Former President, Jimmy Carter, wrote a book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, that was recently released. Unfortunately, a long-time aid of Carter's, Kenneth Stein, resigned because of the publication of this book, claiming it was one-sided and filled with factual errors, material copied from other sources and "simply invented segments," according to an excerpt of the letter published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Deanna Congileo, Carter's spokeswoman, said the former president stands by the book.
Carter issued a brief statement saying that Stein had not been actively involved with the center for more than 12 years and was not involved with the new book. Carter did not directly address Stein's allegations.
It is not the first time Carter and Stein have disagreed over Middle East policy, said Douglas Brinkley, a professor of history at Tulane University and the author of the 1988 Carter biography, "The Unfinished Presidency."
"They've never been on the same page in the Middle East. They've been in an almost constant state of disagreement," Brinkley said. Stein "doesn't trust the Palestinians as much as Carter."
Brinkley said he has read Carter's new book but would not address Stein's accusations.
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i've listened to carter defend himself and his book a few times, namely on Terry Gross's Fresh Air, and The Charlie Rose Show (yes, sometimes I watch that!)
The poor guy is under fire from so many angles on this book and his choice of the word "apartheid." The whole mess has so many knots and enough blame to go around on all sides that i don't know how they'll ever live in peace there.