Carter to give way to empty chair

Brandeis University has agreed to have Alan Dershowitz present a rebuttal after Jimmy Carter gives his speech about the “apartheid” Israel allegedly has imposed on the Palestinians. Orignally, Dershowitz had hoped to debate Carter, but the former president, his survival instinct still intact, was having none of that. Instead, Dershowitz, in effect, will debate an empty chair.
As things now stand, Carter will talk for about 15 minutes and then take questions from the audience for 45 minutes. Dershowitz won