Carter says terrorism against Israel is acceptable

(Snip)"Since Carter’s book hit the stands, controversy has swirled around the former president. In a recent Washington Post op-ed piece, Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, the world’s foremost authority on narco-terrorism and author of Funding Evil, cites significant contributions from Arab sources to Carter business ventures as well as The Carter Center. Fourteen members of The Carter Center's Board of Councilors in Atlanta, Ga., have resigned in protest of what they deem a distortion of the facts.

Carter seems to be deepening his position by saying on an Al Jazeera television interview on Jan. 14 that he “doesn’t equate Palestinian missiles with terrorism.” Palestinians have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel since the so-called cease fire declared several months ago, injuring Jewish civilians and causing damage to industrial areas in Ashkelon. Mr. Carter has clearly demonstrated that he has no sympathy for Israel’s victims of terror.

The most dangerous statement in Mr. Carter’s book appears on page 213: “It is imperative that the general Arab community and all significant Palestinian groups make it clear that they will end the suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism when international laws and the ultimate goals of the Roadmap for Peace are accepted by Israel.” President Carter has repeatedly stated that everything in the book is accurate, so he must be writing what he believes.
What Mr. Carter is saying is that terrorism against Israel is acceptable unless and until Israel does everything outlined in the Roadmap for Peace! Mr. Carter apparently does not recognize that terrorism is barbaric and is not acceptable in a civilized world. Carter’s twisting of facts and history are dangerous, and Christians must be vigilant in encouraging others to speak out.

The Carter Center website states that “peace with justice requires resolving conflict according to rules agreed to by all, beginning with the shared commitment to human rights and democratic values.”

Cox believes that Jimmy Carter has deviated drastically from his own stated goals. “The Palestinians have consistently broken their agreements over the past ten years with the Oslo Accords and cease fires and reiterated their desire to destroy Israel. Where is Carter on this issue of ‘peace with justice?’ Does it only apply to Palestinians? What about the democratic state of Israel?”