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Following his 1 New York Times bestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine. President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in Middle East affairs since leaving the White House. He has stayed in touch with the major players from all sides in the conflict and has made numerous trips to the Holy Land, most recently as an observer in the Palestinian elections of 2005 and 2006. In this book, President Carter shares his intimate knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences with the principal actors, and he addresses sensitive political issues many American officials avoid. Pulling no punches, Carter prescribes steps that must be taken for the two states to share the Holy Land without a system of apartheid or the constant fear of terrorism. The general parameters of a long-term, two-state agreement are well known, the president writes. There will be no substantive and permanent peace for any peoples in this troubled region as long as Israel is violating key UN resolutions, official American policy, and the international “road map” for peace by occupying Arab lands and oppressing the Palestinians. Except for mutually agreeable negotiated modifications, Israel’s official pre-1967 borders must be honored. As were all previous administrations since the founding of Israel, US government leaders must be in the forefront of achieving this long-delayed goal of a just agreement that both sides can honor. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid is a challenging, provocative, and courageous book. Read more
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Publication date : September 18, 2007
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0743285034
ISBN-13 : 32
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.44 inches
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Format: Paperback
This is an informative book on the Palestinian situation. Just the historical chronology, the related maps on different dates, and the Appendices including the text of U.N. Resolutions provide excellent reference material. Carter's "land for peace" premise is straightforward as expressed on page 17. He believes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be resolved when: 1) Palestinians and other Arab countries will fully recognize Israel; 2) Violence and terrorism against civilians in Israel will abate; and 3) Palestinians will live in peace and dignity in their own land. He repeats those conditions in the concluding Summary. Within it he also specifies that Israel has to explicitly recognize its borders before 1967 as it had agreed within U.N. Resolution 242. Carter also states that the chronic obstacle to those conditions for peace is the belief by many Israelis that "they have the right to confiscate ...Palestinian land and try to justify the ... persecution of ... hopeless... Palestinians." "Some Palestinians react by honoring suicide bombers as martyrs... and consider the killing of Israelis as victories." Carter also adds that a major obstacle to peace has been the U.S. passivity towards the issue and its unconditional supportive bias towards Israel no matter what its behavior. As he states: "because of powerful political, economic, and religious forces in the U.S., Israeli government decisions are rarely questioned." There are many books on this subject, including The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy and The Power of Israel in the United States. Carter notes that "most American citizens are unaware of circumstances in the occupied territories." His purpose is to educate the American public to the plight of the Palestinians. He wants to trigger a domestic debate to foster understanding that should allow America to facilitate permanent peace in the region. America has to be perceived as a fair mediator by the Arab world. Carter hopes the info he imparts will get us to reach a fairer assessment. Since his Presidency in 1977, Carter's life as a peace waging diplomat has been closely intertwined with the contemporary history of the Middle East and the Israel-Palestinian conflict in particular. Carter's first hand narrative of the Camp David Accords in 1978 that he brokered between Sadat (Egypt) and Begin (Israel) is fascinating as described in chapter 3. He has known the majority of the current and previous generation of Middle Eastern leaders on a first name basis. He shares such firsthand accounts within chapters 4 and 5 including these leaders' detailed perspective on the conflict. In the next few chapters, he analyzes all four succeeding White House Administrations handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike former Presidents, he remains engaged at every step by facilitating diplomatic meetings, attending political conferences, monitoring elections, implementing humanitarian projects through his Carter Center while maintaining his contacts with Middle Eastern leaders. Carter having observed the treatment of Palestinians firsthand thinks it fits the definition of apartheid precisely (separation of people from their homeland). In chapter 16 "The Wall of Prison" he is alarmed at how the Israelis built this huge wall around the West Bank encroaching and seizing Palestinian lands (see map pg. 191) separating some Palestinians from their own families and agricultural lands. He feels that the Israelis have imprisoned Palestinians. Currently, there are books by established political scientists suggesting that despair and poverty are not the root of terrorism such as What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism (Lionel Robbins Lectures). In some cases, I may be inclined to agree. But, not here. The Palestinians lack of any human rights, comfort, and peace of mind combined with chronic Israeli land grab and military provocations leave them with little recourse but to lash out violently. Carter repeatedly denounces terrorism. But, he recognizes what triggers it. This book is controversial as Jewish scholars accused Carter of being wrong on many counts. They compiled their rebuttals in a book: Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter's Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. But, the latter stronger assertion is that Carter misinterpreted the key U.N. resolution 242, where the authors believe Carter falsely claimed that Israel had been required to cede the lands acquired in 1967. But, U.N. resolution 242 written in 1967 states " (i) Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict [1967 6-day-war]." Carter is right. Additionally, Carter practices full disclosure by publishing the literal text of key UN. Resolutions and peace accords. So, you can check the wording for yourself. I double checked the veracity of those texts that are accessible on line, and they all paned out. Carter is the only Western leader who had contacts with Hamas that now runs the Palestinian government. His narratives suggest they are more moderate than the Media conveys. For visiting Hamas, Carter has been ostracized for collaborating with terrorists. But, as a result of his undertaking dialogue with Hamas they seem more open to peace negotiations than the Israelis are. In the conclusion, Carter derives hope for peace by observing that polls of both Israelis and Palestinians show a majority of the population favoring a two-State solution as a condition for peace. But, the chronic refusal of Israel's political leadership to honor the terms of U.N. Resolution 242 represents an obstacle to peace in the region. Anyone who is emotionally detached from this issue will recognize this is a rare document of history. L. Carl Brown with Foreign Affairs gave this book an excellent review. Also, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains is an interesting documentary on his U.S. book tour.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2008 by Abacus
Format: Paperback
First thing first, people who are saying that this book is anti Semite/anti Israel have either not read the book or have missed the point completely. My understanding of anti Semite/anti Israel is someone/action who/which does not accept the EXISTENCE of either Jews or Israel. Just criticizing someone of injustice is not something anti. It is just a attention brought to the public that something is not right and we should correct it. Thats all. If we criticize Bush admin, does that mean we are anti US? No, we are US citizens, we work hard and hate to see injustice taking place anywhere in the world. That is why every country in the world look up to US for help. If Martin Luther King rose to the occasion and openly discussed racism against African Americans, does that mean he was anti US or Anti Whites? If Gandhi would not have spoken against the British, we would not have such freedom in India or sub continent. If Nelson Mandela, spoke of apartheid in South Africa, does that mean he doesn't love his country? I highly recommend Marianne Williamson lecture "Standing up to the Darkness" for every US and Canadian Citizens. You all should know that Jimmy Carter was the main person who brought peace between Israel and Egypt in 1979. And he has visited Israel and met the delegates on many occasions (and continue to meet). So he is in a better position to present his experience than most of us. Many of us have not even met Palestinians or Israeli delegates that many times in our lives than Mr. Carter. Not only that Jimmy Carter have also won the Noble Peace Prize in 2002 for his efforts to bring peace to troubled countries. Also youtube his videos and you will see that he is a noble man and dedicated to peace in the world. On to the book, the book is REAL LIFE experience. No reference, no assumptions purely based on experience. Carter does not go around keep on bashing Israelis, if you read it even a 10th grader can see that he also criticizes Arab countries for not making effort towards peace. He just doesn't targets Israel. It is a very enjoyable book. In fact very few books which can take my imagination to work and help me visualize the Dead Sea, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem etc visually. Definitely a must read for each and everyone in the world. No one should take this book as a personal attack. There is nothing controversial about it. Carter shares his journey from 70s till 2006 elections in Palestine. He also talks mildly about the Jewish Lobby AIPAC and pressures they put on congress and politicians. For further details in this topic, "Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy" is the best book and some must watch videos at the bottom in my reviews. He also talks about the change in Israeli thought process with the progress of time. It is quite beautifully presented. His meetings with Yasir Arafat (former PLO leader). Injustice to Palestinian farmers and West Bank wall. Elections in Palestine. In case some of you don't know Carter organization, on o request from the troubled country request, goes and monitor the fair elections. According to Carter Hamas's win in 2006 was the most democratic elections he have monitored in years. The issues with Jordan, Syria, Iran etc. All presented in the book in details. If you are really serious about peace in the world, then this is the book you should read. It is a very easy read as well. Read it and make public aware. This is the best we all can do is educate our self and educate others. Enjoy and Peace. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror Youtube videos every North American Citizen should watch: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Greta Van Susteren James Traficant
