The following are excerpts from Alan Dershowitz's rebuttal of President Carter:

"First, I want to thank Brandeis University for making this possible. I appreciate the fact that I was invited here. I did not come on my own. You don't need Harvard professors to lecture you."

"I think a debate would have been better. I think a debate would have been more informative for students. I think a debate would have been more educational."

"Had [Carter] written a book that was similar to what he said on this stage, I do not believe there would have been much controversy. But the book and television interviews were quite different."

"I wish I didn't have to be here to respond to President Carter. I wish President Carter and I could work together to bring about peace."

"We both favor a two state solution. We both favor an end to the occupation. We both favor an end to the settlements. We both favor.the possibility of not having walls or fences."

"I would love to see Brandeis students and faculty visit the West Bank, visit the Gaza.and also visit the hospitals where Israelis recover from suicide bombings and rockets. See both sides of they story and decide for yourself."

"[President Carter and I] are both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. There is no conflict between the two. I am pro-Palestine.I am pro-Israel."

"I favor a compromise.that would have given the Palestinians a state.I support that Camp David accord. President Carter did not support that accord. He has essentially congratulated the Palestinian leadership for rejecting the Camp David and Taba [agreements]."

"In his book, he said there is no possibility that any such Palestinian leader can accept these terms and survive. I'm only glad he didn't make that statement to Anwar Sadat."

"It takes courage to make peace.making peace is the goal."

"We're not here today to talk about whether the situation in the West Bank is good or bad, or whether the situation in the Gaza is good or bad: It is clearly bad."

"If I had been allowed to be in the audience today...I would like President Carter to answer this precise question: Were you ever asked to give your advice to Arafat as to whether you should accept or reject the offer at Camp David? If so, did you tell him, as you subsequently said, whether any Palestinian leader can accept such terms and survive? Did you advise Arafat to turn down the offer of statehood at Camp David and Taba? If the answer to that question is yes, then President Carter has to look himself in the mirror and ask, to what extent is he responsible for the problems of the Palestinians today in the West Bank and in the Gaza?"

"I think President Carter has become an advocate for the maximalist Palestinian view rather than a broker for peace. That, to my mind, is the great tragedy of a decent man who had worked so hard for peace, now, in effect, pressuring the Palestinians not to accept reasonable compromise and reasonable peace.