Jimmy Carter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Post-presidency (1981–present) == {{main|Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter}} Shortly after losing reelection, Carter told the White House press corps that he intended to emulate the retirement of [[Harry S. Truman]] and not use his subsequent public life to enrich himself.<ref>{{cite book |title=Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope |url=https://archive.org/details/beyondwhitehouse00cart |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/beyondwhitehouse00cart/page/3 3] |isbn=978-1-4165-5881-1 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=October 14, 2008 |first=Jimmy |last=Carter}}</ref> === Diplomacy === Diplomacy has been a large part of Carter's post-presidency. These diplomatic efforts began in the Middle East, with a September 1981 meeting with [[prime minister of Israel]] Menachem Begin,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1981/10/15/page/10/article/carter-begin-set-to-compromise |title=Carter: Begin set to compromise |date=October 15, 1981 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817075415/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1981/10/15/page/10/article/carter-begin-set-to-compromise/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a March 1983 tour of Egypt that included meeting with members of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/world/carter-meets-plo-officals-in-egypt.html |title=Carter Meets P.L.O. Officials in Egypt |date=March 8, 1983 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=William E. |last=Farrell |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/world/carter-meets-plo-officals-in-egypt.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994, president [[Bill Clinton]] sought Carter's assistance in a North Korea peace mission, during which Carter negotiated an understanding with [[Kim Il Sung]].<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Marion V.|last1=Creekmore|title=A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions|date=2006|publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1-58648-414-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaplan |first1=Fred |author-link=Fred Kaplan (journalist) |date=May 2004 |title=Rolling Blunder |magazine=Washington Monthly |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/may-2004/rolling-blunder-2/ |access-date=June 8, 2010 |archive-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205113603/http://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/may-2004/rolling-blunder-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter outlined a treaty with Kim, which he announced to CNN without the Clinton administration's consent to spur American action.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cartercenter.org/documents/nondatabase/nytimesarticle.htm |work=The New York Times |date=September 5, 2003 |last1=Brooke |first1=James |title=Carter Issues Warning on North Korea Standoff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615210532/http://cartercenter.org/documents/nondatabase/nytimesarticle.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |via=The Carter Center}}</ref> [[File:The Elders (9358747992).jpg|thumb|alt=Carter, Ahtisaari, Hague, and Brahmdi standing next to each other.|Carter (second from right) with [[Martti Ahtisaari]], [[William Hague]], and [[Lakhdar Brahimi]] from The Elders group in London, July 24, 2013.]] In March 1999, Carter visited [[Taiwan]] and met with [[President of Taiwan|President]] [[Lee Teng-hui]]. During the meeting, Carter praised the progress Taiwan made in democracy, human rights, economy, culture, science and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/1219|title=President Lee Hosts Former US President Jimmy Carter|newspaper=Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan)|date=March 30, 1999|access-date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522231559/https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/1219|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Carter stated his disagreements with Israel's domestic and foreign policy while saying he was supported the country,<ref name="Israel150">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7420573.stm |work=BBC News |title=Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons' |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114221206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7420573.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/jimmy-carter-israel-s-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africa-s-1.206865 |title=Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'Apartheid' Policies Worse Than South Africa's |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=Haaretz |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012121312/https://www.haaretz.com/news/jimmy-carter-israel-s-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africa-s-1.206865 |url-status=live }}</ref> extending his criticisms to Israel's policies in Lebanon, the [[West Bank]], and [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref>Brinkley, pp. 99–123.</ref> In July 2007, Carter joined [[Nelson Mandela]] in Johannesburg, South Africa, to announce his participation in [[The Elders (organization)|The Elders]], a group of independent global leaders who work together on peace and human rights issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theelders.org/about |title=What is The Elders? |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328003737/http://theelders.org/about |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theelders.org/our-work |title=Our Work |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327235803/http://theelders.org/our-work |url-status=dead}}</ref> After the announcement, Carter participated in visits to [[Darfur]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/10/03/idUKL03712818._CH_.242020071003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131102647/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/10/03/idUKL03712818._CH_.242020071003 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Jimmy Carter blocked from meeting Darfur chief |date=October 3, 2007 |work=Reuters |access-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Sudan,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfju7512LbJMdyWRLTb3YItDEgfQ |title=Sudan ready to withdraw troops from Abyei: Jimmy Carter |author=Ian Timberlake |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703114403/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfju7512LbJMdyWRLTb3YItDEgfQ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theelders.org/article/jimmy-carter-and-lakhdar-brahimi-sudan-support-peace-efforts |title=Jimmy Carter and Lakhdar Brahimi in Sudan to support peace efforts |publisher=The Elders |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512233718/http://www.theelders.org/article/jimmy-carter-and-lakhdar-brahimi-sudan-support-peace-efforts |url-status=dead}}</ref> Cyprus, the [[Korean Peninsula]], and the Middle East, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theelders.org/jimmy-carter |title=Jimmy Carter |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305173858/http://theelders.org/jimmy-carter |url-status=live }}</ref> He attempted to travel to Zimbabwe in November 2008, but was stopped by President [[Robert Mugabe]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-annan-idUSTRE4AL19320081122 |title=Annan, Carter say barred from Zimbabwe |work=Reuters |date=November 22, 2008 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504143402/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/22/us-zimbabwe-politics-annan-idUSTRE4AL19320081122 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2008, Carter met with Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160253&Itemid=96 |title=PR-USA.net |publisher=PR-USA.net |date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516022847/http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160253&Itemid=96 |archive-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.fw-magazine.com/content/president-jimmy-carter-speaks-forward |title=Jimmy Carter speaks to ''Forward Magazine'' |magazine=Forward Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725112857/http://www.fw-magazine.com/content/president-jimmy-carter-speaks-forward |date=July 25, 2015 |archive-date= July 25, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> and in a June 2012 call with [[Jeffrey Brown (journalist)|Jeffery Brown]], stressed that Egyptian military generals could take full executive and legislative power to form a new constitution favoring themselves if their announced intentions came true.