Jimmy Carter's 'New Chance for Peace'

Washington Post - Tuesday, January 23, 2007; A16

Can anyone convince former president Jimmy Carter that Israel, unfortunately, does not have "internationally recognized borders"? It is common knowledge to those dealing seriously with the Middle East that Israel's pre-1967 "borders" were armistice lines agreed to by the warring parties in 1949. They were never meant to be the "secure and recognized boundaries" that U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 called for after the Six-Day War in 1967.

This being the case, what merit should we attribute to Mr. Carter's current "peace" proposals when the former president continues to display either his ignorance of the basics or his barely disguised malice toward Israel -- or both?

MORRIS J. AMITAY

Washington, DC

The writer is vice chairman of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.