Jimmy Carter's innacurate and unfair diatribe about Israel, "Palestine: Peace or Apartheid," has gained a big audience because it was written by an ex-President. If someone else had compiled a poorly written, thin book about the Middle East that makes wild accusations without providing any references, nobody would bother to read it, even if it were published. As it is, the cause of Israel bashing gained a valuable ally.
Bill Clinton has a very different version of events. What is just begging to happen is a book by Bill Clinton about the peace process, Israel and the Palestinians that would set the record straight. Please Bill Clinton, please write this book. Clinton has, extraordinarily, thanked the AJC for exposing errors in Carter's book, as noted below. But the AJC can be discounted as "Zionist propaganda," whereas Clinton's account would gain respect, and Clinton can supply "insider information" that the AJC cannot. This is a job that should be done by Clinton, because Carter's book was essentially an attack on Clinton's policies.
Ami Isseroff
The American Jewish Committee, in its weekly news bulletin, says that Bill Clinton (who was skewered in Carter's book) has thanked the Jewish group for its efforts in exposing the errors in Carter's book. (FYI, Clinton and Carter--both Democrats, both Southerners, both ex-presidents who have many concerns in common--can't stand each other).
Former President Clinton Thanks AJC for Efforts on New Carter Book
Former President Bill Clinton, in a handwritten letter to AJC Executive Director David Harris, voiced appreciation for his efforts to expose the inaccuracies in President Jimmy Carter's book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Thanks so much for your articles about President Carter's book. I don't know where his information (or conclusions) came from
" said Clinton. "I'm grateful."
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