Not a Cyrus nor a Truman, in the end, Jimmy Carter, but a Nebuchadnezzar who befriended Haman.
Carter had a chance to speak truth to power to these regimes. He was a much more harsh critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority than of Hamas and Assad.
Both President Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed condolences on their official social media.
Carter was a former president with a foreign policy focusing on the Middle East during his tenure and was outspoken about Middle East politics for the remainder of his life.
Carter, who died Sunday at 100, “was an underrated and under-appreciated president and an appropriately appreciated but slightly overrated former president.”
Dr. Kenneth Stein, former Middle East Fellow of the Carter Center from 1982-2006 and Carter’s primary Middle East adviser until 1994, gives a unique perspective on the former president's legacy.
President Carter once said “our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
In a resurfaced interview on the anniversary of his birthday, the former president shared he reads 'The Jerusalem Post' and other Israeli media.
As Iran's threats loom larger and its role in global terrorism intensifies, the specter of conflict with the US seems increasingly inevitable.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
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