The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jimmy-carter/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Jimmy Carter | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jimmy-carter/ 32 32 ‘It’s entombed’: Trump says US can retrieve Iran’s uranium without a deal, but has ‘no reason to’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-entombed-trump-says-us-can-get-irans-uranium-without-a-deal-but-has-no-reason-to/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:47:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3837049 President reveals he mulled sending troops to seize near-weapons-grade stockpile at war's start, but declined to do so given the risks: 'I don’t want to do it if we’re in conflict'

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]]> Targeted Hanukkah lighting spotlights decades-old Chabad mission to illuminate the world https://www.timesofisrael.com/targeted-hanukkah-lighting-underscores-defiant-chabad-mission-to-set-globe-aglow/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:12:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3711536 Over 50 years after the first public menorah lighting in Philadelphia, annual tradition has spread to some 15,000 locales worldwide from Australia to Uzbekistan

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]]> Jewish Camp David broker chronicles 50 years of world-changing negotiations https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-camp-david-broker-chronicles-50-years-of-world-changing-negotiations/ Sat, 05 Apr 2025 07:09:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3451680 In 'The Art of Diplomacy,' longtime US negotiator Stuart Eizenstat draws on interviews with 130 global players to highlight the most important agreements of the last half-century

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]]> Palestinians dedicate new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-dedicate-new-west-bank-olive-grove-in-west-bank-city-jimmy-carter/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:17:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3458926 Farmers union and US-based NGO 'Treedom for Palestine' remember late US president, who after leaving office characterized Israeli control over West Bank as apartheid

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]]> At Washington Cathedral funeral, Jimmy Carter remembered for humility and service https://www.timesofisrael.com/jimmy-carter-remembered-for-humility-service-at-washington-cathedral-funeral/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:09:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3456365 All living successors attend service for former president, which includes eulogies from two contemporaries he outlived; Biden hails fellow 1-term Democrat for fighting 'abuse in power'

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]]> Daily Briefing Dec. 31: Day 452 – How Israel remembers US president Jimmy Carter https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-dec-31-day-452-how-israel-remembers-us-president-jimmy-carter/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:10:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3450223&preview=true&preview_id=3450223 Editor David Horovitz on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's health, fraught ongoing hostage negotiations, and a look at the US leader who brokered peace -- and then backed Hamas

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]]> US Jewish groups mourn Carter despite ‘profound disagreements’ with his Israel views https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-groups-mourn-carter-despite-profound-disagreements-with-his-israel-views/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:56:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3449718 While mentioning his fierce criticism of the Jewish state in his later years, most organizations highlight late president's brokering of Israel-Egypt peace deal

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]]> ‘He will rot in hell’: Iranians remember Jimmy Carter as ‘architect of sanctions’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/he-will-rot-in-hell-iranians-remember-jimmy-carter-as-architect-of-sanctions/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:06:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3449692 State TV claims late US ex-president, who oversaw Tehran hostage crisis and broke off relations after Islamic Revolution, lost 1980 election due to his failed Iran policies

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]]> PM on Carter’s death: Israel-Egypt peace treaty ‘offers hope for future generations’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-on-carters-death-israel-egypt-peace-treaty-offers-hope-for-future-generations/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:35:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3449514 Terse message underscores tensions between Jerusalem and the former US president who became a fierce critic of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians

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]]> Jimmy Carter: Peace broker, settlements critic, advocate for Soviet Jews, rights activist https://www.timesofisrael.com/jimmy-carter-peace-broker-settlements-critic-advocate-for-soviet-jews-rights-activist/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:57:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3449378 The one-term US president who brokered the historic Israel-Egypt peace deal but earned pariah status in some corners of the Jewish community for his criticisms of Israel, has died at 100

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]]> Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 100 https://www.timesofisrael.com/jimmy-carter-39th-us-president-who-brokered-israel-egypt-peace-dies-at-100/ Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:55:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3449303 One-term president from small-town Georgia hosted PM Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat for talks at Camp David to reach landmark peace deal five years after Yom Kippur War

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]]> Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rosalynn-carter-outspoken-former-first-lady-dead-at-96/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:51:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3157961 Carter, who championed mental health in and out of the White House, had recently seen health decline; ex-president calls her 'my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished'

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]]> Jimmy Carter admirers across generations celebrate former president’s 99th birthday https://www.timesofisrael.com/jimmy-carter-admirers-across-generations-celebrate-former-presidents-99th-birthday/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:18:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3109203 39th president's library and museum hold celebrations a day early to avoid risking their cancellation due to government shutdown, which Congress subsequently manages to thwart

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]]> Tributes pour in for Jimmy Carter as former president enters hospice https://www.timesofisrael.com/tributes-pour-in-for-jimmy-carter-as-former-president-enters-hospice/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 23:44:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2955594 Dozens make pilgrimage to Carter Center in Atlanta to pay respects to one-term Democrat, 98, after announcement that he will no longer seek medical intervention

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]]> Former US president Jimmy Carter, 98, enters home hospice care https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 21:31:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2954615 After several hospital stays, he 'decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family,' says Carter Center

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