With the most powerful Arab army withdrawn, no other Arab army, including Syria’s, was in a military position to invade Israel.

Jimmy Carter’s legacy of radical pragmatism enabled him to broker peace between Egypt and Israel, and his approach can serve as a model for current leaders to address the Israeli-Palestinian

Though Carter was more critical of Israel and supportive of Arabs than ... This column was adapted from the author's book “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life.” Jonathan Alter Jonathan Alter ...

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

Since Carter's passing, there has been an outpouring of goodwill for the former president, whose legacy invokes images of peanut farms and the wooden frames of houses he helped build. But for many Salvadoran Americans, like me, his memory is … complicated.

Zionist—an ignorant idealogue who wrongly believed that Israeli counter-terrorism policies harmed the “human rights” of the Palestinian people. Carter was

The late President Jimmy Carter presided over a key landmark in the Arab-Israeli peace process, the 1979 Camp David Accords signed by Egypt and Israel. Carter’s lifelong interest in resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict is an analog for his complicated legacy in foreign policy and human rights.

I came with my own preconceptions of Jimmy Carter: the failed one-term president and faux humanitarian who had accused Israel of apartheid. I expected to leave with feelings of bitterness and ...

Carter was widely known as a man of faith, with his post-presidency defined by images of the Baptist Sunday School teacher building homes for low-income people.

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a preemptive strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities to destroy their capabilities.

Former President Jimmy Carter is widely acknowledged as a hardworking man who accomplished much after the presidency, but he also had significant success in policies as president.

President Jimmy Carter did more for the security of Israel than any American president other than Harry Truman.