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Source: http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1863/1/Judging-a-book-by-its-cover-and-its-contents
Judging a Book by Its Cover and Its Content
[New Jersey Jewish Standard] Abraham Foxman - In the case of former President Jimmy Carter's latest work, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, all one really needs to know about this biased account is found in the title. In order to reach such a simplistic and distorted view of the region, Carter has to ignore or downplay the continuing examples of Palestinian rejection of Israel and terrorism, which have been part of the equation from the beginning and which are strong as ever today. He has to minimize or condemn all the instances of Israel's peace offers and withdrawals. The problem with his approach is twofold. He unjustly encourages Israel-bashers around the world. The legitimizing factor of being able to quote a former president of the United States and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be overestimated. Secondly, this gives comfort to the extremists on the Palestinian side who are reinforced in their extremism by this kind of "analysis."