Because no one but Alan Dershowitz can better explain WHY choosing Jimmy Carter to consult with on issues involving Israel is the most ILLOGICAL COUNTER-INTUITIVE solution, i have taken the liberty of copying his piece on Carter here for you: Subject: EX-PRESIDENT FOR SALE- BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ Jimmy Carter is making more money selling integrity than peanuts. I have known Jimmy Carter for more than 30 years. I first met him in the spring of 1976 when, as a relatively unknown candidate for president, he sent me a handwritten letter asking for my help in his campaign on issues of crime and justice. I had just published an article in The New York Times Magazine on sentencing reform, and he expressed interest in my ideas and asked me to come up with additional ones for his campaign. Shortly thereafter, my former student, Stuart Eisenstadt, brought Carter to Harvard to meet with some faculty members, me among them. I immediately liked Jimmy Carter and saw him as a man of integrity and principle. I signed on to his campaign and worked very hard for his election. When Newsweek magazine asked his campaign for the names of people on whom Carter relied for advice, my name was among those given out. I continued to work for Carter over the years, most recently I met him in Jerusalem a year ago, and we briefly discussed the Mid-East. Though I disagreed with some of his points, I continued to believe that he was making them out of a deep commitment to principle and to human rights. Recent disclosures of Carter's extensive financial connections to Arab oil money, particularly from Saudi Arabia, had deeply shaken my belief in his integrity. When I was first told that he received a monetary reward in the name of Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, and kept the money, even after Harvard returned money from the same source because of its anti-Semitic history, I simply did not believe it. How could a man of such apparent integrity enrich himself with dirty money from so dirty a source? And let there be no mistake about how dirty the Zayed Foundation is. I know because I was involved, in a small way, in helping to persuade Harvard University to return more than $2 million that the financially strapped Divinity School received from this source. Initially I was reluctant to put pressure on Harvard to turn back money for the Divinity School, but then a student at the Divinity School, Rachael Lea Fish, showed me the facts. They were staggering. I was amazed that in the 21st century there were still foundations that espoused these views. The Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up (a think-tank funded by the Sheik and run by his son) hosted speakers who called Jews "the enemies of all nations," attributed the assassination of John Kennedy to Israel and the Mossad and the 9/11 attacks to the United States' own military, and stated that the Holocaust was a "fable." (They also hosted a speech by Jimmy Carter.) To its credit, Harvard turned the money back. To his discredit, Carter did not. Jimmy Carter was, of course, aware of Harvard's decision, since it was highly publicized. Yet he kept the money. Indeed, this is what he said in accepting the funds: "This award has special significance for me because it is named for my personal friend, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan." Carter's personal friend, it turns out, was an unredeemable anti-Semite and all-around bigot. In reading Carter's statements, I was reminded of the bad old Harvard of the 1930s, which continued to honor Nazi academics after the anti-Semitic policies of Hitler's government became clear. Harvard of the 1930s was complicit in evil. I sadly concluded that Jimmy Carter of the 21st century has become complicit in evil. The extent of Carter's financial support from, and even dependence on, dirty money is still not fully known. What we do know is deeply troubling. Carter and his Center have accepted millions of dollars from suspect sources, beginning with the bail-out of the Carter family peanut business in the late 1970s by BCCI, a now-defunct and virulently anti-Israeli bank indirectly controlled by the Saudi Royal family, and among whose principal investors is Carter's friend, Sheik Zayed. Agha Hasan Abedi, the founder of the bank, gave Carter "$500,000 to help the former president establish his center...[and] more than $10 million to Mr. Carter's different projects." Carter gladly accepted the money, though Abedi had called his bank - ostensibly the source of his funding - "the best way to fight the evil influence of the Zionists." BCCI isn't the only source; Saudi King Fahd contributed millions to the Carter Center : "in 1993 alone ... $7.6 million" as have other members of the Saudi Royal Family. Carter also received a million dollar pledge from the Saudi-based bin Laden family, as well as a personal $500,000 environmental award named for Sheik Zayed, and paid for by the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. It's worth noting that, despite the influx of Saudi money funding the Carter Center, and despite the Saudi Arabian government's myriad human rights abuses, the Carter Center's Human Rights program has no activity whatever in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis have apparently bought his silence for a steep price. The bought quality of the Center's activities becomes even more clear, however, when reviewing the Center's human rights activities in other countries: essentially no human rights activities in China or in North Korea, or in Iran, Iraq, the Sudan, or Syria, but activity regarding Israel and its alleged abuses, according to the Center's website. The Carter Center's mission statement claims that "The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral party in dispute resolution activities." How can that be, given that its coffers are full of Arab money, and that its focus is away from significant Arab abuses and on Israel's far less serious ones? No reasonable person can dispute therefore that Jimmy Carter has been and remains dependent on Arab oil money, particularly from Saudi Arabia. Does this mean that Carter has necessarily been influenced in his thinking about the Middle East by receipt of such enormous amounts of money? Ask Carter. The entire premise of his criticism of Jewish influence on American foreign policy is that money talks. It is Carter, not I, who has made the point that if politicians receive money from Jewish sources, they are not free to decide issues regarding the Middle East for themselves. It is Carter, not I, who has argued that distinguished reporters cannot honestly report on the Middle East because they are being paid by Jewish money. So, by Carter's own standards, it would be almost economically "suicidal" for Carter "to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine. " By Carter's own standards, therefore, his views on the Middle East must be discounted. It is certainly possible that he now believes them. Money - particularly large amounts of money - has a way of persuading people to a particular position. It would not surprise me if Carter, having received so much Arab money, is now honestly committed to their cause. But his failure to disclose the extent of his financial dependence on Arab money, and the absence of any self -reflection on whether the receipt of this money has unduly influenced his views, is a form of deception bordering on corruption. I have met cigarette lobbyists, who are supported by the cigarette industry, and who have come to believe honestly that cigarettes are merely a safe form of adult recreation, that cigarettes are not addicting and that the cigarette industry is really trying to persuade children not to smoke. These people are fooling themselves (or fooling us into believing that they are fooling themselves) just as Jimmy Carter is fooling himself (or persuading us to believe that he is fooling himself). If money determines political and public views (as Carter insists "Jewish money" does ) then Carter's views on the Middle East must be deemed to have been influenced by the vast sums of Arab money he has received. If he who pays the piper calls the tune, then Carter's off-key tunes have been called by his Saudi Arabian paymasters. It pains me to say this, but I now believe that there is no person in American public life today who has a lower ratio of real integrity to apparent integrity than Jimmy Carter. The public perception of his integrity is extraordinarily high. His real integrity, it now turns out, is extraordinarily low. He is no better than so many former American politicians who, after leaving public life, sell themselves to the highest bidder and become lobbyists for despicable causes. That is now Jimmy Carter's sad legacy. Author Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard Law School and author of The Case for Israel.

