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Tough Love: Jimmy Carter, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

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• Jimmy Carter, interviewed November 27 2006, 10:30 a.m., by Jane Ammeson, “Jimmy Carter's Current Campaign” (Chicago Life, Winter 2007, published February 4 2007), reported, Jane Ammeson, “Power of the written word” {pf} (The Times, Munster Indiana, Sunday December 31 2006) (interview date, by email).

• Gallup poll, Joseph Carroll, “Little Impact of Jimmy Carter's Book on the Middle East {pf}: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans have a favorable opinion of the former president” (Gallup Poll News Service, Washington D.C., February 14 2007, book poll conducted February 1-4 2007) (contains charts).

Jimmy Carter, 69%

Gallup’s Feb. 9-11, 2007 poll asked Americans to rate their overall opinion of the three living former presidents. Americans are quite positive in their ratings of all three presidents, but slightly more so in their views of Carter.

69% of Americans say they have a favorable opinion of Carter, compared with a 62% favorable rating for {George H.W.} Bush and a 63% favorable rating for Clinton.

Political attitudes shape opinions of these three former presidents, but Carter is the only one of the three to be rated favorably by a majority of Republicans, independents, and Democrats — and also by a majority of self-described conservatives, moderates, and liberals.

59% of conservatives have a favorable opinion of Carter, as do 72% of moderates and 80% of liberals. {George H.W.} Bush is viewed more negatively among liberals, with only 42% rating him favorably; Clinton is viewed favorably by just 42% of conservatives.

Carter’s favorable ratings are similar among the three party groups with 56% of Republicans, 68% of independents, and 81% of Democrats rating him favorably. Only 42% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of {George H.W.} Bush and just 30% of Republicans view Clinton favorably. Roughly 9 in 10 of their respective parties’ faithful have positive opinions of {George H.W.} Bush and Clinton.

In an earlier poll, conducted Feb. 1-4, 2007, Gallup found only about one in five Americans saying they are following the news about Carter’s new book either “very closely” (6%) or “somewhat closely” (15%). Nearly 8 in 10 Americans are not following this story closely, including more than half of Americans (53%) who are not following it at all.

The poll also asked Americans for their overall view of the book. Given the low level of attention being paid to the controversy, it comes as no surprise that a majority of Americans either have a neutral opinion of the book (40%) or have no opinion at all (24%). Meanwhile, 17% say they have a mostly favorable and 18% say they have a mostly unfavorable opinion of Carter’s book.

Americans who are following the controversy very or somewhat closely are divided in their views of it; 41% have a mostly favorable opinion of the book and 35% have a mostly unfavorable opinion.

Perceptions of Carter’s book vary significantly by self-described political ideology. Conservatives are more likely to have a negative (29%) rather than positive (10%) view of the book while liberals are much more likely to have a favorable (36%) than unfavorable (11%) view of it. Moderates are evenly divided in their views. A majority of all three groups either give a neutral opinion or no opinion about the book.

Republicans are much more likely to take a negative view of Carter’s book, while Democrats are more likely to take a positive view of the book. Just 3% of Republicans say their opinion of the book is mostly favorable while 36% say it is mostly unfavorable. The results are essentially opposite among Democrats: 28% have a favorable view and 7% an unfavorable view.

It is unclear to what degree these views simply reflect basic partisan attitudes — or reflect actual awareness of and opinions of the content of the book.

Over the past 16 years, Gallup has asked Americans to rate how closely they have been following various news stories, from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to the death of Princess Diana, to the trials of celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant. Carter’s book ranks near the bottom of all of the stories tested over the years. In fact, the only news event measured by Gallup that Americans paid less attention to was the CBS show Survivor after it premiered in 2000.

Liberals (35%) are much more likely than conservatives (17%) or moderates (20%) to say they are following the news of Carter’s book very or somewhat closely. Democrats, independents, and Republicans are equally likely to follow the news about the book, with one in five respondents in each party group saying this.

