In the Presidential election debates of 1980, every time Jimmy Carter raised the issue of a hawkish Ronald Reagan taking America towards war, Reagan cut him off by saying “there he goes again.” On January 23, Jimmy Carter addressed the sixth Herzliya Conference, an annual gathering of influential Israeli and international leaders. And, as expected, there he went again and again and again.

About Hamas? He was quite confident they would turn "despair and frustration into progress."

His vision for "peace"? "An independent Palestinian state with territorial continuity,” a "harmonious" division of Jerusalem and a resettlement of the Palestinians within their borders."

Settlements? "Some Israeli settlers consider their settlements sacrosanct," he said, adding "You can’t have a Palestinian state living in peace and dignity if it is filled with Israeli settlements.”

On Arab anti-American sentiment? "There is no doubt that much of the anti-American sentiment in the Middle East is caused by failure to find a solution to the Palestinian problem."

What is incredible is that he received a standing ovation. Those who applauded deserve to be forced to read Jimmy's books.