Jewish lobby

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said in remarks broadcast Monday that Israeli policy in the West Bank represented instances of apartheid worse even that those that once held sway in South Africa.
It is a well known fact that the Jewish lobby in U.S if not the strongest is one of the most influential lobbies in shaping American policies.
Criticizing Jews in general and Israel in particular has always been a very difficult and risky task in States, but it recently became clearer when jimmy carter the former president of United States wrote a book criticizing the Israel's atrocity in Middle East.
The harsh reaction which he got was surprising
For example inside the U.S the press liberal and conservative attacked him, and his close associates left him alone.
After his now former advisor Professor Kenneth Stein resigned over charges that Carter’s latest book contains patent inaccuracies and misrepresentations, the former president is now being charged with plagiarism. Stein claims: "There are elements in the book that were lifted from another source. That source is now acting on his or her own advice about what to do because of this."
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But House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement regarding Jimmy Carter's new book saying: "With all due respect to former President Carter, he does not speak for the Democratic Party on Israel. Democrats have been steadfast in their support of Israel from its birth, in part because we recognize that to do so is in the national security interests of the United States. We stand with Israel now and we stand with Israel forever? It is wrong to suggest that the Jewish people would support a government in Israel or anywhere else that institutionalizes ethnically based oppression, and Democrats reject that allegation vigorously."
these examples clearly show that you can not say a word against Jews in U.S even if you are jimmy carter.