Recently former President Jimmy Carter "asked the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel." I am not really sure I buy this. Yes he made a public apology, but you cannot spend years influencing and inspiring the hearts and minds of millions of people into have a bias against Israel, and simply say 'al het' and make it go all away. One might argue is that not exactly what we ask H' to do every Yom Kippur? Perhaps it is. We are supposed to act as b'tzelem Elokeim but I would argue that as horrific as some of our sins might be, they probably did not influence millions (if not tens of millions) of people into believing a revisionist history that has an incredible impact on people's judgments and beliefs. I am referring of course to
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid not to mention the dozen of other brazen acts by this man.