US President calls on Gaza Investigation
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"This is holy land for us all and my hope is that we can have peace ... all of us are children of Abraham," the former US president said during a joint news conference with Ismail Haniya, the deposed Hamas Palestinian prime minister, in Gaza City.
Following a tour of the area to see the effects of Israel's offensive, Carter said: "My primary feeling today is one of grief and despair and an element of anger when I see the destruction perpetrated against innocent people in January.
He said the Palestinians had been treated "like animals" and the deprivations faced by them in Gaza were unique in history.
The former president said two states were the only viable solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that he would be reporting his findings from his trip to Gaza and the Middle East back to Barack Obama, the US president.
He said he supported the proposition made by Obama in his speech in Cairo earlier this month, with regard to how to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Carter said: He [Obama] mentioned several things about the prospective road to peace.
"First of all, all settlement expansion should be stopped immediately.
"Secondly, that Jerusalem should be shared. Third, that there should be a two-state solution ... each occupying their own territory.
"Fourth that these two nations should live in peace."
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Following a tour of the area to see the effects of Israel's offensive, Carter said: "My primary feeling today is one of grief and despair and an element of anger when I see the destruction perpetrated against innocent people in January.
He said the Palestinians had been treated "like animals" and the deprivations faced by them in Gaza were unique in history.
The former president said two states were the only viable solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that he would be reporting his findings from his trip to Gaza and the Middle East back to Barack Obama, the US president.
He said he supported the proposition made by Obama in his speech in Cairo earlier this month, with regard to how to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Carter said: He [Obama] mentioned several things about the prospective road to peace.
"First of all, all settlement expansion should be stopped immediately.
"Secondly, that Jerusalem should be shared. Third, that there should be a two-state solution ... each occupying their own territory.
"Fourth that these two nations should live in peace."
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Jimmy Carter may have not been a great president, but he is very human and the efforts he puts forth in helping people all over the globe are practical and doable.
People in Gaza should not have to live the way they do. I will never condone violence in any manner, but the desperation of the people there is very obvious. - 2 years ago
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csmonut:
He was an excellent president, he had one of the best ever records for job creation and the economy.
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