{"id":3086,"date":"2012-10-23T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2012-10-23T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:51:27","slug":"former-president-carter-blames-israel-for-vanishing-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/former-president-carter-blames-israel-for-vanishing-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Carter blames Israel for &#8216;vanishing&#8217; peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JNS.org) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lamented the \u201cvanishing\u201d prospects of Israeli-Palestinian peace during a trip to Jerusalem this week, blaming Israeli policies.<\/p>\n<p>Carter called the current situation \u201ccatastrophic\u201d and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pursuing a one-state solution, despite Netanyahu\u2019s previous statements committing to a two-state solution, including his 2009 speech at Bar Ilan University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any doubt that Netanyahu has decided the one-state option is the one he\u2019s going to pursue,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n<p>Carter is on a two-day trip with a group of former statesmen called \u201cThe Elders,\u201d which met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve reached a crisis stage,\u201d said Carter. \u201cThe two-state solution is the only realistic path to peace and security for Israel and the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Carter also had harsh words for President Barack Obama concerning the peace process, according to the New York Times. \u201cThe U.S. government policy the last two to three years has basically been a rapid withdrawal from any kind of controversy,\u201d Carter said. \u201cEvery president has been a very powerful factor here in advocating this two-state solution. That is now not apparent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite helping to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt during his presidency, Carter has become a harsh critic of Israel in recent years. His 2006 book &#8220;Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid&#8221; claimed that Israel\u2019s settlement of Palestinian land was the primary obstacle to Mideast peace.<\/p>\n<p>The book was met with widespread outrage within Israel and the American Jewish community. Carter has also made a number of trips to Gaza, meeting with officials from Hamas\u2014a terrorist organization committed to Israel\u2019s destruction. 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