Carter: US peace efforts feeble
Ex-president calls for balance, says Administration has been too attuned to Israel's sensitivities
Associated Pres
Published: 03.18.10, 18:59 / Israel News
Former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday called US plans to mediate the dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians by shuttling back and forth between the two parties a "feeble effort" toward bringing lasting peace to the Middle East. He also encouraged President Barack Obama's White House to take a more balanced position in its relations with Israel. "There's no doubt that in general the United States government has been much more attuned to the sensitivities of the Israelis and has yielded excessively to the circumstances in the Holy Land as Israel has confiscated several lands within Palestine," Carter said at the opening of a two-day conference on US-Arab relations.
He added: "I hope that in the future we'll see the United States taking a much more balanced position and doing everything possible to implement a two-state solution" that establishes an independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders. The remarks come as Washington has expressed rare public outrage over Israel's plans to build new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem. The diplomatic row threatens to derail Obama's latest push for a long-sought peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians to end a conflict that has fueled anti-American sentiment in the region.
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Arley

Everyone has a little, even Carter. But, he is obviously intellectually challenged, sort of like the usurper in the W.H.
Wonder if teleprompter text is color coded and has symbols and prompts?


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