Posted By James Besser
Carter And The Jews/Gary Rosenblatt in New York
In recent weeks, former President Jimmy Carter has held several private meetings with Jewish leaders, and sought to meet with others, only to be rebuffed.
What’s up?
Why is Carter, whose book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" blames Israel for the lack of peace progress in the Mideast, suddenly trying to cozy up to the likes of Abe Foxman, Malcolm Hoenlein and Elie Wiesel?
Sources close to Carter say he is bent on getting a prime time speaking slot at next summer’s Democratic National Convention and feels that “he has to kosherize himself” with the American Jewish community in order to do so. To date, he has made no apologies for his book, filled with errors of omission
and commission.
We’ll know if he was successful when we tune in to the convention in Denver next August.