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Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2009 by Farrukh Jilani
Format: Hardcover
Jimmy Carter struck a chord All of us suffer from assumptions in our thinking we cannot detect, but whether President Carter's facts are correct and whether his arguments are free of bias, I doubt even he knows for sure. That's not the point. His presentation is clear and his message encouraging. He asks us to engage in a national dialogue. It's long overdue. Although he doesn't put it this way, I have the sense President Carter believes that we humans fall under some sort of spell or mass sleep (the only logical explanation for the state of human affairs). Since Israel is populated by people, like all nations everywhere, they are no different in that regard. President Carter's book is, in this reader's opinion, as much about human behavior and our generic condition as it is about politics, justice, and the wielding of power. Honest debate? Without putting words into a good man's mouth, Americans should wonder why a powerful nuclear-armed nation is routinely positioned as a victim in the U.S. press. We should ask if it's true that Israel bulldozes homes in the middle of the night, fires on kids throwing rocks, engages in abductions and assassinations, builds networks of settlements connected by restricted roads intended to breakup and render useless Palestinian lands. We should ask if Israel really does ignore United Nations resolutions condemning its behavior and why the United State's routinely invokes its veto power to protect Israel from the world's admonitions. And, We should question why a small nation of 6.3 million people (less than the population of New York City) wields such incredible power over the largest economy on Earth, and why, despite all arguments to the contrary, virtually all elected and want-to-be elected U.S. officials grant her unconditionally support. In that regard, citizens should demand to know why our government allows any foreign nation to exert power over our elections, media coverage, and internal decision-making processes, and why our laws allow foreign states to control U.S. based lobbying organizations. We should debate whether Israel's lobby (the largest in the world) is effectively funded by U.S. tax dollars which are then amplified by serving Israel's agenda to affect U.S. actions and policies while ensuring that Israel-borne messaging is kept near the top of editors' topical priorities. Americans should write their elected representatives, who presumably could enact laws preventing the continual hijacking of the American electorate. We should tell them not to be paralyzed by fear of speaking out even though they may be targeted as holocaust deniers, anti-Semites, or more practically, outspent and out-marketed. More positively, Many Americans wonder why a civilized nation of good and truly gifted people cannot find a path to peace by applying the same ingenious minds and leadership skills that accomplished the following: 1) turned a desert into the region's only thriving (and non-oil-based) economy, 2) created the region's only democracy, 3) created the only social infrastructure governed by law and due-process in the region, 4) created the region's only culturally open-minded society (counter-intuitive, but for the majority of Israeli citizens, it's true),... Obviously, this list is much larger and more impressive. Many wonder, in admiration, how these community and family-oriented people, surrounded by adversaries wishing and acting for their demise, could with limited resources, manage to accomplish the aforementioned in so short a time (less than 60 years). For starters, Americans (any everyone else) should ask why we are ridiculously phobic with respect to other people's genes, politics, and religions. If we could get over that, we might be able to honestly consider whether Israel has ever acted as an equal in its long struggle to exist, to be at peace, and to flourish amidst its enemies. If she had been an equal, she would probably be long gone. Perhaps Americans,through honest debate, can ask whether Israel should recognize her superior position and act toward the Palestinians like the leader she is. She should ask if she could harvest the exceptional talent pool she has fostered with the aim of discovering a way to build the bridges that are required, and then lift up the Palestinians to an equal footing. They are just as smart and capable, but need a peaceful generation to secure their chance. Sometimes the other side is unable to meet halfway. Sometimes it doesn't matter who started a war or how many wrongs and good gestures can be marked on each side. Perhaps Israel will recognize her role as knowledge agent, infrastructure provider, guide, and benefactor. Americans should not be afraid to discuss the plight of the Palestinians, who now, seem virtually destroyed, disheartened, and in never-ending anguish. Only Israel can help them by using its considerable strength and imagination to create whatever is needed for positive change. The United States will lend its support (lobby or not) to ensure her great experiment survives despite the odds. But Americans should debate. If we do, we can re-become the nation of fair play we once believed in and died for in two world wars. I think President Carter believes that too. He should be applauded for his insights, forgiven for his errors, and commended for his bravery.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2006 by Dan
