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Most of you have probably heard about Jimmy Carter and his book, so you can probably see why I am posting this. I do not have a terribly complex deconstruction, just a few comments. If you don't understand at any point in the article what the big deal is, just ask me and I'll try to elaborate.
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 23 — In his first major public speech about his controversial book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” former President Jimmy Carter told an audience at Brandeis University on Tuesday that he stood by the book and its title, that he apologized for what he called an “improper and stupid” sentence in the book and that he had been disturbed by accusations that he was anti-Semitic. well, everyone knows that if you don't support Israel 100% then you must hate Jews! My mother, who is not religious in any sense (never even had her bat mitzvah) accused me of the same thing when i stated that Israel was out of line. how stereotypical of me, a self hating Jew.
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Responding to one of the criticisms of him, he said: “I have never claimed or believed that American Jews control the news media. That is ridiculous to claim.” He said “a lot of support for Israel comes from Christians like me who have been taught since they were 3 years old to honor and protect God’s chosen people from whom came people like our Christian Savior, Jesus Christ.”
But he said he believed there was too little willingness in Congress and elsewhere to debate or accept his premise that “Israel will never find peace until it is willing to withdraw from its neighbors’ land and permit the Palestinians to exercise their basic human and political rights.”
Despite the warm and dignified welcome, several students said they were disturbed by the book and Mr. Carter’s conclusions.
“He did some great work in the past,” said David Kuperstein, a junior, but “it has made me a little bit angry, the unfounded skew and bias that he specifically shows in his book toward Israel.” hardly unfounded, in fact it is quite supported by, oh i don't know, the international community via the UN? Or maybe the Peace movement against the occupation in Israel? or maybe just with some common fucking sense and an objective view of historical fact? Why is it that every time someone tries to say that Israel has or is doing something wrong, people pull out the "thats biased against Jews!" argument? The state of Israel and the Zionist agenda are not indicative of an entire group of people based on genetics or religion. In fact the basis for Zionism was atheist and socialist! HEADS OUT OF ASSES PEOPLE! MOUTHS CLOSED, EARS TO BE OPEN! Just because Israel was founded on the concept of a home for people who were being rejected by almost the rest of the world does not make it infallible or any less capable of corruption.
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 23 — In his first major public speech about his controversial book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” former President Jimmy Carter told an audience at Brandeis University on Tuesday that he stood by the book and its title, that he apologized for what he called an “improper and stupid” sentence in the book and that he had been disturbed by accusations that he was anti-Semitic. well, everyone knows that if you don't support Israel 100% then you must hate Jews! My mother, who is not religious in any sense (never even had her bat mitzvah) accused me of the same thing when i stated that Israel was out of line. how stereotypical of me, a self hating Jew.
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Responding to one of the criticisms of him, he said: “I have never claimed or believed that American Jews control the news media. That is ridiculous to claim.” He said “a lot of support for Israel comes from Christians like me who have been taught since they were 3 years old to honor and protect God’s chosen people from whom came people like our Christian Savior, Jesus Christ.”
But he said he believed there was too little willingness in Congress and elsewhere to debate or accept his premise that “Israel will never find peace until it is willing to withdraw from its neighbors’ land and permit the Palestinians to exercise their basic human and political rights.”
Despite the warm and dignified welcome, several students said they were disturbed by the book and Mr. Carter’s conclusions.
“He did some great work in the past,” said David Kuperstein, a junior, but “it has made me a little bit angry, the unfounded skew and bias that he specifically shows in his book toward Israel.” hardly unfounded, in fact it is quite supported by, oh i don't know, the international community via the UN? Or maybe the Peace movement against the occupation in Israel? or maybe just with some common fucking sense and an objective view of historical fact? Why is it that every time someone tries to say that Israel has or is doing something wrong, people pull out the "thats biased against Jews!" argument? The state of Israel and the Zionist agenda are not indicative of an entire group of people based on genetics or religion. In fact the basis for Zionism was atheist and socialist! HEADS OUT OF ASSES PEOPLE! MOUTHS CLOSED, EARS TO BE OPEN! Just because Israel was founded on the concept of a home for people who were being rejected by almost the rest of the world does not make it infallible or any less capable of corruption.
