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Professor: Carter said 'Too Many Jews' on Holocaust Council, Saw as 
'Political Gimmick'
We spoke to the former Executive Director of the Holocaust Memorial Council, 
Monroe Freedman, who confirmed a WorldNetDaily report that he had received a 
note from Jimmy Carter complaining that there were "too many Jews" on the 
Holocaust Memorial Council. Professor Freedman also said that Carter's 
support for the Holocaust Memorial Council was "principally a political 
gimmick" based on getting political support from Jews.
Professor Freedman, now a law professor at Hofstra University, also 
confirmed that a respected Holocaust scholar was rejected as a board member 
by Carter's office because the scholar's name "sounded too Jewish" --  
although he was a Presbyterian Christian. Mr. Freedman told us that the WND 
account was "entirely accurate" except that Elie Wiesel, not Freedman 
himself, had selected the board members.
We asked Professor Freedman why he decided to publicize details of this 
Carter memo now. He said that he had told the story repeatedly over the 
years in private circles, but only now did someone mention the story to a 
reporter who called him up to ask if it was true.
Freedman told us that Carter's request had "simply struck me as ludicrous." 
A memorial for Martin Luther King, or for Native Americans, would expect to 
have large proportion of those groups, he said. The many Jews who had been 
picked for the Council were largely Holocaust survivors, which "seemed 
entirely appropriate," Mr. Freedman said. He told us that he was "rather 
taken aback that the president of the United States would focus on that in 
particular."
Mr. Freedman told us that Carter saw the idea of a Holocaust Memorial 
"principally as a political gimmick." He "in effect politicized the idea" 
and saw it as a means of getting "political support from Jews" but at the 
same time he didn't want to "alienate other potential constituencies," and 
so wanted more Polish Americans, and other ethnic groups, who claimed to be 
equally affected by the Holocaust.
Mr. Freedman did stress that Carter's domestic policy adviser, Stuart 
Eisenstadt, who came up with the idea of the Holocaust Memorial Council, did 
support the memorial "on the merits" -- not like Carter who did it for 
political reasons. Freedman said, "I think Carter's motivations were very 
different."
It would be more shocking to hear that an American president simply 
supported a Holocaust Memorial Council as a "political gimmick" if it wasn't 
coming from a president who interceded on behalf of a member of the Waffen 
SS.
The Carter Center hasn't returned calls for comment.
http://www.itshinesforall.com/2007/01/professor_carte.html
 

 Professor: 
rosicone, stai organizzando falò dei libri di Carter?
Amazon.com's interview with US President Jimmy Carter
 Q: What has been the importance of your own faith in your continued
interest in peace in the Middle East?
A: As a Christian, I worship the Prince of Peace. One of my preeminent
commitments has been to bring peace to the people who live in the Holy
Land. I made my best efforts as president and still have this as a high
priority. 
Q: A common theme in your years of Middle East diplomacy has been that
leaders on both sides have often been more open to discussion and change
in private than in public. Do you think that's still the case? 
A: Yes. This is why private and intense negotiations can be successful.
More accurately, however, my premise has been that the general public
(Jewish, Christian, and Muslim) are more eager for peace than their
political leaders. For instance, a recent poll done by the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem showed that 58% of Israelis and 81% of the
Palestinians favor a comprehensive settlement similar to the Roadmap for
Peace or the Saudi proposal adopted by all 23 Arab nations and recently
promoted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Tragically, there have
been no substantive peace talks during the past six years.
Q: How have the war in Iraq and the increased strength of Iran (and the
declarations of their leaders against Israel) changed the conditions of
the Israel-Palestine question?
A: Other existing or threatened conflicts in the region greatly increase
the importance of Israel's having peace agreements with its neighbors, to
minimize overall Arab animosity toward both Israel and the United States
and reduce the threat of a broader conflict. 
Q: Your use of the term "apartheid" has been a lightning rod in the
response to your book. Could you explain your choice? Were you surprised
by the reaction? 
A: The book is about Palestine, the occupied territories, and not about
Israel. Forced segregation in the West Bank and terrible oppression of the
Palestinians create a situation accurately described by the word. I made
it plain in the text that this abuse is not based on racism, but on the
desire of a minority of Israelis to confiscate and colonize Palestinian
land. This violates the basic humanitarian premises on which the nation of
Israel was founded. My surprise is that most critics of the book have
ignored the facts about Palestinian persecution and its proposals for
future peace and resorted to personal attacks on the author. No one could
visit the occupied territories and deny that the book is accurate. 
Q: You write in the book that "the peace process does not have a life of
its own; it is not self-sustaining." What would you recommend that the
next American president do to revive it? 
A: I would not want to wait two more years. It is encouraging that
President George W. Bush has announced that peace in the Holy Land will be
a high priority for his administration during the next two years. On her
January trip to the region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called
for early U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. She has recommended the
2002 offer of the Arab nations as a foundation for peace: full recognition
of Israel based on a return to its internationally recognized borders.
This offer is compatible with official U.S. Government policy, previous
agreements approved by Israeli governments in 1978 and 1993, and with the
International Quartet's "roadmap for peace." My book proposes that,
through negotiated land swaps, this "green line" border be modified to
permit a substantial number of Israelis settlers to remain in Palestine.
With strong U.S. pressure, backed by the U.N., Russia, and the European
Community, Israelis and Palestinians would have to come to the negotiating
table. 
1/18/2007 
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presso il buco del culo e il cazzo di coniglio tutto raggrinzito e a
chiazze che ti macchia le mutande e la braghetta?"
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