Saturday, May 2, 2015

Jimmy Carter: Gaza Strip Situation "Intolerable;" Meets Abbas,Won't "Waste Time" with Netanyahu

The Gaza Strip situation is "intolerable," former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said today (May 2, 2015) during his Middle East visit, according to the Washington Examiner website.

Carter told reporters in Jerusalem that he is aiming to help form a Palestinian state, but didn't even try to arrange a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he believes opposes a two-state solution.

"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."

Carter met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and he laid a wreath on the grave of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The former U.S. President said he had "no interest" in a meeting with the Israeli prime minister because it would be "a waste of time," since Netanyahu is opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

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