In a letter released exclusively to JTA, the former US president sent a seasonal message wishing for peace between Israel and its neighbors, and concluded: "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. 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."What if tomorrow he's back to his old ways again? What good will it do him then to apologize? Besides, he's one of those kinds of people who's wanted apartheid, and has never slammed Islamists for being the real ones to cause such a problem.
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Carter has angered some US Jews in recent years with writings and statements that place the burden of peacemaking on Israel, that have likened Israel's settlement policies to apartheid, and that have blamed the pro-Israel lobby for inhibiting an evenhanded US foreign policy.
And Israel/the Jewish community isn't the only one he should be apologizing to: what about any innocent Iranians who were harmed by the takeover of the Ayatollah in 1979 and the overthrow of the Shah? What about any blacks in Sudan and other places in Africa who're still being harmed by modern day slavery, much of which is perpetrated by Islamofasicsts, which he has never made any genuine attempt to stop or speak against?
Carter's apology, I'm afraid, is pretty weak, insufficient and coming a little late.
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