Format: Hardcover
If you can get past the title, you might just find yourself gaining valuable insights into the ongoing Palestinian crisis. Carter provides what is essentially a summation of his 30+ years involvement in the region, dating back to 1973 when he first visited Israel. While his initial visit was personal, he came to be one of the major figures in the peace process that first developed in the Camp David meetings in the second half of his presidential administration, when he brought Sadat and Begin together, forging a historic agreement between Egypt and Israel. Carter contrasts the laissez-faire approach of the Labour Party to the Palestine problem in the 70s with that of the hardline positions the Likud Party has taken over the years. He notes his many talks with Arab leaders on the crisis, and his personal involvement with Yasser Arafat in helping to set up a framework for peace talks, which was finally reached in the famous Oslo summits of the early 90s. These "secret" meetings between the Labour Party and the Palestinian Liberation Organization were a watershed event, and set the stage for the peace talks that took place during the Clinton administration. Carter infuses his narrative with a lot of personal insights and anecdotes, providing valuable character sketches of the various Arab and Israeli leaders he came in contact with over the years. He presents their arguments, which may be offensive to some readers but are necessary in understanding the crisis. He notes the many abuses of the UN resolutions and subsequent peace agreements committed by both sides. But, there are many who will beg to differ over his grievances with Israel in recent years, as Carter cites the money that has been withheld, the illegal search and seizures, the confiscation of property and many other injustices that have been committed by Israel against Palestinians. He held out hope during the Rabin-Perez years that an agreement would be reached on the creation of a Palestinian state, which he felt was sabotaged by the return of the Likud Party to power. The book is not a definitive account of the crisis. One needs to read more in order to fully appreciate the magnitude of the situation, and how it is central to any agreement in the Middle East which formally recognizes both Israel's and Palestine's right to exist in peace.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2007 by James Ferguson
Format: Hardcover
If only Americans could begin with a tabula rasa, our mental slates wiped clean of the clutter of propaganda that we have absorbed from our news media, we could read Jimmy Carter's "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" and finally understand the source of the problem in the Middle East: Israel's relentless theft of Palestinian land, and its collective punishment of the entire population. If only. Alas, most supporters of Israel will not read this book (but that won't prevent them from posting one-star reviews on Amazon). President Carter, of course, is more diplomatic in discussing the history of the conflict, preferring words like "confiscation" instead of "theft." While he mentions the destruction of 420 Palestinian villages in the war of 1948, Carter doesn't mention what Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Foreign Minister of Israel, called "the atrocities and massacres it [the Israeli army] perpetrated against the civilian Arab community." Nonetheless, Carter's Palestine is an amazingly succinct and compelling account of the conflict, especially the events since his election in 1976. Particularly fascinating are his accounts of conversations with Arab leaders such as Yasir Arafat, Hafez al-Assad (Syria), Anwar Sadat (Egypt), and King Hussein (Jordan), which allow the reader to see the conflict from the Arab leaders' perspectives. President Assad's interpretation of the conflict, on pages 72-80, presents the most concise version I have seen of the other side of the story, the side rarely seen in the United States. Readers who desire a more detailed and scholarly history should consider "Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict" by Charles Smith, or "The Gun and the Olive Branch", by David Hirst. While many Americans will be shocked by Carter's declarations about Israel's deplorable treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, I can personally attest to many of the facts. Carter writes, "In addition to punitive demolitions, Israel had razed even more Palestinian homes in `clearing' operations, plus houses that Israel claimed were built without a permit." While visiting the West Bank last year, I saw the Israeli military bulldoze three Palestinian homes because of the planned construction of what President Carter calls - in the most accurate description I have seen - the "imprisonment wall". Euphemistically termed the "security barrier" by a compliant American press, the wall is used to imprison Palestinians in bantustans that are separated from the rest of Palestine and often from their own land. Palestinians in Bethlehem, surrounded by the wall, cannot travel the five miles to Jerusalem, while foreigners like me visit from 5,000 miles away. According to Carter, international rights organizations estimate that 20 percent of the Palestinian population