Jimmy Carter is being sued for misrepresentation in his 2006 book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid.
Having not read the book myself, I don’t know if he has put out any falsehoods in it, and then marketed it as fact. However, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestine issue, everyone on the planet would have to be sued for their own brand of vitriol.
Smells like a publicity stunt to me.
A $5 million lawsuit filed in federal court in New York on Tuesday against former US President Jimmy Carter and publisher Simon & Schuster alleges that Carter’s 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid contains false information and was intended to deceive the public and promote an anti-Israel agenda.
The five plaintiffs in the suit, readers of the book, want their lawsuit, which seeks compensatory and punitive damages, to be deemed a class action, meaning that the plaintiffs would be seen to represent a much larger group – that is, everyone who purchased Carter’s $27 book.
The plaintiffs are Americans, with two of the five holding dual American-Israeli citizenship.
The suit alleges that the five plaintiffs in the suit who purchased Carter’s book, as well as others, assumed they were buying an accurate record of historic events relating to Israel and the Palestinians.
Great. Try asking anyone, anywhere the history of Israel, and you’ll get a different story from each and every person you inquire of. SLAPP?
Jimmy Carter WAS the biggest fool ever elected to the American Presidency and his words mean nothing to me just like they meant nothing to the North Korean gubmint…”agreed framework” anybody? His book will probably sell for an extra $.07 USD now due to this. Attention plaintiffs – just log in and give it a 1 star review everywhere. Give other reviewers a NO vote on being helpful. Learn how to play their game right back at them and bring them down. BURN BABY BURN!