The book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006) by former president Jimmy Carter has been highly controversial and attracted a wide range of commentary. The reception of the book has itself raised further controversy, occasioning Carter's own subsequent responses to such criticism.
Critical response to Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid around the time of release in 2006 was mixed. Some journalists and academics have praised what they regard as Carter's courage for speaking honestly about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in a media environment which is hostile to opponents of Israel's policies.[1] Others, however, have been more negative. According to Julie Bosman, criticism of the book "has escalated to a full-scale furor", much of which has focused on Carter's use of the word apartheid in the subtitle.[2] Some of the book's critics, including several leaders of the Democratic Party and of American Jewish organizations, have interpreted the subtitle as an allegation of Israeli apartheid, which they believe to be inflammatory and unsubstantiated.[3]
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- ^ Julie Bosman, "Carter View of Israeli 'Apartheid' Stirs Furor". The New York Times. December 12, 2006, accessed March 28, 2008.
- ^ "Brandeis News: Full coverage of the Historic Jan. 23rd Visit by Former President Jimmy Carter" Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Brandeis University, January 24, 2007, accessed January 27, 2007.