has been imprisoned at some time by the Israelis. My taxi driver, a Christian Palestinian, said that he was imprisoned at age 16 for throwing stones, a symbolic act of protest during the first intifada. A year later, Israeli soldiers broke his arm after stopping him and finding out that he had been in prison. Israel's ethnic cleansing of Christians and Muslims from Jerusalem is camouflaged in a blanket of legalese such as "building permits" and "identification cards." The Palestinian Christian who cleaned my room at the hotel had been imprisoned for working in Jerusalem "without a Jerusalem ID." Though his wife and children were born in Jerusalem, he grew up in a small nearby town where there are no jobs. At the time of his arrest, on the day his third child was born, he was working in the Christian quarter of the Old City, which is in Occupied Territory. This important book solidifies Jimmy Carter's standing as the most honest and forthright statesman of our time. While he feels he did the right thing in settling for a separate peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, rather than a comprehensive agreement that included the Palestinians, he presents Assad's opposing view that Sadat betrayed the Arabs. Carter admits that his biggest mistake at Camp David was "failure to clarify in writing Begin's verbal promise" to cease building settlements in the Occupied Territories. Begin soon broke that promise. Although most of the facts presented by Carter are readily verifiable, I wish that he had presented footnotes for the source of some specific details. For example, on page 206 he states that 708 Palestinian children and 123 Israeli children were killed between September 2000 and March 2006. However, B'tselem, the respected Israeli human rights group, reports that Israeli security forces killed 801 Palestinian children, while Palestinians killed 39 Israeli minors from 9/29/2000 to 11/15/2006. I also wish that Carter had included some photographs in the book. The photograph on the front cover, depicting a peaceful protest at the three-story high imprisonment wall, says more than any description can accomplish. Israeli police routinely attack and disperse with tear gas such demonstrations at the wall, beating and arresting protestors. According to a witness at one demonstration, organized as non-violent, a protestor began throwing stones. When a leader of the protest tried to stop it, he was arrested -- by the stone-thrower, who was an undercover Israeli policeman. "Palestine" is a short book of facts, devoid of sermonizing and analysis, easily digestible in a few hours. The book merely relates what happened in the recent past and what is happening now - facts that are only controversial because they haven't been reported by the mainstream news media. The facts lead to the obvious conclusions that Carter makes on the final page: "Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when Israel is willing to comply with international law," and the United States is encouraging anti-American terrorism by "condoning or abetting the Israeli confiscation and colonization of Palestinian territories." Jimmy Carter's "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" gives me optimism that more people will learn the truth. If only people will read it.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2006 by seeker01
Format: Hardcover
Fantastic, albeit a sad-hopeful book to read. You'd think it was written about current (2025) conflict events, yet was written in 2006. I'm still reading it. It's not the kind of book one can read in a hurry, otherwise one can never truly have enough time to ponder the late-former President Carter's thoughtfully-written words. I'm trying very hard to keep my mind open about this issue, and have been reading many books about Palestine, and Israel. I've not yet formed any conclusions, one way or the other, but I do think anyone who desires to educate themselves about that Conflict, there are a handful of courageous Authors, whose work ought to be mandatory reading, for anyone deciding the fate, and/or resolution to this millenia-old conflict. This is one of those books.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2025 by Cautious, in pa
Format: Hardcover
In contrast with the majority of his Republican and Democratic colleagues (who recently passed a shameful anti-Palestinian legislation which adds insult to the injury of Israel's victims) ,President Carter is a distinguished and honourable American statesman who , by telling the truth as it is, deserves the admiration and gratitude of all those on the Palestinian and Israeli sides who support peace with justice in the Holy Lands. Genuine peace is conditioned on Israel making political/financial amend for its original sin of brutal dispossession against the Palestinians which continues today , and at last recognizing the right of Palestinians to a state of their own where they can live/move freely and finally get out of their Israeli imposed prisoner/underclass status. Only by doing so will Israel gain moral legitimacy amongst civilized people everywhere, including its Arab neighbours, who are nauseated by its relentless propaganda of eternal and only victim even whilst it is cruelly oppressing another people : legitimacy will lead to a genuine and long term peace for the benefit of Jews, Christians and Moslems throughout the Middle East and the rest of the world. By bravely condemning Israel's brutal occupation, thieving apartheid policies and callous victimization of entire Palestinian populations, (with its daily harvest of unreported atrocities)President