Shortly after President Jimmy Carter fired U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young for meeting with Palestine Liberation Organization representatives , Jackson and other black leaders began publicly endorsing a Palestinian state , with Jackson calling Israel 's prime minister a " terrorist " and soliciting Arab-American financial support . Jackson has since apologized for some of these remarks , but they badly damaged his presidential campaign , as " Jackson was seen by many conservatives in the United States as hostile to Israel and far too close to Arab governments . " According to a 1987 '' New York Times '' article , Jackson began attempting to improve his relationship with the Jewish community after 1984 . In 2000 he was invited to speak in support of Jewish Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman at the Democratic National Convention
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2000 Democratic National Convention
Jesse Jackson