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/carter-on-egypt/ |title=Jimmy Carter: If Egypt's Ruling Military Goes Through With Plan, Same as Coup |date=June 20, 2012 |first=Larisa |last=Epatko |publisher=PBS |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012105335/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/carter-on-egypt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 10, 2010, Carter traveled to North Korea to secure the release of [[Aijalon Gomes]], successfully negotiating his release.<ref name="CNN 2010-08-27">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/north.korea.carter/index.html |title=Freed American Arrives Home from North Korea |work=CNN|date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615112802/https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/north.korea.carter/index.html |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McCurry |first=Justin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/27/north-korea-us-prisoner-jimmy-carter |title=North Korea releases US prisoner after talks with Jimmy Carter |work=The Guardian |date=August 27, 2010 |location=London |access-date=September 6, 2010 |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915193551/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/27/north-korea-us-prisoner-jimmy-carter |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout the latter part of 2017, as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea persisted, Carter recommended a peace treaty between the two nations,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/10/jimmy-carter-presses-u-s-north-korea-to-tone-down-nuclear-war-rhetoric/ |title=Jimmy Carter presses U.S., North Korea to tone down escalating rhetoric |first=Tamar |last=Hallerman |work=ajc.com |date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034109/http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/10/jimmy-carter-presses-u-s-north-korea-to-tone-down-nuclear-war-rhetoric/ |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and confirmed he had offered himself to the Trump administration as a willing candidate to be diplomatic envoy to North Korea.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/356567-carter-volunteers-to-help-solve-tensions-with-north-korea/ |title=Carter volunteers to help solve tensions with North Korea |date=October 21, 2017 |work=The Hill |first=John |last=Bowden |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://thehill.com/policy/international/356567-carter-volunteers-to-help-solve-tensions-with-north-korea |url-status=live }}</ref> === Views on successive presidents === Carter began his first year out of office with a pledge not to critique the new [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]], stating that it was "too early".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/16/Too-early-to-criticize-Reagan-says-Carter/2336353566800/ |title=Too early to criticize Reagan, says Carter |first=Helen |last=Thomas |work=United Press International |date=March 16, 1981 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140509/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/16/Too-early-to-criticize-Reagan-says-Carter/2336353566800/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He sided with Reagan on issues like building neutron arms after the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/03/Carter-backs-Reagan-on-neutron-weapon/8627368337600/ |title=Carter backs Reagan on neutron weapon |date=September 3, 1981 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816013135/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/03/Carter-backs-Reagan-on-neutron-weapon/8627368337600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though frequently spoke out against his administration, denouncing many of its actions in the Middle East;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/world/carter-to-lobby-senate-on-awacs.html |title=Carter to Lobby Senate on AWACS |date=October 12, 1981 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212142009/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/world/carter-to-lobby-senate-on-awacs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1987, Carter insisted that he was incapable of preserving peace in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-03-22/news/8701220321_1_middle-east-peace-efforts-mideast-peace |title=Carter: Reagan Not Tending To Mideast |first=Uli |last=Schmetzer |date=March 22, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164912/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-03-22/news/8701220321_1_middle-east-peace-efforts-mideast-peace |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter condemned the handling of the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/21/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-says-the-massacre-of-some/8666401428800/?spt=su |title=Former President Jimmy Carter says the massacre of some... |date=September 21, 1982 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140517/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/21/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-says-the-massacre-of-some/8666401428800/?spt=su |url-status=live }}</ref> the lack of efforts to rescue and retrieve four American businessmen from [[West Beirut]] in 1984,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/23/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-criticized-the-Reagan-administration-Sunday/6686472626000/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Reagan administration Sunday... |date=December 23, 1984 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |location=Miami |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/23/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-criticized-the-Reagan-administration-Sunday/6686472626000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reagan's support of the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] in 1985,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-12/news/8501210283_1_gorbachev-initiative-president-jimmy-carter-soviet-ambassador |title='Star Wars' May Hurt Talks, Carter Warns |first=Thom |last=Shanker |date=April 12, 1985 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164822/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-12/news/8501210283_1_gorbachev-initiative-president-jimmy-carter-soviet-ambassador |url-status=live }}</ref> and his claim of an international conspiracy on terrorism.