Carter and Camp David, Where It All Began--Electronic Intifada

Tweet "So useless were the [Camp David] Accords for the Palestinians that even Begin mocked it, saying that regarding Palestinian rights, it was "devoid of any real content ... The word 'legitimate' which is linked to rights -- as I tried to explain to my hosts at Camp David -- has no meaning, really." [16] Perhaps this was a slip, as Begin's South African-born publicity consultant, Harry Hurwitz, must have told him."

From the article linked below.

"Now it's on. The debate over President Jimmy Carter's Palestine: Peace not Apartheid has become a mainstream staple. Turn on Fox News and see resigned Carter aid Steve Berman bullied into saying that Carter is not only anti-Semitic, but supports terror. Open the New York Times, Amazon.com, Washington Post and find outraged columnists, petitioning consumers, D-Rep. Lady Macbeth washing her hands of that dreaded a-word.

"But like most things Israeli and Palestinian, few are taking note of history and what it might mean to an ex-president. Carter is no longer in "the game," which affords him the liberty to speak frankly, unlike Howard Dean, who once hinted at criticisms of Israel before quickly retreating to behavioral protocol. Perhaps then it is fairer to judge Carter's present in light of his past, when political cards were stacked and he spoke with another voice.