Jimmy Carter: “My life has been shaped in the church.”

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

Inside Israel, there's no semblance of apartheid. It's a wonderful democracy, with everyone treated the same.

I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.

I recognize that Israel is a wonderful democracy with freedom of speech and equality of treatment under the law between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis.