CAN JIMMY CARTER DO FOR PALESTINE WHAT JACK MURTHA DID FOR IRAQ?
By Linda Milazzo Other than 2002 Nobel Prize Laureate, Jimmy Carter, no American politician has spoken honestly about Israel’s occupation of Palestine. No American politician has addressed Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinians. Not because the mistreatment doesn’t exist. But because acknowledging it brings accusations of anti-semitism and the potential to lose an election. To date, Jimmy Carter is the most high-profile American to publicly denounce the horrors of the Israeli occupation. Not in a sound byte or a simple aside. But in a full length book, provocatively titled, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” In his book, President Carter provides a detailed analysis of Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land and ongoing demoralization of the Palestinian people within their own homeland. President Carter bravely defies the American taboo of never criticizing Israel, recognizing that humanitarianism dwarfs political correctness. The intentions of the book are as honorable as the man
