Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
I liked this book as a timely review of the history of
I don't think choosing the word "Apartheid" in the title was unwise. The book is a warning, that this conflict needs to be solved or the result will be something that no one wants. His view is that most of the Israeli people as well as most of the Palestinian people want this conflict solved and are willing to compromise. Carter believes it's a relatively small group of conservatives in
It’s kind of quaint that Carter always calls it "the Holy Land" which seems to me anachronistic (haven't heard it called that since Sunday School days), but I understand that that was his initial motivation to go to Israel and eventually to try to make peace. He's always concerned with the rights of everyone to worship in their Holy Places. Though I must admit his emphasis on religion bothers me a bit, mainly because he investigates situations where Christians, both in
I admire Carter for writing this book--knowing it would be controversial and that he would be stoutly criticized, as he has been. People in the
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