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Was Jimmy Carter an Anti-Semite?

The strange legacy of our 39th president

Jeffrey Kass
The Judean People’s Front

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Image: Shutterstock/Marc Reinstein

President Jimmy Carter died at age 100 today.

Students of history will remember Carter as one of the worst presidents in modern history.

He’s the president who presided over double-digit inflation, extremely slow economic growth, high unemployment, 22% interest rates, $5-per-gallon gas (which would be like $10 today) and even gas shortages. I remember the long gas lines as a kid. And of course the Iran Hostage Crisis and Carter’s botched rescue attempt.

Americans don’t agree on much, but B-actor Ronald Reagan won 44 states when Carter was up for re-election. It was the first time in 30 years Republicans won control of the Senate. Carter’s failures paved the way for today’s Republican party.

Some of us of course remember one of Carter’s rare achievements: a previously unthinkable peace agreement between Israel and Egypt after the two countries fought wars in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973. The Camp David Accords not only prevented more war but today remains stronger than ever, with Egypt and Israel cooperating on higher levels than ever imagined. Egypt has even asked Israel to help attack ISIS terrorist targets in the Sinai Peninsula on several occasions.

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