Jimmy Carter´s new book on Palestine- "Palestine, peace, not apartheid"

When Jimmy Carter spoke about his work at an American Jewish university, he was branded a liar, bigot, antisemite, coward and plagiarist! Whoa! Because he was honest and not politically correct when speaking about the conflict that is only half known by so many of us...It seems that for many, the issue at heart lies in the obstinacy of Palestine to recognise the existence of Israel... but who really wants to hear about the occupation in Palestine, the refugee camps, the deaths which occur waiting at checkpoints etc. Only today i was reading another silly comment by the former president of Spain, José María Assnar who seems to be putting his foot in his mouth too much these days! First he says Muslims needed to apologise for the occupation of Spain during eight centuries and now he says that Israel must be defended from the many threats of Palestinians, suicide bombers, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda and...Iranian fundamentalism...poor Israel..always the victim!Let´s see...who has the non-sanctioned nuclear powers here? Hmm... He added that the Iranian President and his silly remarks (they are silly!) should not go "impune". I think in my book, Aznar would hold the record of the day for the most outrageous comment of the day. Somebody needs to wake him up it seems.. let me share his quote- Israel has to be defended because it´s " una nación plenamente occidental” y su desaparición significaría "la pérdida de nuestra posición en este área del mundo y, con toda probabilidad, el inicio de un ataque contra nosotros"!!! Ok, the sad part is that many ppl would share this view.. talk about distortion and misinformation.Now, getting back to Carter and the choice of the word "apartheid" in his title which seems to be provoking so much controversy. Let´s hear the guy´s defense- all he intended, he said, was to describe conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories, and did not mean to equate Zionism with racism, but he wanted to underline that that "this cruel oppression is contrary to the tenets of the Jewish religious faith and contrary to the basic principles of the state of Israel.” Well seems that plain truth does offend. Well as a form of conclusion, it is ironic that very few would raise a finger to defend the millions of Muslims who are equated to terrorists each day, while simply pointing out the grave injustices in occupied Palestine is rewarded with titles such as antisemitic etc....