Jimmy Carter in USA Today "The path to peace in the Middle East has always been difficult, but never impossible."

Palestinians in Ramallah hold pictures of President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday as they celebrate the U.N. recognition of their statehood. (Photo: Majdi Mohammed, AP)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/12/04/palestine-israel-jimmy-carter-united-nations/1746767/

Jimmy Carter: Statehood key to renew peace talks

U.N. vote recognizing Palestine is an opportunity to relaunch negotiations despite Israeli actions.

In addition to rapidly confiscating Palestinian territory for new Israeli settlements, announcing permanent control of Palestinian air space and the Jordan River Valley, requiring acknowledgment by Palestinians of a Jewish state that marginalizes 20% of Israel's population, and blocking reconciliation among the major Palestinian factions, the Netanyahu government has announced the building of several thousand settlement units in an area that cuts the West Bank into two parts and permanently separates East Jerusalem from what would be left.

U.S. policies disregarded

Never before has an Israeli government so flagrantly disregarded clearly stated U.S. policies...READ MORE

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