Explaining Jimmy Carter's Antisemitism

Following the death of President Jimmy Carter last month, he has been celebrated throughout the US and across the world for many achievements during and following his one term tenure. Indeed, Carter deserves credit for several things that will be part of his legacy, and these cannot be swept under the rug. However, in an honest conversation about Carter and his legacy, one cannot dismiss a repeated tendency of antisemitism that was expressed in multiple ways, and has left a lingering and adverse impact that outlives him.
Carter blamed Jews for his loss to President Reagan in 1980, and for voting for Senator Ted Kennedy in an unprecedented primary challenge to a sitting president earlier that year. In his widely panned book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” Carter legitimized terrorism against Israel, holding Israel to a different standard, literally threatening countless lives. Despite being called out as antisemitic, except for one known comment apologizing to a group of Brandeis students, he offered no apology, no correction, no recall: just a justification for why killing Jews was OK. After enabling the rise of the terrorist Islamic regime in Iran, Carter traveled the world giving credibility to terror groups such as the PLO and Hamas whose antisemitic genocidal ideology is still widely known and acted upon. As a founding member of “The Elders,” Carter continued to propagate the notion that Israel was an apartheid state, uniquely singling out Israel in terms that he applied to nobody else.
For these and other reasons, Carter repeatedly failed the 3D test, (delegitimization, demonization, and double standards against Israel) becoming one of the most antisemitic presidents in US history. What are the theological and historical underpinnings of Jimmy Carter’s antisemitism? Join us for an honest conversation with special guests including:
Pastor Mark Biltz, founder of El Shaddai Ministries in Washington State is a well-known and popular commentator on the Feasts of the Lord, and has produced numerous books and DVD’s on the Feasts and other topics that have gone around the world. He has spoken at congregations and conferences on five continents, and is a frequent commentator on a wide range of Christian and secular media. He live-streams El Shaddai’s weekly service to over 200 cities in 20 nations.
Dr. Victoria Sarvadi received her Th.M. and Th.D. from the former Center for the Study of Biblical Research in Glendora, California, She is a certified minister, and authored “Just a Little Girl,” an account of her life, coming to faith, and understanding the significance of Israel and the Hebrew language. She has been a speaker for conferences, congregations, women’s ministry groups, Bible studies, and media globally. She serves as Executive Director for the March of Remembrance Dallas, and is co-founder of the Nathaniel Foundation, supporting numerous charities in the U.S. and abroad.