Reply #13: The difference between Carter and Finkelstein...

[LeftishBrit]

is that Carter was talking to Hamas in an attempt to get a ceasefire and push for negotiations for peace. Finkelstein was not attempting to get peace negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah; he was explicitly supporting Hezbollah and defending even their more violent actions. Supporting a country's enemy is very different from supporting negotiations between a country and its enemy. And although most Israeli officials probably view Carter less sympathetically than I do, they would still see this difference.

Also there's the little matter of Carter being a former head of state!

It would have nothing to do with Carter being a gentile. In fact, it's much more difficult to refuse entry to a Jew, due to their presumptive right to enter the country under the law of return.

And by the way, it is possible though unusual for a Jew to be antisemitic, just as it's possible for a woman to be anti-feminist; an African-American to oppose civil rights; or a second-generation immigrant to be a virulent anti-immigrant bigot.