Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Has Hell Frozen Over?

Or has the moon turned blue, or are there piggies making lazy circles in the sky?

No?

Then how do you 'splain this (from the Jerusalem Post)?
Jimmy Carter asked the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel.

In a letter released exclusively to JTA, the former US president sent a seasonal message wishing for peace between Israel and its neighbors, and concluded: "We must recognize Israel's achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel. As I would have noted at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but which is appropriate at any time of the year, I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so."

"Al Het" refers to the Yom Kippur prayer asking God forgiveness for sins committed against Him. In modern Hebrew it refers to any plea for forgiveness.

Carter has angered some US Jews in recent years with writings and statements that place the burden of peacemaking on Israel, that have likened Israel's settlement policies to apartheid, and that have blamed the pro-Israel lobby for inhibiting an evenhanded US foreign policy...
Are they sure it wasn't a forgery?

1 comment:

Marky Mark said...

http://www.carterforstatesenate.com/page/jason-carter-to-run-for-adelmans-seat

I'm not prepared to connect the dots though-it's not clear to me that his grandfather's stance on the ME is relevant to a state senate election or how many voters there are in the distirct for whom that would even be an issue.