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On the recordNovember 29, 2006
I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Carter expresses his intention for the book to provoke discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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