When it was convenient for him to win the Nobel Prize and other accolades, Jimmy Carter would go around criticizing Israel and Jews.
Now that his grandson, Jason Carter, is running for public office from a district, Jimmy has changed his tune and is now apologizing for his past comments:
We must recognize Israel’s achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel … I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so…
Carter told the news agency that he shouldn’t have named his book, “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,” saying Palestinians in the disputed West Bank are not suffering under apartheid, though they could if a two-state solution with Israel is not achieved.
I never intended or wanted to stigmatize the nation of Israel, even though I have disagreed with the settlement policy all the way back to the White House
But, of course!
