ADL: Apology Not Withstanding, Carter Reverts To Anti-Israel Rhetoric

[Purveyor]

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which had cautiously welcomed Jimmy Carter's apology for pain he caused the Jewish community with his stridently anti-Israel views, is now calling that apology into question following a speech in which he reverted to his former views.

"As far as I'm concerned, there is no Al Chet," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, referring to Carter's evocation of a prayer for forgiveness said on Yom Kippur. "President Carter's recent comments on Israel are profoundly disappointing, and leave little doubt of the insincerity of his apology."

Carter's December 2009 letter to the American Jewish community had offered a personal apology for the harm he had caused and referred to Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state within secure and recognized borders. At the time, the League said that while Carter's words should be taken seriously and given respect, his apology must be matched by words and deeds.

On March 18, however, at a conference on U.S.-Arab relations in Atlanta, Carter accused the U.S. of being "much more attuned to the sensitivities of the Israelis" and of having "yielded excessively to the circumstances in the Holy Land as Israel has confiscated several lands within Palestine." Those remarks coincided with the diplomatic dust-up between Israel and the U.S. over new housing construction in East Jerusalem.

Carter also accused the Obama White House of unfairly siding with Israel and criticized the administration's shuttle diplomacy efforts as "feeble."

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http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/5726_62.htm

[Jefferson23]

1. How nice of Foxman to make clear how he will not tolerate any

criticism of Israel.

[Better Today]

2. Good for Carter. If Israel wants to stop the anti-Israeli sentiments,

then they should change their ways.

The use of the word "rhetoric" for the comments by Carter is complete BS. Two little snippets out of an entire speech is not rhetorical, in that it shows absolutely no exaggeration.

[azurnoir]

3. Good for Carter

criticism of Israel and its policies is not an offense to the entire Jewish community and the charges of being anti whatever are starting to take on a the "sky is falling" tone