Welcome Back, Carter?

A few days ago, fourteen employees of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's 25 year-old foundation, The Carter Center, resigned in protestation of his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid as being unfavorable toward Israeli plights. This action was detailed in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article yesterday.

Is this mass-resignation a wake-up call for all of those having trouble with the former President's written stance to recognize the West Bank or Gaza Strip as a Palestinian State? Or is this act chutzpah specifically toward one man and anyone else who may come to think that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an argument fraught with too many idiosyncrasies to trust the current administration to undertake? One thing’s for certain, Carter’s book and personal appearances mark the push for newfound popularity and revulsion by those most mindful of the unrest in the Middle Eastern region. Timing is crucial in negotiations and Jimmy’s hit the punchclock right on the nose.