If you read the text of Jimmy Carter's speech at Brandeis--or if you have watched it on C-Span--you should be convinced that Carter should not be considered a friend of the Palestinians. He never was; never is; and never will be. Did you notice his narrative of the Arab-Israeli wars as "wars on Israel"? That makes the tripartite invasion of Egypt in 1956 a "war on Israel," I guess. But unfortunately, people in the pro-Palestinian camp are so desperate for the support of the White Man, that they are willing to accept it from the likes of Carter.