Carter's book is a breath of fresh air in the middle of relentless zionist propaganda and lies against its victims and critics. He joins a long list of distinguished American, Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli journalists and researchers who have eloquently reported Israeli atrocities and abuses in the Occupied Territories. Gideon Levy recently described the Israeli Army's daily rampage against a defenseless Palestinian population in Gaza as "killing and demolishing, bombing and shelling indiscriminately". In a recent letter to his brother Alexander (Counterpunch)Patrick Cockburn wrote: "In Gaza, the Israelis have destroyed 70 percent of the orange groves; stopped the fishermen from going out in their boats, destroyed the central power station. More than 50 percent of the population is out of work, and per capita income is less than $2 a day. Jennifer Loewenstein, of the Middle Eastern studies program at the Unversity of Wisconsin at Madison, has visited Gaza many times and written powerfully about it on the CounterPunch website:"If people received genuine information about Gaza they would be appalled-and that's of course why any real information about it is prevented from getting out. In addition, if the Israeli blockade of virtually all human traffic into Gaza were to end and more visitors could actually get in, more people-including freelance journalists-would be outraged, or stunned into disbelief at what Israel with US and EU backing has done to that miserable strip of land. Therefore, some of the slanderous accusations and comments made against the former US President on this site and elsewhere , including Kenneth Stein's smearful resignation letter from the Carter Institute, are simply outrageous. Stein, another Israel can do no wrong apologist, shamelessly slanders the former President but provides NO FACTS to support his baseless accusations and no email address to which people who know the historical facts, have read the book and totally disagree with him can respond. Carter's book is a welcome and authoritative contribution to the historical truth on who continues to brutally occupy whose land and who continues to block a peaceful solution of the conflict namely Israel, regretfully with Washington's support and/or complicity. This distinguished statesman and honourable American has the courage to put the onus of a peaceful solution on the arrogant/greedy Israeli Occupier and his Washington supporters. Thank you Jimmy Carter for being the noble and human face of America which still believes in human rights,elementary justice and the TRUTH!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2006 by Anthony J. Geha Yuja
Format: Hardcover
Not much doubt exists outside the USA that Israel is an apartheid state. Even Israelis are more honest about this than their surrogates in America (as represented by AIPAC, Dershowitz, et al.). And yet it is Mr. Carter's use of the word apartheid that seems to have stuck in the craw of the Israel lobby. Some telling quotes from Israelis themselves below. But to the substance of the book first. This is a tepid response to Israeli colonialism and its numerous violations of international laws, most especially in its apartheid policies in the Occupied Territories. The book merits reading only in that it comes from a former President of the USofA. Mr. Carter is quite dishonest when he frequently insists that he uses the word "apartheid" only with respect to the Occupied Territories. Conveniently forgetting the second-class Israel-Palestinians "citizens" who live in Israel proper. The Israel-Palestinian conflict and its solution are really quite simple, as Mr. Carter points out. Withdrawal of Israel to its original UN sanctioned borders, dismantling all the illegal settlements, and allowing the establishment of a Palestinian state. There may be sticking points such the right of return of Palestinians displaced during wars and by Israeli ethnic cleansing. But the broad outlines of peace have always been and continue to be quite clear. Israel does not want such a peace: it instead wants the Palestinians to settle for a set of isolated Bantustans on the South Africa model. Herewith some quotes from Israeli politicians definitely not on the lunatic fringe: Michael Ben Yair, Israel's Attorney General in the Rabin and Peres governments of the 1990s: "In effect, we established an apartheid regime in the occupied territories following their capture". Meron Benvenisti, former deputy mayor of Jerusalem: The building of the so-called security wall amounts to making Israel "a binational state based on apartheid" and that the wall means "the imprisonment of some 3 million Palestinians in bantustans". And this from a May 2002 report by B'Tselem (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) entitled Land Grab: "Israel has created in the Occupied Territories a regime of separation based on discrimination, applying two separate systems of law in the same area" and that this "is reminiscent of distasteful regimes from the past, such as the apartheid regime in South Africa". US taxpayer dollars (US$3billion annually) are essential to keeping this apartheid regime alive. Check out the New York Review of Books on Carter's book. I also recommend Norman G. Finkelstein's Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. The chapter "Oslo: The Apartheid Option" compares the actions of apartheid South Africa to Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza. See also Ilan Pappe, the Israeli academic and historian: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2007 by Shankar Ramamoorthy