“He [Arafat] was infamous for appearing moderate when speaking in English while fuming radically and inciting violence in Arabic. Throughout this time, he was being mentored by Carter, who not only advised him but even personally wrote a sample speech for him suggesting language to use that would allow him to more effectively gain sympathy from Western audiences.” – Philip Klein
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President Carter Supported the Iranian Revolution: Matt Wanderman, Israel National News, June 5, 2016 — New information has come to light, showing how former US President Jimmy Carter blindly accepted false promises and helped Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini carry out the Iranian Revolution.
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Jimmy Carter Was a Terrible President — and an Even Worse Former President: Philip Klein, National Review, Dec. 29, 2024
Jimmy Carter: A Jewish Tragedy: Michael Oren, Clarity with Michael Oren, Dec. 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter’s Personal Virtue Didn’t Ensure a Virtuous or Successful Presidency: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Dec. 29, 2024
My Problem with Jimmy Carter’s Book: Kenneth W. Stein, Middle East Forum, Spring 2007, Volume 14: Number 2
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Herzog Hails Carter for ‘Historic’ 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty: JNS, Dec. 30, 2024 – Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday eulogized former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died the previous day at the age of 100.
‘Root of Anti-Israel Woke Culture’ – Israeli Leaders Give Mixed Responses to Carter’s Legacy: David Rosenberg, World Israel News, Dec. 30, 2024 – Israeli leaders responded to the passing of former American President Jimmy Carter with mixed messages Monday, with the Israeli president and premier both emphasizing Carter’s role in the historic Camp David Accords and subsequent peace treaty with Egypt, while overlooking his sharp criticism of the settlement movement and the accusations in his later life of Israeli apartheid in Judea and Samaria.
Jimmy Carter and National Review: Jack Butler, National Review, Dec. 30, 2024 —
Jimmy Carter: went to Georgia Tech and Annapolis, did graduate work in nuclear physics; served as a submarine commander; made lots of money in peanuts; went to the Georgia legislature in 1962; was elected Governor in 1970.”
The Misunderstood Consequences of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency: Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, Dec. 29, 2024 — Jimmy Carter was a good man who was president at a bad time. The question for the history books to decide is whether he made the problems worse through indecision and vacillation, or whether his tumultuous presidency was simply trapped in a period of inescapable turmoil, the seeds of which had been sown years earlier.