President Carter's book

The book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" has caused major controversy just starting at the title. When asked, President Carter stated that he used the words "Palestine" and "Apartheid" to try and generate interest in the book and to try and get people to read the book to find out the real facts. He uses the word "apartheid" suggesting that the analogy of the hated policies of South Africa is especially outrageous. Carter mentions failures on all sides in the book, including the Palestinians, Israel, and the U.S. However, it is extremely critical of Israel and its policies in the Palestinian territories. "It's based on a minority of Israelis occupying, confiscating and colonizing land that belongs to the Palestinians," Carter told The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith. Carter places the majority of the blame on Israel for its continuing conflict with the Palestinians. It is causing major conflict by connecting Palestine with apartheid.
President Carter claims that the Palestinian Arabs have long supported a two-state solution and the Israelis have always opposed it. But overall, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" is so biased that it without a doubt raises the question of why would a man like Jimmy Carter write such an indecent book. Whatever President Carter's motives may be, his authorship of this ahistorical, one-sided, and simplistic brief against Israel forever disqualifies him from playing any positive role in fairly resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. That is a tragedy because the Carter Center, which has done so much good in the world, could have been a force for peace if Jimmy Carter were as generous in spirit to the Israelis as he is to the Palestinians. President Carter took a big risk by writing this book and having the courage to speak out against the Israeli extremism that often is ignored by our American media and leaders.

Most of my information came from this site:

http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/Carters_Distorted_World.asp