 papananook says: In a larger sense, the view of Hamas as a party so evil that no one may even talk with it keeps many Jews in a state of spiritual slavery. It reinforces their long-standing habit of defining Jewish identity primarily in terms of radical vulnerability, as if the only meaningful way to be Jewish were to stand firm against an enemy and always be ready to shoot at that enemy. This slavery is especially tragic because it is self-imposed. It arises not from objective perception of facts imposed from outside, but from choices that Jews themselves make, choices that Jimmy Carter calls them to reconsider. So this Baptist leader, more than anyone else, can now claim the title of a modern-day Moses, willing to lead the Jews from slavery to freedom. Carter stands as a fine example of what the ancient rabbis called "a righteous gentile." A growing number of Jews, in Israel and the U.S., publicly agree with Carter that Israel must reach a peace agreement with a Palestinian government represent It doesn't make a person an enemy of Israel to recognize what Menachem Begin recognized; that peace talks pretty much require that you talk to your enemies, rather than your friends, don't they? I'm actually kind of an admirer of carter, but unfortunately his book shows his inability to admit his own bias, even to himself, despite a well-documented but little noted personal and financial history with Saudi wheelers and dealers, including the shady BCCI and its sibling, the overtly antisemitic Zayed Foundation. This makes him the mirror image of the "no talking to hamas" folks who can't admit their bias either, and undermines his qualifications as an honest broker. In his book, while s... At least he's trying which is more than can be said of Condi |
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