. 7 Tomas
NYC Girl   (03.31.10)
Actually, I think you'll find that, rather than Carter's hatred for Israel being in his heart, it's a little lower down...in his wallet!!! Over the years, the Carter Center has been the recipient of a good deal of Saudi Arabian largesse... which, as you can imagine, would never have come without some very big strings attached.
22. HEY 12 AND 14.
AMERICA   (03.31.10)
YES, the majority of AMERICANS are SICK of ISRAEL. ...BELIEVE it. jews are such vicious people, they will attack with whole GANGS of like minded jews to label someone anti-semitic. especially a public figure.. they are also, admirably so, I may add, very active and vocal. BUT mostly very skewed in their slanted perceptions of what is right. Most jews are so ingrained being 'jewish' they are blinded to JUSTICE. they see everything through a jew filter. not good !!
23. This American will NEVER stand with Carter
(03.31.10)
He was the worst president America ever saw...that is until Obama came to town.
24. The problem is not critisizing Israel
(03.31.10)
The problem is over inflating anything Israel does wrong and trivaling anything any other people or country does wrong. Israel is held to a standard that no other country is held. That is the problem.
25. President Carter is a valued friend to Israel...
Michael Hess ,   Charlotte, NC   (04.01.10)
...Haaretz views him as "royalty" for having brokered the historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Here's a clue, former President Carter simply stated the facts. There is no dispute about those facts. Israel is illegally occupying territory it has no claim to and it is illegally transferring its citizens onto that occupied territory, and consuming about 75% of the available water at that while using the West Bank as Israel's dump. This is all out in the open and long exposed at this point. Foxman is simply a has-been relic crying a cry that is meaningless because President Carter simply told the truth. The United States has been supporting this atrocious and illegal behavior for some time now and it is affecting National Security and the lives of our troops. Now we are going to stop supporting Israel's illegal behavior. Cool huh? After all these years of warnings now time's up.
26. What Makes Something "Illegal"?
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (04.01.10)
A law. But, what law? Whose law? Who imposed this law? And might not a law be wrong or immoral or unjust? Calling Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel "illegal" based on some artificial international "law" is unacceptable to us. So what if it is "illegal" in their eyes? In our eyes, it is a holy mission.
27. #12 I Agree . Also Carters 85 and probably a bit senile .
Mike - Los Angeles ,   USA   (04.01.10)
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