Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements.
With the recent passing of former president Jimmy Carter, the time has come to consider the mixed legacy he has left behind. Although remembered for pursuing and signing the Camp David Accords, which facilitated the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state,
Jimmy Carter’s legacy of radical pragmatism enabled him to broker peace between Egypt and Israel, and his approach can serve as a model for current leaders to address the Israeli-Palestinian
Jimmy Carter, who died last week, was a lifelong Christian and often referenced his faith in key political moments
President Jimmy Carter did more for the security of Israel than any American president other than Harry Truman.
Jimmy Carter spent four years as president of the United States and 44 years as ex-president. It’s his extraordinary career as our former president that we are most likely to
America has always used a blend of hard power and soft power. We both flex and listen. With the stakes this high, we will need to do both in the coming years.
In 1977, before the Camp David talks, Begin and Sadat had a preliminary meeting at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. On July 22, 1946, Begin, leading the Jewish Irgun militia, led a terrorist attack on this hotel and 91 were killed and 47 were injured.
A prerequisite for being a president of the United States should be having a carpentry background. Consider all of the knowledge you have to have in building a house.
Last week many Americans witnessed the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in the nation’s capital. President Carter died in December while in hospice care in Georgia.
President Carter practiced his faith clearly and openly — he even taught adult Sunday School while in office! Yet he fully honored the separation of church and state.
Although the ceasefire agreement is a much-needed lifeline for Gaza, there is a lot of skepticism regarding it. Past agreements like the Camp David and Oslo accords demonstrate that achieving peace requires bold leadership,