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,006 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Feb. 9-11, 2007, and 1,007 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Feb. 1-4, 2007.

For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

Jimmy Carter at:
• CFR.nyc
• University of Georgia
• Brandeis University
• Emory University
• Carter Center
• George Washington University
• University of Iowa
• Georgia State University
• UCB: University of Calfornia, Berkeley
• UCI: University of Calfornia, Irvine
• AUC: American University in Cairo
• AUB: American University of Beirut

• Mary Smith Judd (special sections editor), “Trip to hospitable Plains is worth it” {pf} (Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta, March 14 2007) (a non-political travel story, about a visit to Plains Georgia, and to Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school, at Maranatha Baptist Church, on Saturday-Sunday February 3-4 2007) (trip date, by email), and see, Jack Brammer, “Former president teaches Sunday school” {pf} (Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Saturday July 19 2008), describing his Sunday school on June 29 2008, 10-10:45am (with photos).

• Jimmy Carter, Africa trip, February 6-16 2007, “Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Leads Delegation to Africa, Focus on Urgent Health Needs” (Carter Center, Atlanta, February 8 2007), Ghana (CC), Sudan (CC) (Khartoum, Juba), Ethiopia (CC), Nigeria (CC), Jimmy Carter, “Trip Report of Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Africa Trip, Feb. 4-16, 2007 (Ghana, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria)” (Carter Center, February 19 2007).

• Paul Findley (U.S. Congress, House, Jan. 3 1961-1983 Jan. 3, ranking minority member, Middle East Subcommittee, House International Relations Committee), “Carter enters lions' den: Despite criticism, his book is work of a true patriot” {pf} (Chicago Tribune, February 7 2007).

• Tony Judt (professor of european studies, director Remarque Institute, NYU: New York University), interviewed by Gabby Wood, “The new Jewish question” {pf, search} (The Observer, London, Sunday February 11 2007) (“A furious row has been raging in the international Jewish community over the rights and wrongs of criticising Israel. At its centre is a British historian who accuses his fellow Jews in the US of stifling any debate about Israel. His opponents say his views give succour to anti-Semites. One thing’s for sure: any appearance of consensus over the Middle East has been shattered.”), and see, Mark Lilla (University of Chicago), Richard Sennett (London School of Economics and NYU), and 112 others, “The Case of Tony Judt: An Open Letter to the ADL” (The New York Review of Books, volume 53 number 18, dated November 16 2006), “The ADL and Tony Judt: An Exchange” (Abraham H. Foxman, Myrna Shinbaum, reply by Mark Lilla, Richard Sennett) (The New York Review of Books, volume 53 number 19, dated November 30 2006).

• Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2004 I.C.J. 136 (U.N. I.C.J.: International Court of Justice, The Hague, Advisory Opinion, July 9 2004) {8.1mb.pdf, source}, ICJ summary {128.5kb.pdf, source}, U.N. Doc. A/ES-10/273 (July 16 2004) {469kb.pdf, UNBISnet, browse}.

• Dennis Ross (WINEP), “The Art of the Possible Peace {pf}: Rice's First Task: A Viable Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire” (The Washington Post, Thursday February 15 2007), reply, Scott MacLeod (Time, Cairo bureau chief), “Dennis Ross's Mythology (4)” (Time, The Middle East Blog, Friday February 16 2007) (above/below: “Mythology (1-3), (5)”).

• Larry Cohler-Esses (editor at large), “Brandeis Donors Exact Revenge For Carter Visit {pf}: Major givers reportedly withholding funds from school, sparking fierce free-speech debate on Massachusetts campus” (The Jewish Week, Friday February 16 2007).

Jewish thugs: empty threats, feigned fears

Critics object especially to Carter’s claim that pro-Israel forces in the United States have a disproportionate and stifling impact on public debate of the issue ...

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At the faculty meeting, Susan Lanser, a professor of English, complained, “I know many, many faculty who do not feel they can speak freely about the Middle East” in public forums.

