Earlier today I posted Jimmy Carter's statement on the Diane Rehm show in D.C. that he could throw a grenade over the separation wall in Israel/Palestine. Just listened to the actual show. He said that the wall was dreamed up by Yitzhak Rabin as a way of stopping attacks but had turned into a landgrab wall. And: "I could throw a grenade over the top of it in most places, and so forth, but it is a barrier." Somewhat different from the construction I gave the comment this morning. Apologies to the president.
Carter also said, feelingly, "For the last 30 years of my life, the most important single issue of my life and the most important single desire and private prayer in international affairs has been to bring peace to Israel, with peace and justice for the Palestinians. The two are completely related." A beautiful statement. And part of the reason he lost his job, and has been pariah'd in the Democratic Party.