 

 

It's interesting to see this happening in light of the fact that Ezekial hints that the U.S. will stand idly by while much of the world tries to decimate Israel. Will we have Rice and Carter to thank for that? Luckily, God, in His infinite widsom, won't let Israel go it alone.

 

 

The majority of the world's hot spots & conflicts seem to be Muslim nations or Muslim ethnic groups that don't seem to be able to live at peace with their neighbors or even other Muslims, it also appears that Israel plays no part in those other conflicts,how would carving up Israel & handing it over to radicals like Hamas & the PLO. add one bit to world peace. Palestinian Muslim have also driven out Palestinian Christians from traditional Christian enclaves, "peaces but there is no peace".

 

 

The times are very scary indeed, it just goes to show you that even when you profess to be a christian there is unbelief in actions. Surely they have read the Bible but don't believe that maybe they can be a part of scripture. They assume their just doing their job which is probably the case. God clearly says do not divide his land! Kind of feel like we're walking on shaky ground.

 

 

I was always taught TWO things at shul and in the home: 1-Jerusalem and Israel are at the heart of Judaism; 2-Jews are smart people. Right now I wonder if ANY of what I was taught, and do believe, is still the case. Look what happened to Rabin, Sharon, and Olmert (cancer) when they tried to give away G-d's eternal gift to the JEws, as a homeland. Look at how foolish it was to give away Gaza, or to leave Southern Lebanon. How dumb can our "leaders" get? Secular fools, who remember little of G-d's Torah.

 

 

Ms. Rice: God has a message for you. Please read Isaiah 17:12-14 and act accordingly....

 

 

Condi, this must be amateur night for the White House. Why Carter? I'm sure that Assad or Ahmadinejad can offer better advice for you than HE can. Your attempt will FAIL; you are wasting your time and have completely LOST any credibility you might have had (???). This is a shame and a disgrace.

 

 

The US always claimed to be nonbiased and fair but the combination of these two indicates a strong shift to the antisemitic antiIsrael sector and auguars very bad results for the Jewish people both in Israel and the world. All we can hope is tht this is an isolated case and not indicative of the feelings of both parties. but it makes one wonder what the future for Jews in America that such hateful individuals can be so importnt to Isrel's future. It only proves one thing--Antisemites find each other no matter what their other differences.

 

 

The scarey part of having Carter working with Rice means that President Bush feels the same way or there woulnd't be this alliance. What ever happened to our Christian, George Bush, who should be defending Israel against all her enemies, not aiding and abetting them.

 

 

Miss Rice, I wonder, if you succeed with this, if you win your Nobel Peace prize you so obviously covet, will you regret having sold the nation of Israel to her enemies for a little fame and glory?

 

 

Yet "another" failed attempt of our (U.S.) ill informed and gutless government. Must we become as spineless as the Europeans, caving into Islamic terrorists. Mr. Carter is hardly one to be asking for advice on Israeli/Palestinian affairs. My wish is that when Hillary is elected President, she will be our "Devorah" and have bigger balls then our current, castrated president.

 

 

She's going to the one president in recent history of America who was not the smartest peanut in the can of nuts, if you know what I mean. Durring his administration he exhibited a very high degree of ignorance uncommon to the human species and in the past few years he has demonstrated to all of us that he has endeavored to build on that and it seems that he has succeeded in those endeavors. Thing is he seems to finally have a deciple who is called by Coni Rice. Strange how these kinds of people are coming out of the cracks these days.

