Off Topic: Jimmy Carter Confuses Israel as ‘Jewish State’ for Meaning All Arabs Must Convert
Jimmy Carter Confuses Israel as ‘Jewish State’ for Meaning All Arabs Must Convert, Algemeiner, March 25, 2014
Former President Jimmy Carter. Photo: http://www.reddogreport.com
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter confused Israel’s demand for the Palestinian Authority to recognize it as a ‘Jewish state’ for meaning that all Arabs living there would need to convert.
In an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Carter said, “Israel can claim `We are a Jewish state.’ I don’t think the Arab countries will contradict that Jewish statement. But to force the Arab people to say that all the Arab people that they have in Israel have to be Jews, I think that’s going too far.”
Carter continued, incorrectly implying that the 1.5 million Arab-Israelis citizens would either have to convert to Judaism or leave, rather than recognize that the essence of the country, it’s laws, calendar, legal structure, would be based, as they are, on Jewish tradition, rather than Muslim or Christian ideals.
“I don’t see how the Palestinians or the Arab world can accept that premise, that Israel is an exclusively Jewish state,” Carter said. “This has never been put forward in any of the negotiations in which I was involved as president, or any president, before (Benjamin) Netanyahu became prime minister this time. And now it has been put into the forefront of consideration.”
Blogger Elder of Ziyon, who flagged the former president’s statement on Tuesday, also pointed out that, in fact, the question of declaring Israel the ‘Jewish state’ far precedes Netanyhau’s government.
Elder of Ziyon wrote: “Carter accepts the absurd premise, being spouted by Palestinian Arabs as well as others across the Arab world, that if Israel is recognized as a Jewish state then it means that only Jews can live there. He even goes further than the idiot Arabs who keep repeating this, by claiming that it means that Arabs ‘have to be Jews’ to live in Israel. Given this level of cluelessness, it is hardly worth pointing out that Carter is also wrong in saying that Netanyahu is the first to demand Israel be recognized as a Jewish state.”
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WarSclerotic 
March 26, 2014 at 3:01 AM
Carter’s brain has rotted further. I didn’t think it was possible.
March 26, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.
March 26, 2014 at 2:56 PM
“For all those who did not live through the Carter years, or were too young to remember them, the Obama years are identical.
We had an incompetent, but likeable, president who led the nation to economic despair. Everyone was convinced that the US was finished, as it appeared we would never get over those bad economic times. Further, there was no leader that had any plan to actually lift the nation from despair, compounding feelings of hopelessness. It was like the nation collectively suffered from clinical depression and despair.
For those who appreciate nostalgia, these times are fairly close to the late 1970s. The only thing missing is disco music and a 55 mph speed limit. McCain was right when he said Obama would be “Jimmy Carter II”.”
– from a comment of another blog site.
I’m also reminded of the ‘misery index’ and how it peaked in the Carter years. On the bright side, this crap of a president set the stage for a Reagan presidency. I only hope the same happens when Obummer leaves (and I say ‘leaves’ with extreme prejudice) office.
-LS
March 27, 2014 at 12:33 AM
Steve, I always thought that carter was the worst president in my life time but obozo beats him by a thousand times and the worst part about it obozo got reelected again while the peanut man only had one term . I only hope that the repubicans take both houses of congress so he can be stopped before too much damage is done .
March 27, 2014 at 6:45 PM
Me too Tom. I just hope the conservatives can get control of the GOP as well, otherwise, the impact of a GOP takeover in Congress may not be big enough.