Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Jimmuh From the Ummah Has a Change of Heart

What the heck is Jimmy Carter up to? After decades of vilifying Israel, why has he suddenly decided to repent of his wicked ways and beg forgiveness?

Perhaps his erstwhile paymasters in the Ummah were so heavily invested in Dubai World that they have been forced by their straitened financial circumstances to downsize Jimmuh’s position.

Or did someone outbid them?

In any case, here’s the story from YNet News:

Carter Apologizes for ‘Stigmatizing Israel’

WASHINGTON — Former US President Jimmy Carter on Monday asked for the Jewish community’s forgiveness for any negative stigma he may have caused Israel over the years.

Carter, who is not a popular character in Israel, enraged the American Jewish community’s in the past with various statements made in his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”

In the book, Carter blamed Israel for impeding the Middle East peace process via settlement construction, further claiming such a policy will lead to apartheid.

The former president also accused Israel of interfering with US efforts to broker peace in the region.

“We must recognize Israel’s achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel.
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“As I would have noted at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but which is appropriate at any time of the year, I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so,” he said.

“Al Het” refers to the Yom Kippur prayer asking God forgiveness for sins committed.

Head of the Anti-Defamation League Abraham Foxman welcomed Carter’s apology, saying it marked the beginning of reconciliation.

I’d like to think that Mr. Carter — in the twilight of his long and varied career, and facing an imminent journey to the Great Peanut Farm in the Sky — has had a genuine change of heart.

Not bloody likely though, after all those years of pettiness and self-righteous bile. The cynic in me can’t help but wonder what the angle is.


Hat tip: Sean O’Brian.

4 comments:

captain mission said...

his lies and mis-information have done a lot of damage and discredited any genuine attempts by israel to make peace. i think he has a lot to answer for.

heroyalwhyness said...

Atlanta, GA – Carter: Grandson’s Race Not Reason Enough For ‘Al Chet’. . . "although he did not outright deny that it was a factor."

Dymphna said...

Ah, the Georgia Jews aren't like the ones in Chicago. This should be interesting.

rosey said...

Once an anti-semite, always an anti-semite. There is some political angle at play here that Carter is trying to expose for the benifit of tyranny.

I wish that he would just go away and shut his trap, but hey I am also a big fan of free speech. His voice has been marginalized long ago.