Jimmy carter

What Israel's spy chief warned me about terrorism in 1980 - opinion

Isser Harel's chilling warning about terrorism and America's future proved prophetic and carries lessons for today.

|ByMIKE EVANS
A SKETCH of Adolf Eichmann superimposed over a map of part of South America.
Then-US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin in three-way handshake on March 26, 1979 at the White House, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Israel and Egypt: Frosty neighbors' ties tested by Iran war, but remain stable

Operation Roaring Lion has Egypt and Israel on the same side. But what will happen when the war with Iran ends?

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Family group photos of all the participating members during the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Summit (ASEAN-GCC Summit) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 20, 2023

Will the Gulf adopt Sadat’s strategic framework? - opinion

Like Sadat in 1977, Gulf rulers may conclude that diplomacy serves their national interests.

|ByZAKI SHALOM
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

'King of Kings': The rise and fall of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - review

Anderson portrays the shah as a complex, Shakespearean figure – arrogant but weak, ambitious for his country yet blind to the growing unrest among his people. 'A soft man masquerading as a hard one.'

|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Jimmy Carter to receive US Capitol tribute before funeral service

Both Biden and Trump are expected to attend Carter's funeral service on Thursday.

JANUARY 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Funeral bunting on a portrait of former US President Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter made historic contributions to peace in the Middle East - opinion

However, it was partially his own fault when that tenacity went too far for many in the pro-Israel community.

JANUARY 5, 2025ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
THEN-PRIME minister Menachem Begin (right) and then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat greet each other for their first meeting at the Camp David summit as then-US president Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter look on, in 1978.

What's the verdict on Jimmy Carter after looking at his successes and failures? - opinion

The first Arab-Israeli peace deal will forever be his trophy, and the Khomeini Revolution will be his disgrace.

JANUARY 3, 2025ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
US PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking US hostages, at the White House, April 7, 1980.

Jimmy Carter's legacy on Israel and the Palestinians is a complex one - editorial

After Carter stepped down as president in 1981, he became one of Israel’s most outspoken critics and one of the Palestinians' most vocal supporters.

DECEMBER 31, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is seen at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver

Jimmy Carter: A Jewish tragedy - opinion

Not a Cyrus nor a Truman, in the end, Jimmy Carter, but a Nebuchadnezzar who befriended Haman.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByMICHAEL OREN
A grim-faced President Jimmy Carter, seated at desk in Oval Office of White House tells of the aborted rescue effort intended to get the 53 American hostages out of Iran. April 25, 1980.

Carter’s legacy: A misguided trip to meet Assad and Hamas in 2009 - analysis

Carter had a chance to speak truth to power to these regimes. He was a much more harsh critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority than of Hamas and Assad.

DECEMBER 30, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) gestures during his meeting with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the al-Shaab Palace in Damascus on April 18, 2008. Carter arrived in Syria for to meet with Assad and also with Hamas exiled supreme Haled Metal during his tour of the region.

'A brave leader': Netanyahu, Herzog react to Jimmy Carter's death

Both President Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed condolences on their official social media.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Then-US president Jimmy Carter receives a farewell ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel, March 14, 1979

A look back at Jimmy Carter's complicated relationship with Israel - explainer

Carter was a former president with a foreign policy focusing on the Middle East during his tenure and was outspoken about Middle East politics for the remainder of his life.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and US president Jimmy Carter deliver a speech at the White House, July 19, 1977

History gets Jimmy Carter wrong, both underrated and overrated - opinion

Carter, who died Sunday at 100, “was an underrated and under-appreciated president and an appropriately appreciated but slightly overrated former president.”

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByMARK Z. BARABAK/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
Ken Stein, Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, at the Middle East Consultation at Emory University in November 1983

Jimmy Carter's checkered relations with Israel and Jews

Dr. Kenneth Stein, former Middle East Fellow of the Carter Center from 1982-2006 and Carter’s primary Middle East adviser until 1994, gives a unique perspective on the former president's legacy.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByDR. KENNETH STEIN
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the signing ceremony of the Egyptian - Israeli Treaty, White House lawn, March 26, 1979.