Gaza situation 'intolerable,' Jimmy Carter
says
BY SUSAN FERRECHIO | MAY 2, 2015
The Gaza Strip situation is "intolerable," former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday.
Carter told the reporters in Jerusalem he is aiming to help form a Palestinian state, according to the Associated Press, but didn't even try to arrange a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he believes opposes a two-state solution.
Carter didn't actually visit Gaza. He had to abandon plans to stop there this week due to security concerns.
"What we have seen and heard only strengthens our determination to work for peace," Carter, who is 90, told reporters. "The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Eight months after a devastating war, not one destroyed house has been rebuilt and people cannot live with the respect and dignity they deserve."
Israeli leaders have come to view as hostile toward Israel in favor of the Palestinians.
Carter instead met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and he laid a wreath on the grave of former leader Yasser Arafat, the Associated Press reported.
Carter said he had "no interest" in a meeting with Netanyahu.
"This time we decided it was a waste of time to ask," Carter said, according to the Associated Press. "As long as he is in charge, there will be no two-state solution and therefore no Palestinian state."
says
BY SUSAN FERRECHIO | MAY 2, 2015
The Gaza Strip situation is "intolerable," former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday.
Carter told the reporters in Jerusalem he is aiming to help form a Palestinian state, according to the Associated Press, but didn't even try to arrange a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he believes opposes a two-state solution.
Carter didn't actually visit Gaza. He had to abandon plans to stop there this week due to security concerns.
"What we have seen and heard only strengthens our determination to work for peace," Carter, who is 90, told reporters. "The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Eight months after a devastating war, not one destroyed house has been rebuilt and people cannot live with the respect and dignity they deserve."
Israeli leaders have come to view as hostile toward Israel in favor of the Palestinians.
Carter instead met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and he laid a wreath on the grave of former leader Yasser Arafat, the Associated Press reported.
Carter said he had "no interest" in a meeting with Netanyahu.
"This time we decided it was a waste of time to ask," Carter said, according to the Associated Press. "As long as he is in charge, there will be no two-state solution and therefore no Palestinian state."
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