Carter vs. Dershowitz

Former President Jimmy Carter will speak at Brandeis TODAY on the subject of his disgusting book Palestine:Peace, not Apartheid. He will field some pre-submitted questions and will be followed in rebuttal by the formidable Harvard Law professor, Alan Dershowitz.

The entire sequence will be livestreamed on the net via Brandeis starting at 3:30 Central time.

Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, Carter did not agree to a direct debate with Dershowitz. Follow-up tomorrow on the blogosphere:

The faculty and student committee that is planning the event has fielded and is assessing some 100 questions that it has received directly from university community members, with no preconditions on content. A representative sampling of those questions will be chosen by the committee for the event. All submitted questions will be posted on a blog, http://carterquestion.com, which will become active on Wednesday, January 24. Bloggers will be able to engage in discussion based on the submitted questions and President Carter's answers.

For info on a recent related and actual debate, held in London between "Red" Ken Livingstone, the mayor, and Dr. Daniel Pipes, head of MEMRI, Little Green Footballs has some good links.

UPDATE: Debate in Bangladesh as evidenced in the trial of a Muslim journalist and friend of Israel. The trial yesterday was postponed for a month, due in part to international pressure. In the House, Republican Rep. Mark Kirk of the Illinois 10th has co-sponsored a resolution with Democrat Rep. Nita Lowey of NY, asking that the charges be dropped. The resolution is pending, let your representative hear from you. Via Bill Baar. Previous post here.