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/07/14/Carter-Avoid-force-against-terrorism/9869490161600/?spt=su |title=Carter: Avoid force against terrorism |work=United Press International |date=July 14, 1985 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140520/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/07/14/Carter-Avoid-force-against-terrorism/9869490161600/?spt=su |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1987 he also criticized Reagan for conceding to terrorist demands,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/09/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-told-students-Monday-that-President/1036539845200/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter told students Monday that President... |date=February 9, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617022252/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/09/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-told-students-Monday-that-President/1036539845200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the nomination of [[Robert Bork]] for the Supreme Court,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/30/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-declared-Wednesday-he-is-strongly/5450987249052/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter declared Wednesday he is strongly... |first=John |last=Hanrahan |date=September 30, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140518/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/30/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-declared-Wednesday-he-is-strongly/5450987249052/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and his handling of the Persian Gulf crisis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/17/Carter-criticizes-Reagans-gulf-policy/1657561441600/ |title=Carter criticizes Reagan's gulf policy |first=Matthew C. |last=Quinn |work=United Press International |date=October 17, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821091909/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/17/Carter-criticizes-Reagans-gulf-policy/1657561441600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 16, 1989, before the [[inauguration of George H. W. Bush]], Carter told former president Ford that Reagan had experienced a media honeymoon, saying that he believed Reagan's immediate successor would be less fortunate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/01/18/Former-President-Gerald-Ford-Wednesday-said-the-Washington-press/7903601102800/|title=Former President Gerald Ford Wednesday said the Washington press...|first=Patrick|last=McCormick|work=United Press International|date=January 18, 1989|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180103/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/01/18/Former-President-Gerald-Ford-Wednesday-said-the-Washington-press/7903601102800/|url-status=live}}</ref> Carter had a mostly poor relationship with [[Bill Clinton]], who snubbed him from his inauguration ceremony. He doubted the morality of the Clinton administration, particularly for the [[Monica Lewinsky scandal]] and the pardon of [[Marc Rich]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-felsenthal/jimmy-carter-and-bill-cli_b_94926.html|title=Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton: They Genuinely Dislike Each Other|first1=Carol|last1=Felsenthal|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025202310/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-felsenthal/jimmy-carter-and-bill-cli_b_94926.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the presidency of [[George W. Bush]], Carter opposed the [[Iraq War]]<ref>Jimmy Carter, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/opinion/just-war-or-a-just-war.html "Just War – or a Just War?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127075310/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/opinion/just-war-or-a-just-war.html |date=January 27, 2022 }}, ''The New York Times'', March 9, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2008.</ref> and what he considered an attempt on the part of Bush and [[Tony Blair]] to oust [[Saddam Hussein]] by using "lies and misinterpretations".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082701094.html |title=Jimmy Carter: Blair Subservient to Bush |date=August 27, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724004445/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082701094.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2007, Carter said the Bush administration "has been the worst in history" in terms of its impact in foreign affairs;<ref>Frank Lockwood, [http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/may/19/carter-calls-bush-administration-worst-ever/ "Carter calls Bush administration worst ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231435/http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/may/19/carter-calls-bush-administration-worst-ever/ |date=September 18, 2015 }}, ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', May 19, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2008.</ref> he later said he was just comparing Bush's tenure to that of Richard Nixon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carter: Anti-Bush remarks 'careless or misinterpreted' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/21/carter.bush.ap/index.html |date=May 21, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614063104/http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/21/carter.bush.ap/index.html |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |work=CNN|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> [[Tony Fratto]] responded to Carter's comments on the Bush administration's behalf by saying that the comments increased Carter's irrelevance.<ref>{{cite news |title='Carter is irrelevant,' Bush administration shoots back |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/carter.bush.ap/index.html |date=May 20, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523151632/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/carter.bush.ap/index.html |archive-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |publisher=CNN}}</ref> By the end of Bush's second term, Carter considered Bush's tenure disappointing, as he told ''[[Forward Magazine]]'' of Syria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fwmagazine.wordpress.com/forward-magazine-interviews-jimmy-carter/ |title=Jimmy Carter Speaks to Forward Magazine |work=Forward Magazine |date=January 2009 |access-date=April 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109021657/http://fwmagazine.wordpress.com/forward-magazine-interviews-jimmy-carter/ |archive-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> Though he praised President [[Barack Obama]] in the early part of his tenure,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/administration/35543-jimmy-carter-says-obama-will-be-outstanding/ |title=Jimmy Carter Says Obama Will Be 'Outstanding' |date=January 28, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |first=Walter |last=Alarkon |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/administration/39280-jimmy-carter-says-obama-will-be-outstanding |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter stated his disagreements with the use of [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] strikes against suspected terrorists, Obama's choice to keep [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] open,<ref>{{cite news |last=Bingham |first=Amy |title=Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-s-of-widespread-abuse-of-human-rights/ |work=ABC News |date=June 25, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626170916/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-s-of-widespread-abuse-of-human-rights/ |url-status=live }} ABC quotes came from a NY ''Times'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html June 25, 2012 op-ed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011214301/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html |date=October 11, 2021 }} written by Carter</ref> and the federal surveillance programs disclosed by [[Edward Snowden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/political-insider-blog-your-daily-jolt-america-has-no-functioning-democracy-says-jimmy-carter/DKLFS2YYFBANHD7AHB2AYBH6ZA/ |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |last2=Galloway |first2=Jim |title=Your daily jolt: 'America has no functioning democracy,' says Jimmy Carter |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604201246/https://www.ajc.com/politics/political-insider-blog-your-daily-jolt-america-has-no-functioning-democracy-says-jimmy-carter/DKLFS2YYFBANHD7AHB2AYBH6ZA/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/nsa-affaere-jimmy-carter-kritisiert-usa-a-911589.html |author=Peter Schmitz |title=NSA-Affäre: Ex-Präsident Carter verdammt US-Schnüffelei |magazine=Der Spiegel |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=July 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729220006/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/nsa-affaere-jimmy-carter-kritisiert-usa-a-911589.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During [[Donald Trump]]'s presidency, Carter spoke favorably of the chance for immigration reform<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/14/ex-president-carter-give-trump-credit-on-forcing-immigration-debate.html |title=Ex-President Carter: Give Trump credit on forcing immigration debate |date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=Fox News |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925123226/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/14/ex-president-carter-give-trump-credit-on-forcing-immigration-debate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and criticized Trump for his handling of the [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)|U.S. national anthem protests]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356566-jimmy-carter-i-would-rather-see-all-the-players-stand-during/ |title=Jimmy Carter: 'I would rather see all the players stand during' anthem |first=Jacqueline |last=Thomsen |date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356566-jimmy-carter-i-would-rather-see-all-the-players-stand-during |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2017, he defended Trump in an interview with ''The New York Times'', criticizing the media's coverage of him as harsher "than any other president certainly that I've known about".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/jimmy-carter-lusts-trump-posting.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/jimmy-carter-lusts-trump-posting.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |date=October 21, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 17, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-new-york-times-interview/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter wants to partner with Trump |first=Nicole |last=Chavez |work=CNN|access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209065952/https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-new-york-times-interview/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Trump called Carter and expressed concern that China was "getting ahead" of the U.S. Carter agreed, saying that China's strength came from its lack of involvement in armed conflict, calling the U.S. "the most warlike nation in the history of the world."<ref name="carterchina">{{cite news |url=https://www.wabe.org/president-trump-calls-president-carter-to-talk-china/ |title=President Trump Called Former President Carter To Talk About China |newspaper=WABE |date=April 14, 2019 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914102157/https://www.wabe.org/president-trump-calls-president-carter-to-talk-china/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === Presidential politics === [[File:Jimmy Carter (1988).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Monochrome picture of Carter|Carter in 1988]] Carter was considered a potential candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]],<ref name="SperlingJr">{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |title=Mondale in '84: he may run if Jimmy Carter doesn't |first=Godfrey Jr. |last=Sperling |date=March 10, 1981 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817231518/https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |title=Rosalynn Carter: Bitter at 1980 loss: Wishes her husband would run again |date=April 25, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Helen |last=Thomas |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140459/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but did not run and instead endorsed Walter Mondale for the Democratic nomination.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |title=Carter Backs Mondale For Presidency in 1984 |date=May 11, 1982 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815082521/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |title=Mondale wins Carter hometown |date=March 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After Mondale secured the nomination, Carter critiqued the Reagan campaign,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |title=Carter Predicts That Reagan Will Avoid Debating Mondale |date=June 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112639/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |url-status=live }}</ref> spoke at the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]], and advised Mondale.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |title=Campaign Notes; Carter Vows to Shun Convention Spotlight |date=June 28, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212143524/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the election, in which Reagan defeated Mondale, Carter said the loss was predictable because Mondale's platform included raising taxes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday Walter Mondale's defeat... |first=Carol |last=Rosenberg |date=November 7, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140507/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]], Carter ruled himself out as a candidate and predicted Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] would be the Republican nominee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said today Vice President George... |date=March 19, 1987 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter foresaw unity at the [[1988 Democratic National Convention]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |title=Carter predicts unified convention |first=Robert |last=Mackay |date=July 16, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816075951/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |url-status=live }}</ref> where he delivered an address.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |title=The Carter Constituency |date=July 21, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204234334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the election, which Bush won, Carter said Bush would have a more difficult presidency than Reagan because he was not as popular.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/10/Carter-predicts-tough-times-for-Bush/1653595141200/ |title=Carter predicts tough times for Bush |date=November 10, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011214301/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/10/Carter-predicts-tough-times-for-Bush/1653595141200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential election]], Carter met with Senator [[Paul Tsongas]], who sought his advice.