And in an interview with The Jewish Week, Mary Baine Campbell, another English professor, spoke of “the chilling effect of knowing one speaks about things unwelcome by the administration in charge of working conditions and pay. They could be angels. I don’t know. It’s a slightly chilled atmosphere.”

Lanser said the administration’s warnings about donors had reinforced that sense. “I’m not saying that was the intent of the meeting,” she said. “I think Brandeis is committed to open intellectual inquiry. But this issue gets complicated, because of the strong feelings of some donors.”

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This vexed aftermath contrasted sharply with the widely praised tenor of the event itself ...

“I think everyone was surprised, at how well he was received,” said Michael Berenbaum, a Holocaust scholar and historian, unaffiliated with Brandeis.

“That may be the most important part of the story. Instead of coming as partisans, they listened to Carter attentively, asked tough questions, and gave him an audience. The Jewish community may have a more significant generation gap than they understand, between what young people are prepared to hear, and what older activists are prepared to hear.”

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• Ilan Pappé (Haifa) (senior lecturer in political science, University of Haifa, chair, Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Haifa), interviewed by Christopher Brown (Berkeley) (“lived and reported from Palestine for three years”), “"Israel Can Do What it Wants": The Stark Truth From Ilan Pappe” (Crossing The Line: Life in Occupied Palestine, “A weekly podcast giving voice to the voiceless in occupied Palestine,” radio KPFA studios, Berkeley California, posted Friday February 16 2007), audio {58:47 at 12:24-41:00, 26.9mb.mp3, rss, source, search, search, icl}. Ilan Pappé is author, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld Publications, Oxford England, published October 12-19 2006, U.S. November 1) {U.K., U.S., Germany}, forthcoming: Ilan Pappé, The Bureaucracy of Evil: The History of the Israeli Occupation (Oneworld, July 1 2010) {U.K., U.S.}.

• J.J. Goldberg (editor, The Forward), interviewed by Brooke Gladstone (managing editor), introduced with Bob Garfield, “A Zion in the Sand” (Radio WNYC, On the Media, New York City, Saturday February 17 2007, 7-8am, Sunday 10-11am, 3-4pm), audio {10:44, 4.30mb.mp3, rss rss menu, archive}, OTM transcript {pf}, broadcast at different local times by more than 200 U.S. radio stations of the 800 {110kb.pdf, source} affiliated to NPR: National Public Radio, and by NPR itself, by satellite radio in North America (Sirius channels NPR Now 134, NPR Talk 135), by NPR Worldwide (schedule), via satellites (audio channel on TV tuners and feeds to cable radio and some broadcast radio) and satellite radio (NPR, WorldSpace channel 301) (Afristar-1 east beam, parts of western Africa and Europe, footprint), by AFN Radio: American Forces Network (base cable radio schedule).

• Ilan Pappe, remarks (Oxon: University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford England, Tuesday February 20 2007) (“the oldest university in the English-speaking world”), YouTube video {38:39}, “Talk by Ilan Pappé at Oxford University, February 2007” (posted September 25 2007): 1/4 {9:43, 14.2mb.flv, .flv}, 2/4 {9:57, 14.4mb.flv, .flv}, 3/4 {9:32, 16.2mb.flv, .flv}, 4/4 {9:27, 14.9mb.flv, .flv} {video/audio: google rss, youtube, youtube rss, others} {Oxon: events, lectures, Gazette, diary, search, search} {Oxlaw: lectures, events, archive, search, search}.

• Jimmy Carter, interviewed in Plains Georgia by Paul Yates “Carter Defends Controversial Book” (FOX: WAGA-TV, FOX5 News at 6 p.m, Atlanta, February 20 2007, at 6:30 p.m. ET), video {1:58, 6.52mb.flv}.

