What's behind all the uproar from certain circles about Barack Obama, health insurance reform and just about anything about you can think of? What's behind all the signs purporting to socialism and naziism (which are mutually exclusive, by the way; just think of how Hitler felt about the U.S.S.R.)? Jimmy Carter summed it up in one word: racism.

Jimmy Carter was honored by the Palestinian government today for his tireless effort to bring a more objective and informed approach toward the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Carter is the first prominent figure in the United States to make the conflict clear, and to really point out what must be done to achieve peace.

U.S. President George Bush is scheduled to host a luncheon at the White House Wednesday with President-elect Barack Obama and all the living former American presidents.

Jimmy Carter tells the Israeli Council on Foreign Relations that Hamas leaders have told him that they would accept a peace deal with Israel negotiated with Palestinian authority. Also Hamas lets Shalit, the captured Israeli soldier in Hamas custody, to send another letter home, saying that he is in good health.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has sparked an outcry of protest from Israeli and American officials for his decision to meet with Hamas leaders during a week-long visit to the Middle East. Although he received a cold welcoming in Israel in recent days, he was warmly received by Egyptian officials and a large supportive audience during a speech at the American University in Cairo late Thursday.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank, where he met with a leading Hamas politician.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has blasted outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his "blind support" for the war in Iraq. Mr. Carter was interviewed by the BBC. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.