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/23/us/the-1992-campaign-georgia-carter-welcomes-tsongas-to-plains.html |title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Georgia; Carter Welcomes Tsongas to Plains |first=Karen |last=De Witt |date=February 23, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212142008/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/23/us/the-1992-campaign-georgia-carter-welcomes-tsongas-to-plains.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter spoke favorably of former governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/13/Carter-says-Clinton-election-would-be-good-for-Japan-US-relations/4488703137600/ |title=Carter says Clinton election would be good for Japan-U.S. relations |date=April 13, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816125620/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/13/Carter-says-Clinton-election-would-be-good-for-Japan-US-relations/4488703137600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and criticized [[Ross Perot]], a Texas billionaire who was running as an independent.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/21/us/1992-campaign-carter-with-clinton-his-side-praises-candidate-s-qualities.html |title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN; Carter, With Clinton at His Side, Praises the Candidate's Qualities |date=May 21, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Gwen |last=Ifill |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818143834/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/21/us/1992-campaign-carter-with-clinton-his-side-praises-candidate-s-qualities.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As the primary concluded, Carter spoke of the need for the [[1992 Democratic National Convention]] to address certain issues not focused on in the past,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |title=Clinton and Gore help Carter build house |first=Steve |last=Glasser |date=August 19, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817013703/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and campaigned for Clinton after he became the Democratic nominee,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Assails G.O.P. Attacks Aimed at Wife |first=Gwen |last=Ifill |date=August 20, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112643/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |url-status=live }}</ref> publicly stating his expectation to be consulted during Clinton's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |title=Carter ready to consult with Clinton |date=November 6, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140502/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter endorsed Vice President [[Al Gore]] days before the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |title=Former President Carter endorses Gore |date=November 1, 2000 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818231158/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in subsequent years voiced his opinion that Gore won the election,<ref>{{cite book |title=Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules – From the Sandlot to the White House |page=126 |publisher=Do Something Press |first=Jackson |last=Thoreau |isbn=978-1-881365-53-2 |year=2007}}</ref> despite Bush's eventual victory following the Supreme Court's ruling in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/13/cnn.poll/index.html |title=Poll: Majority of Americans accept Bush as legitimate president |date=December 13, 2000 |access-date=April 27, 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Carter endorsed [[John Kerry]] and spoke at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |title=Carter: Kerry 'the president we need now' |date=July 26, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815070106/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also voiced concern about another voting mishap in Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |title=Jimmy Carter fears repeat of election fiasco in Florida |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 28, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183952/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2008 Democratic presidential primaries]], it was speculated that Carter would endorse [[Barack Obama]] over his main primary rival [[Hillary Clinton]], as Carter spoke favorably of Obama, as did other members of the Carter family.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/ |title=Carter praises Obama |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140456/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/ |title=Carter hints at supporting Obama |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=April 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407063956/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter also commented on Clinton ending her bid when superdelegates voted after the June 3 primary.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/ |title=Carter: After June 3, it will be time for Clinton to 'give it up' |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614204649/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter criticized the Republican nominee, [[John McCain]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW status |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140503/https://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time |date=August 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=ABC News |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140453/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter warned Obama against selecting Clinton as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |title=US elections: Jimmy Carter tells Barack Obama not to pick Hillary Clinton as running mate |first=Jonathan |last=Freedland |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022610/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter endorsed Republican [[Mitt Romney]] for the Republican nomination during the primary season of the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/215259/20110916/mitt-romney-jimmy-carter-massachusetts-health-care.htm |title=Could Jimmy Carter's Comments Doom Mitt Romney? |work=International Business Timegs |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924042856/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/215259/20110916/mitt-romney-jimmy-carter-massachusetts-health-care.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> though he clarified that his backing of Romney was due to him considering the former Massachusetts governor the candidate that could best assure a victory for President Obama.<ref>Yahoo News, [https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html Jimmy Carter wants Mitt Romney to be the Republican nominee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140454/https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html |date=December 12, 2021 }}, September 16, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.</ref> Carter delivered a videotape address at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Camia |first=Catalina |title=Jimmy Carter to speak by video at Dem convention |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808102211/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:The Funeral of President George H.W. Bush (46204190411).jpg|thumb|alt=The attendant of George H. W. Bush's funeral.