• Jimmy Carter, remarks (Emory University, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1660 North Decatur Road, Atlanta Georgia, Thursday February 22 2007, 11:00am-12:15pm ET), “Jimmy Carter: Town Hall Meeting” (speech, Q&As), introduced by James W. Wagner (Emory president), Q&As moderated by Earl Lewis (Emory provost, executive vice president for academic affairs, professor of history and African American studies), video {1:14:11, 188.56mb.rm, Q&As at 32:40, source, source}, previews, Rachel Zelkowitz, “Speaker: Carter to Discuss Book on Campus” {pf} (The Emory Wheel, Atlanta, February 9 2007) (“Students can e-mail questions to administrators at pel{@}emory.edu until 2 p.m. on Feb. 21”), “President Carter to speak at Feb. 22 Town Hall” (Emory Report, February 12 2007), editorial “Our Opinion: Just Jimmy: President Carter Should Speak Alone at Emory” {pf} (The Emory Wheel, Atlanta, February 13 2007), Harry Mairson (professor of Computer Science, Brandeis University; chair, Brandeis Faculty Senate), editorial, “Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter?” {pf} (The Emory Wheel, Atlanta, February 20 2007).

Reported:

• Jill Becker (studio), Catherine Kim (Emory), “Carter Defends Book at Emory Univ.” (NBC: WXIA-TV, 11Alive News at Noon, Atlanta, February 22, at 12:05 p.m.), video {2:08, 4.25mb.wmv, video search}, Brenda Wood (studio), Catherine Kim (Carter Center), “Carter Defends Book At Carter Center” (11Alive Evening News, 7:00 p.m.), video {2:34, 5.06mb.wmv}.

• Lisa Rayam (studio), Paul Yates (Emory), “Carter Speaks At Emory About His Controversial Book” (FOX: WAGA-TV, FOX5 News at Noon, Atlanta, February 22, at 12:31 p.m.), video {2:00, 6.29mb.flv}, Paul Yates (reporting), “Controversial Visit for Carter at Emory” (FOX5 News at 6 p.m., at 6:28 p.m.), video {2:07, 7.07mb.flv}.

• Stephany Fisher (studio), Mike Moore (reporting), “Book Controversy” (CBS: WGCL-TV, CBS 46 News at Eleven, Atlanta, February 22, 11:00 p.m.), video, “Jimmy Carter Defends Controversial Book” {1:35, 5.72mb.wmv, 4.39mb.flv} (WGCL-TV is the CBS affiliate in Atlanta; CBS Corporation owns Simon & Schuster, publisher of Jimmy Carter’s book).

• Leisha Chi, “Carter Addresses Book Critics in Town Hall” {pf} (The Emory Wheel, Atlanta, February 23 2007).

• Elaine Justice, “Carter Defends Mideast Book at Emory Town Hall” (News@Emory, Atlanta, February 23 2007).

• Ernie Suggs, “For Carter at Emory, it's no debate: Ex-president answers prescreened questions” {pf} (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 23 2007).

• Carol Clark, “Carter defends Mideast book at news-making town hall” (Emory Report, volume 59 number 22, March 5 2007).

• Jimmy Carter (U.S. President, Jan. 20 1977-1981 Jan. 20), Madeleine Albright (U.S. Secretary of State, Jan. 23 1997-2001 Jan. 20), conversation, moderated by Matthew Hodes (director, conflict resolution program), “Palestine Peace, Not Apartheid” (Carter Center, Ivan Allen Pavilion, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta Georgia, Thursday February 22 2007, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET), “Upcoming Carter and Albright discussion on middle east peace prospects to be webcast live” (Carter Center, February 12 2007), CC webcast video {1:33:38, 68.59mb.rm, archive}, Forum video (ditto) {1:20:47, 132.20mb.rm, source, source, menu, rss, rss, rss menu}, Forum audio (ditto) {1:20:48, 18.92mb.rm, 36.81mb.mp3}, Forum audio {1:21:21, 37.27mb.mp3, rss, menu, menu} (PBA: Public Broadcasting Atlanta, WPBA/WABE TV/radio, Atlanta Georgia), produced for Atlanta Forum Network and the “Israel and Palestine Series” of the Forum National Network video/audio streaming/download archive, managed by WGBH Forum Network (WGBH TV/radio, Boston Massachusetts), audio broadcast (GPB radio: Georgia Public Broadcasting, Georgia Gazette, Atlanta, Friday/Sunday February 23/25 2007, 3pm/10am), audio {57:44, 20.12mb.wma, 19.82mb.mp3, rss menu, rss menu}, reported, Russ Spencer (studio), Darryl Carver (Carter Center), “Carter Defends Book at Carter Center” (FOX: WAGA-TV, FOX5 News at 10 p.m., Atlanta, February 22, at 10:05 p.m.), video {2:05, 6.00mb.flv}.

• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Is Jimmy Carter Anti-Semitic? On Palestine and Apartheid” (Harvard University, sponsors: Palestine Awareness Committee (KSG), Alliance for Justice in the Middle East (FAS), Justice for Palestine (HLS), Palestine Solidarity Committee (FAS), Arab Caucus (KSG), Society of Arab Students (FAS), venue: KSG: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Cambridge Massachusetts, Thursday February 22 2007, 7:30 p.m. ET), poster {126kb.pdf, 29kb gif, source}, YouTube video, “Norman Finkelstein—Is Jimmy Carter Anti-Semitic?” {46:05}: 1/5 (larger) {10:42, 11.1mb.flv, .flv}, 2.5 (larger) {10:17, 10.9mb.flv, .flv}, 3.5 (larger) {10:42, 11.4mb.flv, .flv}, 4/5 (larger) {10:32, 11.0mb.flv, .flv}, 5/5 (larger) {3:50, 4.1mb.flv, .flv} {source, source, search}, not reported by The Harvard Crimson (“the only daily newspaper in Cambridge Massachusetts”), opinion, Michael Segal (editorial editor), Jacob M. Victor (editorial editor), “The Finkelstein-Weiss Deception” {pf, copy} (The Harvard Crimson, March 2 2007), Jason Anastasopoulos (editor and publications coordinator of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School), “Finkelstein's Lecture Featured No 'Fringe Views'” {pf} (The Harvard Crimson, March 15 2007, letter dated March 4 2007), Richard Cozzens, “Coverage Of Carter Book Lectures Was Disappointing” {pf} (The Harvard Crimson, March 8 2007), Kevin Montgomery, “Anti-Semitism will not come to Brandeis” {pf} (The Brandeis Hoot, March 9 2007).

• Jimmy Carter, interviewed by Kim Fettig (Plains Georgia), introduced by Bill Gaines, Stephany Fisher (studio), with Gene Norman (studio), “Jimmy Carter Talks One On One With CBS 46” (CBS: WGCL-TV, CBS 46 News at Eleven, Atlanta, Friday February 23 2007, 11:00 p.m. ET), video, Jimmy Carter Talks To CBS 46 {2:28, 8.86mb.wmv, 6.73mb.flv} (WGCL-TV is the CBS affiliate in Atlanta; CBS Corporation owns Simon & Schuster, publisher of Jimmy Carter’s book).

• Alan Johnston (BBC News, Gaza, April 2004-2007 July), “UN envoy hits Israel 'apartheid'” {pf} (BBC News, Friday February 23 2007, 6:33pm GMT), reporting John Dugard, his annual report, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967, John Dugard (U.N. Doc. A/HRC/4/17, Geneva, published Monday January 29 2007, 24 pages, UNHRC: U.N. Human Rights Council, 4th session) {103kb.pdf, also via this, this, OHCHR, this, this, and ODS}, considered by the Council in Geneva, on March 22 2007).

Sunday morning interview shows

• Jimmy Carter, interviewed Friday February 23 2007 at the Carter Center in Atlanta by George Stephanopoulos (ABC News, This Week, Washington D.C., Sunday February 25 2007, 10:00 a.m. ET), FNS transcript {Carter archive, TW archive}, video “Carter: Cheney's Record on Iraq 'Abysmally Low'” {14:12, 40.43mb.flv} (“Former Pres. Carter talks about Iraq, the '08 race and his controversial book”), ABC transcript, “Carter Rips Cheney's 'Abysmal' Iraq Record” {pf}, podcast audio (entire hour show, excluding adverts) {42.02, 14.43mb.mp3 rss}, broadcast at different local times by 194 U.S. TV stations {61kb.pdf} (ABC affiliates), by Orbit News on satellites (Europe, Middle East, channel 27, Sunday, 4:00/7:00/10:00 p.m. GMT, Monday, 1:00/6:00 a.m.), by AFN TV: American Forces Network (schedule, Sunday (deleted), AFN News, 10:00 p.m. GMT, Monday, AFN News, 2:00/10:00 a.m., AFN Freedom, 4:00 a.m.), audio broadcast by C-Span Radio (Radio WCSP-FM, Washington D.C., Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET), simulcast by satellite radio in North America (C-Span Radio, XM channel 132) (XM had 7.6 million subscribers, at the end of 2006).

C-Span and Sirius

C-Span terminated its Sirius satellite radio channel 139, 12-days earlier, on February 14 2007, when Sirius management decided to trifle with C-Span, to insist on the right to preempt C-Span public affairs broadcasts, periodically, with sports programming.

Now, they have the whole channel to themselves, and they can preempt themselves, any time they please.

I guess they figure their 6 million subscribers {pf}, who spent more than $100 each for their radio sets, could care less, and will continue to pay their $12.95/month, the most of them.

Long distance truckers, rural dwellers, news-talk listeners anywhere, some might subscribe to both services, anyway (XM, Sirius, satellite radio).

Query: Do they know what stations you tune to? Do the sets have flash memory, a transponder, burst transmitter? To report home, now and again? When driving near a transponder interrogator? Or via a satellite interrogator?

Query: Do the radio sets have a big number of timers? To automatically tune to what you want to listen to? And a flash memory card? To auto-record programs you can copy to your computer, every day or two?

Preview:

• Charles Gibson (anchor) (ABC World News, Friday February 23 2007, 6:30 p.m. ET), broadcast video segment, “Carter Voices Opinion on Cheney, Iraq” {2:29, 6.99mb.flv, source} (“ABC News' George Stephanopoulos speaks with Jimmy Carter on Cheney and Iraq”) (interview excerpt and colloquy with George Stephanopoulos, about Iraq, not the book), also by Orbit News (Friday, live, 11:30 p.m. GMT, Saturday, 12:30/2:30 a.m.), by AFN TV: American Forces Network (schedule, AFN News, 12:00 a.m. GMT, AFN Atlantic, 5:30 a.m.), by BBC TV (BBC News 24 (digital), 1:30 a.m. GMT), normally simulcast on BBC TV 1 or TV 2 (digital and analogue) (BBCCat), simulcast by BFBS TV: British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS1-TV, BBC News 24 from 1:20 a.m. CET, 12:20 a.m. GMT, on that day) (“Going to Iraq or Afghanistan? Now you can watch BFBS TV in your tent!”), “Carter Blasts Cheney's "Abysmally Low" Iraq Record” (ABC News blog, Political Radar, February 23 2007).

• Angela Tuck (public editor), “Coverage of controversial Carter book slow, reactionary” {pf} (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saturday February 24 2007), an account of AJC coverage of Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid (news, opinions, op-ed, letters), much of it already deleted from their website, their normal practice, apparently.

• Philip Weiss (blog), “Honest Broker: Jimmy Carter's book stirs a critical debate” {pf} (The American Conservative, Arlington Virginia, February 26 2007), includes his account of the separate Brandeis speeches, Q&As, by Jimmy Carter and Alan Dershowitz, and his encounters there, at those events, with a Brandeis professor, Brandeis students, and others.