Jimmy Carter
The Michigan Democrat wore the garment to show her appreciation for Carter’s “courageous stance in speaking out against apartheid.”
Fewer than 30% of those surveyed thought Carter would go down in history as an above-average president.
Esther Panitch, the only Jew in the Georgia state legislature, told JNS that “people thought he was a good person, even if he wasn’t a great president.”
The P.A. leader said the late U.S. president was “the first who recognized the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.’
The peace deal “remains an anchor of stability throughout the Middle East and North Africa many decades later,” said the Israeli president.
“His key role in securing the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel will remain forever etched in history.”
“We will always remember President Carter’s crucial role in facilitating the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.”
“His key role in creating the historic 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty will always be remembered with appreciation,” per the American Jewish Committee.
Social-media handles or entities associated with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter remained mum on Israel on Saturday.
“I was a kid in the ’70s. I remember double-digit inflation, gas lines around the block. Our hostages languishing in Iran for 444 days while a weak and feckless president wrung his hands, unable to react,” said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
“Annexation must be stopped, and the Israelis and Palestinians should return to meaningful negotiations based on U.N. resolutions and previous bilateral agreements,” said the former U.S. president.
The treaty consisted of the normalization of relations and ended the state of war begun in 1948, when Israel declared its independence.