|The [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|state funeral of George H. W. Bush]] in December 2018. Carter and his wife Rosalynn can be seen on the far right of the photograph.]] Carter was critical of Republican presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] shortly after the latter entered the primary, predicting that he would lose.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |title=Jimmy Carter: Trump's comments are 'very stupid' |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |work=CNN|first=Theodore |last=Schleifer |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now/ |title=Carter: Dems, GOP 'hardly speak' now |first=Mark |last=Hensch |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012425/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now |url-status=live }}</ref> As the primary continued, Carter said he would prefer Trump to his main rival, [[Ted Cruz]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |date=February 3, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |title=Jimmy Carter: I would choose Donald Trump over Ted Cruz |first=Stephanie |last=Condon |work=CBS News |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021124156/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though he rebuked the Trump campaign in remarks during the primary<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |first=Laurie |last=Goodstein |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and in his address to the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]]. Carter believes that Trump would not have been elected without [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russia's interference in the 2016 election]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |title=Jimmy Carter says Trump wouldn't be president without help from Russia |last=Wagner |first=John |date=June 28, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629001747/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and "that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf." When questioned, he agreed that Trump is an "illegitimate president".<ref name="Lewis_6/28/2019">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Sophie |title=Jimmy Carter calls Trump an 'illegitimate president' due to Russian interference |work=CBS News |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324030136/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="C-SPAN_6/28/2019">{{cite web |title=Conversation with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale |publisher=C-SPAN |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096/jimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420064317/https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096%2Fjimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2017 discussion with Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], Carter revealed he voted for Sanders in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/09/yall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter/ |title='Y'all see why I voted for him?': Jimmy Carter says he was a Bernie Sanders supporter |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Derek |last=Hawkins |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003025/https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fnews%2fmorning-mix%2fwp%2f2017%2f05%2f09%2fyall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter%2f |url-status=live }}</ref> Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter delivered a recorded audio message endorsing [[Joe Biden]] for the virtual [[2020 Democratic National Convention]]. On January 6, 2021, following the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]], along with the other three still living former presidents, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton,<ref>{{cite news |last8=institutions |first8=Washington |last9=Chason |first9=historical topicsRachel |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Live updates: U.S. Capitol is on lockdown as protesters clash with police and breach the building |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106194011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> Jimmy Carter denounced the attack, releasing a statement saying that he and his wife were "troubled" by the events, also stating that what had occurred was "a national tragedy and is not who we are as a nation", and adding that "having observed elections in troubled democracies worldwide, I know that we the people can unite to walk back from this precipice to peacefully uphold the laws of our nation".<ref>{{cite web |title=All living former presidents condemn violence at the Capitol: 'A national tragedy' |url=https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |website=TODAY.com |date=January 7, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107195632/https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter delivered a recorded audio message for the [[inauguration of Joe Biden]] on January 20, 2021, as the Carters were unable to attend the ceremony in person.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-president-carter-reflects-on-his-inauguration-offers-biden-harris-insight-in-video|title=Former President Carter reflects on his inauguration, offers Biden, Harris insight in video|publisher=Fox 5 Atlanta|date=January 21, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2023}}</ref> In November 2022, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District]] overruled a three-judge panel of the court and scheduled a rehearing of the case against the [[Trump administration]]-proposed [[Izembek National Wildlife Refuge|land swap]] in Alaska to allow a road through the [[Izembek National Wildlife Refuge]]. In an unusual action, Carter had filed an opinion in support of the suit by environmental groups, saying the swap violated the [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]] (Anilca) [[Presidency of Jimmy Carter#Environment|passed in 1980]] near the end of Carter's term. Carter said the act "may be the most significant domestic achievement of my political life" at the time of his filing.<ref>Fountain, Henry, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/anilca-road-alaska-trump-court-decision.html "Court to reconsider Trump-era decision that favored Alaska road project"], ''The New York Times'', November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.</ref> === Hurricane relief === Carter criticized the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]]'s handling of [[Hurricane Katrina]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wistv.com/story/3878857/jimmy-carter-criticizes-femas-role-in-katrina-relief |title=Jimmy Carter criticizes FEMA's role in Katrina relief |date=September 21, 2005 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=wistv.com |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.wistv.com/story/3878857/jimmy-carter-criticizes-femas-role-in-katrina-relief/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and built homes in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/10/former_president_carter_joins_effort_to_rebuild_sandy-ravaged_union_beach.html |title=Former President Carter joins effort to rebuild Sandy-ravaged Union Beach |date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Christopher |last=Robbins |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012100123/http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/10/former_president_carter_joins_effort_to_rebuild_sandy-ravaged_union_beach.