 

 

Rice must be out her mind for asking advise from Carter. We all know where he stands on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Is our country so poor in smart peole to have to resort to a dead duck? Rice is so concerned with her legacy that anything will do today. Sorry,this is not the way to run a country.

 

 

Dear Ms. Rice: Why are you willing to negociate with terrorists. I remember Mr. Bush stating that the U. S. would never negociate with terrorists. Or did I misunderstand his statement? Mr. Carter is willing and ready to give away Israel to the Palestinian militants with no guarantee of any Peace

 

 

w3hat? Rice asking advice from Carter is like putting the fox in charge of the hen's coup. Bush cannot be a friend of Israel as long as he has Rice do his bidding.

 

 

Big mistake. Big mistake. Ask Carter for advice? Big mistake, that is unless you ignore whatever it is he may say. Really big mistake. Could ever border of being called dumb, or really stupid.

 

 

Ms Rice and Mr Carter, like any misguided person, will go down in flames eventually. Anyone going against Israel will eventually crash. Israel is asleep spiritually at the hour. During the tribulation, she will wake up completely. For now, it is the same battle that has been for quite some time. The Palestinians will end up in the mud as well. It will take some time like a lot of things.

 

 

It is a terrible shame what Carter and Condoleeza Rice are proposing. They should both be taken out of the loop. Israel needs representation from the US that is not anti-semetic. They also need to remember their bible... Israel shall prevail.

 

 

What on earth is Secretary Rice thinking? Asking Jimmy Carter to help with the Israel-Palestinian problem is like asking Satan to correct sin. I used to have great respect for Secretary Rice but I am beginning to wonder if she knows what she is doing. Any agreement on the division of Jerusalem is going to prove disastrous for both the US and Israel. The US will be better off doing nothing than to follow their present course of action.

 

 

Asking Carter for advice on how to treat Israel is like asking Satan for advice on how to honor Christ

 

 

I'm In utter shock that these so-called Christian Leaders would abandon their Christian beliefs and go against what God's word clearly states about coming against Israel.If they go through with dividing God's land,Israel. It will be to our destruction. The land of Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. God give them the Deed to the land. Asking Jimmy Cater for advise about this situation can prove to be very costly. You might as well have a blind man for a chauffer. What book are these people reading ? Clearly It's not the Holy Bible. We are commanded by God to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. God of heaven help us..Peace be with you,Cindy Duncan

 

 

When will these morons learn the lessons of history?Israel is the Apple of Gods Eye.When you come against Israel its like sticking your finger in the center of Gods eye.The curses are sure to follow as surely as the rising of the sun.Woe unto any who dares defy Gods foreign policy regarding Israel.Gods not asking, "Can we make a deal?" He's decreed this is the deal.Its non negotiable!

 

 

American Jews is time to wake up, and come home. And with the thousands of religious and courageous Jews, we can change the dirty politics of Israel, where only the Arabs are treating humanly.

 

 

Jimmy Carter is a nice guy. But being nice has NO place when so many lives are at stake. He needs to go back over his copy of scriptures to see what G-d has to say about all this compromise. And how really unhappy HE is with it. A good heart needs reality.

 

 

I have never been so disappointed in a Secretary of State as Condoleeza Rice. I expected much more from her. A little common sense wouldn't hurt!

 

 

I am so ashamed that 'Condi'Rice and Carter are from the USA. Watch what God will do 'for' them soon! Further, that Carter professes to be a Southern Baptist just shows how little sitting in church for 70+ years will do for the brain, never mind the spirit and soul! Thinking what these two are doing physically nauseates me!

 

 

Dear Ms. Rice: Please visit Sderot. That is what the Palestinians always bring to the peace table and provide thereafter. You most certainly have picked some deck of cards from which to seek counsel...James Baker!? I've always had one question, and quite seriously so, about you: are you an anti-Semite?

 

 

Carter surrendered the U.S. Embassy staff in Tehran to terrorists, so he is the logical person to ask about how to surrender Israel to yet more terrorists. Carter couldn't plant peanuts and get the rows straight, whereupon the Democrats thought he'd make an excellent President. We should remember, when the dust settles, that the Republicans wouldn't provide Rice with an at least more capable person for an advisor, either. With no apparent difference in the agendas of American political Parties for Israel, the best, happiest, and most peaceful days for the U.S. are passing rapidly behind us. NO nation will treat Israel like dirt, like a pawn, or like a nonentity, from this time forward without suffering the largest of consequences, and even the most militarily powerful who do so will be like chaff in the wind of Almighty G-d.

 

 

I am truly sorry to say that I am from the same Country as these two anti-semitist. Both need to close there mouths and sit down. Not only are they fatal for Israel, but for the USA also. We will only be blessed by BLESSING you. (not the Palestinians!!)

 

 

Much to my dismay, our Secretary of State is not looking after Israel's interest. As a professed Christian she has forgotten the roots of her faith which is the Old Testament (or Torah) Genesis 12:3 comes to my mind. May God preserve Israel. Shalom, Dan