I just love Jimmy Carter. Some say he’s the best ex-President there ever was. Time will tell, since Bill Clinton’s been doing amazing work with his foundation, especially with respect to negotiating cheaper AIDS drugs and other health issues.

On Good Morning, America, which I was watching while at the gym this morning, President Carter was talking about his newest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. His interviewer, Robin Roberts, was toeing the bipartisan U.S. party line that any criticism of Israeli policy is both wrong and antisemitic, no matter who says it and no matter what they say. Certainly there is antisemitism, certainly there are important security concerns for the sovereign state of Israel, but that cannot be the only lens through which to view the situation.

Carter deftly responded, noting that his experience in the region, U.S. policy, UN resolutions, and the majority of the Israeli public, all show that the current situation in Palestine is a colonial occupation and exploitation that cannot withstand the scrutiny of an informed observer.

For more on this story, see Raw Story piece. You can also see a short excerpt from Carter’s book, provided by ABC News.