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also partnered with former presidents to work with [[One America Appeal]] to help the victims of [[Hurricane Harvey]] and [[Hurricane Irma]] in the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] and Texas communities,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal/ |title=Former presidents fundraise for Irma disaster relief |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |date=September 10, 2017 |work=The Hill |access-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428090029/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal |url-status=live }}</ref> in addition to writing op-eds about the goodness seen in Americans who assist each other during natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/opinions/help-harvey-recovery-jimmy-carter/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter: When the waters rise, so do our better angels |date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=CNN|archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/opinions/help-harvey-recovery-jimmy-carter/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> === Other activities === [[File:President Jimmy Carter Interview September 2019.webm|thumb|alt=Video of Carter discussing his legacy.|Carter discussing his legacy and the work of the [[Carter Center]] on the eve of his 95th birthday.]] In 1982, Carter founded the [[Carter Center]],<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |title=Timeline and History of The Carter Center [1981–1989] |url=http://www.cartercenter.org/about/history/chronology_1980.html |website=The Carter Center |access-date=October 27, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101123818/http://www.cartercenter.org/about/history/chronology_1980.html |archive-date=November 1, 2009}}</ref> a non-governmental and non-profit organization with the purpose of [[Human rights activists|advancing human rights]] and alleviating human [[suffering]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiatrend.com/November-2012/The-Carter-Center-At-30-Years/ |title=The Carter Center At 30 Years |work=GeorgiaTrend |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104085840/http://www.georgiatrend.com/November-2012/The-Carter-Center-At-30-Years/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including helping improve the [[quality of life]] for people in more than 80 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cartercenter.org/index.html |title=Waging Peace. Fighting Disease |website=The Carter Center |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106075155/https://www.cartercenter.org/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Among these efforts has been the contribution of the Carter Center working alongside the [[World Health Organization]] to the near-[[eradication of dracunculiasis]], also called Guinea worm disease. The incidence of this disease has decreased from 3.5 million cases in the mid-1980s, to 25 cases in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|title=African worm disease from dirty water nearly eradicated, says Jimmy Carter|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-worm-disease-nearly-eradicated-jimmy-carter-says/|access-date=November 21, 2021|work=CBS News|date=January 11, 2017 |language=en-US|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121080137/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-worm-disease-nearly-eradicated-jimmy-carter-says/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dracunculiasis eradication: "on the threshold of a historic achievement"|url=https://www.who.int/news/item/26-09-2019-dracunculiasis-eradication-on-the-threshold-of-a-historic-achievement|access-date=November 21, 2021|publisher=World Health Organization|language=en|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121080134/https://www.who.int/news/item/26-09-2019-dracunculiasis-eradication-on-the-threshold-of-a-historic-achievement|url-status=live}}</ref> and 10 as of September 2021 according to the Carter Center's statistics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View Latest Worldwide Guinea Worm Case Totals|url=https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/case-totals.html|access-date=November 21, 2021|website=cartercenter.org|archive-date=December 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219131528/https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/case-totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Carter attended the dedication of his presidential library<ref>{{cite news |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-02/news/mn-3888_1_carter-s-presidential-library |title=You Gave of Yourself': Reagan Praises Carter at Library Dedication |date=October 2, 1986 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907044303/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-02/news/mn-3888_1_carter-s-presidential-library |url-status=live }}</ref> and those of Presidents Ronald Reagan,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/05/us/4-presidents-join-reagan-in-dedicating-his-library.html |title=4 Presidents Join Reagan in Dedicating His Library |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1991 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Robert |last=Reinhold |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817065855/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/05/us/4-presidents-join-reagan-in-dedicating-his-library.html |url-status=live }}</ref> George H. W. Bush,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/06/us/dedication-of-bush-library-is-set-for-today.html |title=Dedication of Bush Library Is Set for Today |date=November 6, 1997 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212142015/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/06/us/dedication-of-bush-library-is-set-for-today.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bill Clinton,<ref name="NYT3">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/politics/18cnd-clin.html |title=Thousands Attend Dedication of Clinton's Presidential Library |date=November 18, 2004 |last=Newman |first=Maria |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615235749/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/politics/18cnd-clin.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC2">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4021201.stm |title=Clinton library open for business |date=November 18, 2004 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122014526/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4021201.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/25/nation/la-na-bush-library-20130426 |title=At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony |date=April 25, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002204839/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/25/nation/la-na-bush-library-20130426 |url-status=live }}</ref> He delivered eulogies at the funerals of [[Coretta Scott King]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/us/at-mrs-kings-funeral-a-mix-of-elegy-and-politics.html |title=At Mrs. King's Funeral, a Mix of Elegy and Politics |date=February 8, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810200712/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/us/at-mrs-kings-funeral-a-mix-of-elegy-and-politics.