We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land, Jimmy Carter
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land, Jimmy Carter
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We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land

Author: Jimmy Carter

Narrator: Jimmy Carter

Unabridged: 4 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2009

Synopsis

In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East—and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do just that.

President Carter has been a student of the biblical Holy Land all his life. For the last three decades, as president of the United States and as founder of The Carter Center, he has studied the complex and interrelated issues of the region's conflicts and has been actively involved in reconciling them. He knows the leaders of all factions in the region who will need to play key roles, and he sees encouraging signs among them.

Carter describes the history of previous peace efforts and why they fell short. He argues persuasively that the road to a peace agreement is now open and that it has broad international and regional support. Most of all, since there will be no progress without courageous and sustained U.S. leadership, he says the time for progress is now.

This is President Carter's call for action, and he lays out a practical and doable path to peace.

About Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. In 1982, he and his wife founded The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, and was the author of thirty books, including A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety; A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood; and Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis. He died in 2024 at the age of 100. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aliya on May 26, 2016

I was not versed with the real situation in Israel, except for the slightest inkling about major events such as the Balfour Declaration, the time of the creation of an Israeli state, the Arab Israeli wars, Ariel Sharon, Yasir Arafat and his PLO. The Palestinian struggle was rooted in mystery with co......more

Goodreads review by Joe on June 12, 2011

This is another great introduction to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The first several chapters revisit the ground covered by Peace not Apartheid, but the sections dealing with the later years of the Bush Administration are particularly enlightening. I originally picked up both these books becaus......more

Goodreads review by Diana Blair on March 19, 2009

I love Jimmy Carter.. and I love his confidence that we can have peace in the Middle East. It's not that I don't believe HIM; it's that I doubt that the residents of the Holy Land will allow peace... This book is full of history and proposals, sometimes much too like a diary to see the possibilities......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 10, 2012

"You cannot make Swiss cheese out of a country and expect peace"! I read this book 2 years ago during the Floatilla disaster and it is so informative and well written. I still remember the writing in detail. A great book for those seeking understanding of Israel and the Mid East politics. Carter is......more

Goodreads review by David on August 25, 2014

An excellent analysis of why the 'peace process' has not succeeded for decades, and how they could be surmounted if one side did not have 100% of the power. I wonder if we will ever see a resolution to this age old conflict in my lifetime.......more

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