Carter: Israel not committed to two-state solution
By REUTERS
10/22/2012
Former US president says two-state approach seems to have been "abandoned," points finger at PM during "Elders" visit.
Former US president Jimmy Carter on Monday said the Israeli-Palestinian peace process had reached a crisis point and that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government was not pursuing a two-state solution.
"That policy of promoting a two-state solution seems to be abandoned now and we are deeply concerned about this move towards this catastrophic so-called one-state choice ... this is a major concern," Carter told a news conference.
Carter helped forge Israel's peace deal with Egypt in 1979, the first between the Jewish state and an Arab country but has been a strong critic of Israeli settlement policy in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
"Every (Israeli) prime minister that I have known has been a pursuer of the two-state solution and I don't know that (US President Barack) Obama has found that Prime Minister Netanyahu has been willing to go that route," Carter added.
He spoke during a visit along with other members of "The Elders", a group of former world leaders, to Israel, the West Bank and Egypt.
"All indications to us is that this two-state solution has basically been abandoned and we've had a moving forward towards a 'greater Israel' which I think is contrary to the two-state solution concept," Carter said.
Netanyahu has voiced support for a two-state solution, but has said a future Palestinian country must be demilitarized and accept an Israeli military presence along the Jordan River, its likely eastern frontier.
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5 comments:
The US reaLLy has no busy-ness teLLing other countries how to vote when they have the bizarre Electoral College that actuaLLy selects the president instead of by popular vote. You can teLL how failed an approach this is by watching the candidates only focus on crucial swing states instead of addressing the entire country. And that is the tail end of things, the beginning process of primary elections has its on set of favorite states that effectively ignores California and Texas, the two largest populated states.
Thank you for sharing. Not to many people in your position are so gracious. Your article was very poignant and understandable. It helped me to understand very clearly. Thank you for your help.
THE ONLY link i can think of that relates to canada is the fact that we eat a lot of peanuts with our beer. or perhaps the fact that
carter worked in white river, a nuclear facility in canada and might have been exposed to an inordinate amount of radiation.
I have been wondering how you are doing, hope you are safe and sound.
I am alive and well and living out of a suitcase. The sound part is debatable.
The electoral college is the main reason people say the US is not democratic.
Garry, it's from a song. It's about not accepting responsibility for one's actions and finding a convenient scapegoat. In this case, Canada.
Anonymous, this sounds like spam, but yes I am very gracious.
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