Action call: vote on Ha’aretz — defend Carter
On “Rosner’s Domain,” on the widely-quoted English website of Israel’s paper of record, Ha’aretz, Shmuel Rosner has been up to his usual tricks, invoking such luminaries and experts as Alan Dershowitz, and Martin Peretz of TNR on the question “is Carter an anti-Semite.” Now Rosner has a poll on his blog: “Jimmy Carter’s book calls Israel’s occupation an “apartheid”. Do you think [results as of 7PM EST]:
Carter is right: 40%
It’s a harmless provocation: 3%
Good intentions, bad wording: 13%
Carter meant to harm Israel: 16%
He is actually an anti-Semite: 28%
If you’re confused about what to answer, refer to this quote from a Sept. 13 editorial from Ha’aretz:
…the apartheid regime in the territories remains intact; millions of Palestinians are living without rights, freedom of movement or a livelihood, under the yoke of ongoing Israeli occupation,…[…]
