Opinion |
Jimmy Carter was routinely labeled ‘anti-Israel’ for his support for collective Palestinian rights and his criticism of the occupation, positions once considered radical but are now firmly mainstream
Although Jimmy Carter was a committed supporter of the two-state solution, putting him squarely in the mainstream of the Washington foreign policy establishment, he was said to hold contentious views on the subject. Of all recent former U.S. presidents, he was the only one to be labeled “anti-Israel” as a matter of routine description. (Barack Obama is also sometimes called anti-Israel, but such obloquy is usually limited to conservatives and Republicans.)