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gerald Ford,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/Funeral/Carter.asp |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=fordlibrarymuseum.gov |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816125621/https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/Funeral/Carter.asp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/carter-praises-distinguished-opponent-ford-at-funeral-1.640103 |title=Carter praises 'distinguished opponent' Ford at funeral |publisher=CBC News |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819114247/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/carter-praises-distinguished-opponent-ford-at-funeral-1.640103 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Theodore Hesburgh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dits |first1=Joseph |title=Habitat ceremony at Notre Dame is only chance to see Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/habitat-ceremony-at-notre-dame-is-only-chance-to-see/article_f63d275c-f402-52cc-a7dd-0cd740ac393f.html |work=South Bend Tribune |publisher=GateHouse Media |date=August 20, 2018 |location=South Bend, Ind. |access-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116192844/https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/habitat-ceremony-at-notre-dame-is-only-chance-to-see/article_f63d275c-f402-52cc-a7dd-0cd740ac393f.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, Carter founded the [[New Baptist Covenant]] organization for [[social justice]].<ref>Carla Hinton, [https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2009/07/25/ex-president-jimmy-carter-works-to-unite-all-baptists/61381494007/ Ex-president Jimmy Carter works to unite all Baptists], oklahoman.com, US, July 25, 2009</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cooperman |first1=Alan |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Carter, Clinton Seek To Bring Together Moderate Baptists Exiles From Conservative Group Targeted |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2007/01/21/carter-clinton-seek-to-bring-together-moderate-baptists-span-classbankheadexiles-from-conservative-group-targetedspan/2044354e-264d-4577-8120-03d491375775/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223102738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2007/01/21/carter-clinton-seek-to-bring-together-moderate-baptists-span-classbankheadexiles-from-conservative-group-targetedspan/2044354e-264d-4577-8120-03d491375775/ |archive-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2019|August|df=US}}, Carter is Honorary Chair for the [[World Justice Project]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs |title=Honorary Chairs |website=World Justice Project |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417085713/https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs |url-status=live }}</ref> and formerly served as one for the [[Continuity of Government Commission]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf |title=Preserving Our Institutions |date=June 2009 |publisher=[[Continuity of Government Commission]] |via=brookings.edu |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428045333/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He continued to occasionally teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church as of 2019.<ref name="Church website">{{cite web |url=http://www.mbcplains.org/?page_id=212 |title=Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class |website=Maranatha Baptist Church |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519103559/https://mbcplains.org/?page_id=212 |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> Carter also teaches at [[Emory University]] in Atlanta, and in June 2019 was awarded tenure for 37 years of service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/politics/jimmy-carter-emory-university-tenure/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter granted tenure at Emory University |last=Watkins |first=Eli |date=June 3, 2019 |work=CNN|access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604001205/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/politics/jimmy-carter-emory-university-tenure/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Israel and Palestine=== {{Further|Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid|Israel and apartheid}} <!-- This section, as well as other mentions of his work with Israel and Palestine are covered by ARBPIA. Your account must be at least 30 days old, and you must have at least 500 edits to edit this material. --> Carter's ''[[Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid]],'' a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]] book, published in 2006, generated controversy for characterizing Israel's policies in the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] as amounting to [[apartheid]].<ref>Craig Daigle, "Beyond Camp David: Jimmy Carter, Palestinian Self-Determination, and Human Rights." ''Diplomatic History'' 42.5 (2018): 802-830.</ref> In an interview, Carter defined apartheid as the "forced separation of two peoples in the same territory with one of the groups dominating or controlling the other."<ref name="NYTIP">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/books/14cart.html|title=Carter Book Stirs Furor With Its View of Israelis' 'Apartheid'|work=The New York Times|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref> In remarks broadcast over radio, he said that Israel's policies amounted to an apartheid worse than South Africa's:<ref name="HAIP">{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2006-12-11/ty-article/jimmy-carter-israels-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africas/0000017f-db7c-d3a5-af7f-fbfea0530000|title=Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'Apartheid' Policies Worse Than South Africa's|work=Haaretz|access-date=February 19, 2023|date=November 12, 2006}}</ref> {{cquote|When Israel does occupy this territory deep within the West Bank, and connects the 200-or-so settlements with each other, with a road, and then prohibits the Palestinians from using that road, or in many cases even crossing the road, this perpetrates even worse instances of apartness, or apartheid, than we witnessed even in South Africa.<ref name="HAIP"/> }} Some accused Carter of [[antisemitism]]. He defended his arguments and said, "the hope is that my book will at least stimulate a debate, which has not existed in this country. There's never been any debate on this issue, of any significance."<ref name="HAIP"/> He expressed his opinion that Israel will not have peace until it agrees to withdraw from the [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupied territories]], adding, "the greatest commitment in my life has been trying to bring peace to Israel."<ref name="HAIP"/> The comparisons of [[Israel and apartheid]] drew widespread traction in the early 2020s, after [[Amnesty International]], [[Human Rights Watch]] and other Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups issued reports characterizing Israel's policies as apartheid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/05/amnesty-israel-apartheid-israeli-politicians-agree|title=Amnesty says Israel is an apartheid state. Many Israeli politicians agree|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 19, 2023|date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> In his 2010 book ''[[We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land]]'', Carter cites Israel's unwillingness to withdraw from the territories and [[Israeli settlements|settlement expansion]] as the primary obstacle to peace in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/carterbi.phtml |title=Books written by President and Mrs. Carter |website=jimmycarterlibrary.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012000917/http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/carterbi.phtml |archive-date=October 12, 2004}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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