The heat on former President Jimmy Carter over his book on Israeli-Palestinian issues continues to be turned up. The Fox News website is reporting (hat tip to LGF): Former President Jimmy Carter won't go unchallenged after his appearance next week at Brandeis University, where he is lecturing on his latest book about what he terms the Palestinian apartheid by Israel.
Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz will step on stage afterward to rebut the former president's remarks despite having been booted from an earlier booking to debate Carter on his assertions.
Forgive me, for I’m suddenly giddy. Adding to my jubilant delirium, the article deliciously continued (emphasis mine):
“I think the inaccuracies of Carter’s points have to be pointed out. Carter said he wrote the book in order to stimulate a debate, but he won’t debate. I’m debating him whether he’s there or not,” Dershowitz told FOXNews.com.
“If his chair is empty, then that’s his decision,” he said.
Dershowitz joins a growing pool of critics, including a longtime Carter aide, Jewish groups and academics who allege inaccuracies and distorted history in Carter's best-selling book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” The book has sold about 70,000 copies.
But that’s not all (emphasis mine):
Dershowitz said he also plans to question why the former president and his Atlanta-based Carter Center accepted money from Arab donors. A review of the center's 2005 annual report shows more than $1 million each has been contributed by such benefactors as the government of the United Arab Emirates, Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Fund of the royal family in Saudi Arabia.
"I will accuse him of having had his silence on Arab human rights bought by Arab money," Dershowitz said.
I’m verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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I HOPE C-SPAN RECORDS IT!
January 18, 2007 - 17:24 ET by TOEI HOPE C-SPAN RECORDS IT!
TOE,Me TOO!I was thinking the
January 18, 2007 - 17:33 ET by bigtimerTOE,
Me TOO!
I was thinking the exact same thing when I was reading this....And C-Span shows it over and over during the night on week-ends like a lot of other shows they do.
Btw...C-Span protected Carter about a month or more ago when a caller called in and said she thought he was bigoted or some such...Connie cut her off and said they don't allow that kind of talk, I could not believe it, it was a show like book-notes or something, I was furious, the caller was not rude, she also was not allowed to get very far either...she was speaking the truth IMHO.
C-Span has gone so far left, it is sad....and obvious.
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
that is AWESOME, I hope that
January 18, 2007 - 17:40 ET by ChrisMatthewsiswackthat is AWESOME, I hope that Carter attempts to respond and makes a complete fool of himself, although he is good at that regardless.
hehe, you wouldn't be a goo
January 18, 2007 - 18:06 ET by MightyMouthhehe, you wouldn't be a good friend of: KeithOlbermannIsImpotent, would you?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
“If his chair is empty, t
January 18, 2007 - 17:55 ET by kevcad“If his chair is empty, then that’s his decision," he said.
It would still be empty even if ol' Peanut showed up!
Hey join me!
January 18, 2007 - 18:01 ET by misterbillI sent an email previously to Jimmy Carters Library to express my very warm thoughts about Mr Carter's activities of late. Why don't you use the link to tell him how you appreciate his anti-semitic writings.
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/information/contact.phtml
In the picture on the book c
January 18, 2007 - 18:29 ET by USA4freedomIn the picture on the book cover does he look like he is thinking: I wish I had told my old buddy Fidel to go for the colostomy bag.. Boy, I sure hope he's ok...
America is best described by one word, freedom... Dwight D. Eisenhower
USA- That or " Gosh I mi
January 18, 2007 - 18:33 ET by mastersofdeceitUSA- That or " Gosh I miss Arafat and all the good times."
Yea hanging out, playing with
January 18, 2007 - 18:42 ET by USA4freedomYea hanging out, playing with his pistol that he had at the UN. Trying to get advice on where to hide all that Arab money.
America is best described by one word, freedom... Dwight D. Eisenhower
Misterbill, you made me laugh
January 19, 2007 - 01:05 ET by terrigMisterbill, you made me laugh. Just sent off a little note myself!
Is there any doubt?
January 18, 2007 - 19:02 ET by niner-four-whiskeyIs there any doubt that Jimmy Carter is the biggest idiot ever elected president?
The Jimmy worship from the left befuddles all reason and exists in spite of all evidence of any kind of sensibility on his part.
The guy trashed the economy, brought us to humiliation in the Middle East, got our embassy staff taken hostage, neutered our military, cripped our nuclear energy industry. At best, he got Egypt and Israel to terms - terms that cost us billions and billions propping up an unpopular government in Egypt to this day.
I think the part I hate the m
January 18, 2007 - 19:12 ET by USA4freedomI think the part I hate the most is the way he slams the current president. The unspoken rule is keep your mouth shut after you get out. He even slammed Bush when he was standing 5 feet away at the King funeral. Utterly classless. Think how much Bush the dad could have slammed slick Willie, but did not.
America is best described by one word, freedom... Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yes, you've said it well
January 19, 2007 - 12:06 ET by kathleenirishYes, you've said it well. The sad truth is that the peace between Israel and Egypt is a sham, Israel knows that Egypt is arming the Palestinians.
What a cesspool over there. Festering, seeping, corroding cesspool. Helped to new life by the pathetic, and as Dave R. so aptly named him, Jihad Jimmy.
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
Pres. Carter's letter on behalf of a former SS Guard
January 18, 2007 - 19:13 ET by Eric TurnerI'm thinking I'm probably the last to know about this letter from Carter on behalf of a former SS Guard?
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With Alan batting cleanup, tw
January 18, 2007 - 19:33 ET by RackieWith Alan batting cleanup, two bits says Jimmy is a no show.
This is fascinating, and the
January 19, 2007 - 12:18 ET by kathleenirishThis is fascinating, and the responses after which are even more amazing. I wonder how the MSM might report this? or not at all, which is more likely.
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
Don’t forget that while t
January 18, 2007 - 20:34 ET by Red JeepDon’t forget that while the Iranians held Americans hostage, Carter’s brother Billy registered as a foreign agent for Libya and received a $220,000 loan from the Libyans, which is probably about a million in today’s dollars.
When he was asked why he was dealing with Libya Billy replied: The only thing I can say is there is a hell of a lot more Arabians than there is Jews.
What a wonderful American family. S/off
I believe Prez Carter had chi
January 18, 2007 - 21:30 ET by Senior ChiefI believe Prez Carter had chicken out already as reported at yesterday's Rush broadcasts, I might be wrong though. He is not going to show up, because all of his 15 staff who resigned last week will be there to rebuke him. Did you know that he is a Baptist (so does slick Bill). But these two prez are both BINO only (Baptist-in-name-only). Their politics are waaayyyy, waaaayyy too liberal.
But the Apostle Paul got converted, he said, "I'd rather obey God than man". Carter then is obedient and submitted his soul to the men and women in the left...