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The sentiment was widely criticized. He apologized for the wording of that sentence, but not for his larger message.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012301668.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/books Washington Post, January 24, 2007]</ref>
The sentiment was widely criticized. He apologized for the wording of that sentence, but not for his larger message.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012301668.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/books Washington Post, January 24, 2007]</ref>
Though Carter admitted that Israel is a free equal
democracy for all<ref>(for example, in LATimes, Dec. 8, 2006: "The book is devoted to circumstances and events in Palestine and not in Israel, where democracy prevails and citizens live together and are legally guaranteed equal status." </ref> and that his book is about the "territories " exclusively and it's not related to "race" or "racism".<ref>NPR and Brendeis, Jan.07</ref> He also added that he is aware it's a provocative term.
But even his "facts" and anti-Israel bias was heavily criticized.<ref> One example: [https://books.google.com/books/about/Bearing_False_Witness.html?id=U-mUGAAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter's Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid], Andrea Levin, Camera, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, 2007 [https://www.camera.org/videos-publications/bearing-false-witness-jimmy-carter-s-palestine-peace-not-apartheid/]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110724051931/http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976879837 Ex-President for Sale]. January 08, 2007.
''has been bought and paid for by Arab money. In his recent book tour to promote Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Carter has been peddling a particularly nasty bit of bigotry...''</ref>
Columnist at the ''Washington Post'' :<ref>Michael Kinsley, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/11/AR2006121101225.html It's Not Apartheid]." The Washington Post, December 12, 2006</ref><blockquote>It's not clear what he means by using the loaded word "apartheid," since the book makes no attempt to explain it, but the only reasonable interpretation is that Carter is comparing Israel to the former white racist government of South Africa. That is a foolish and unfair comparison, unworthy of the man who won -- and deserved -- the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing Israel and Egypt together in the Camp David Accords, and who has lent such luster to the imaginary office of former president.</blockquote>
In September 2009, Carter caused controversy when he stated that criticisms of [[Barack Obama]] was motivated by racism:
In September 2009, Carter caused controversy when he stated that criticisms of [[Barack Obama]] was motivated by racism: