FOR CARTER, ISRAELIS ARE FOR BOMBING--NOT BURNING: Jimmy "I wasn’t equating the Palestinian missiles with terrorism" Carter does not lose any sleep over the arbitrary bombing of Israeli homes. What does make Carter spring into action:

Wading into the delicate fray over the alliance between Jews and pro-Israel Evangelicals, former President Jimmy Carter last week reportedly said it was a mistake for Jews to accept such ties, and that he was working to convince Southern Baptists to change the way they look at Judaism and the Middle East.

Christian Zionists can be better friends of Israel by challenging its government's policies, while accepting Judaism as a legitimate path to God, Carter told a group organized by Rabbi Michael Lerner in California last week, according to the rabbi.

"He said it was a terrible error for Jews to become allied with Christian Zionists who actually desire our conversion or burning in hell," Rabbi Lerner related in an interview Tuesday.

Carter's distinction between burning bodies vs. burning souls is not impressive. Of course, as American Thinker points out, Carter's goal is not out of humanitarian concern.

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