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How to Fix It: Ending this war in Gaza begins with recognizing Hamas as a legitimate political actor
Foreign Policy ^ | 08/05/2014 | Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson

Posted on 08/05/2014 5:38:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Israelis and Palestinians are still burying their loved ones as Gaza's third war in six years continues. Since July 8, when this war began, more than 1,600 Palestinian and 65 Israeli lives have been sacrificed. Many in the world are heartbroken in the powerless certainty that more will die, that more are being killed every hour.

This tragedy results from the deliberate obstruction of a promising move toward peace in the region, when a reconciliation agreement among the Palestinian factions was announced in April. This was a major concession by Hamas, in opening Gaza to joint control under a technocratic government that did not include any Hamas members. The new government also pledged to adopt the three basic principles demanded by the Middle East Quartet comprised of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia: nonviolence, recognition of Israel, and adherence to past agreements. Tragically, Israel rejected this opportunity for peace and has succeeded in preventing the new government's deployment in Gaza.

Two factors are necessary to make Palestinian unity possible.

First, there must be at least a partial lifting of the 7-year-old sanctions and blockade that isolate the 1.8 million people in Gaza.

There must also be an opportunity for the teachers, police, and welfare and health workers on the Hamas payroll to be paid.

These necessary requirements for a human standard of living continue to be denied. Instead, Israel blocked Qatar's offer to provide funds to pay civil servants' salaries, and access to and from Gaza has been further tightened by Egypt and Israel.

(Excerpt) Read more at foreignpolicy.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: catherineashton; demagogue; egypt; europeanunion; gaza; hamas; israel; jimmycarter; johnkerry; judeophobe; judeophobia; lurch; maryrobinson; qatar; russia; syria; unrwa; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/05/2014 5:38:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

When will this guy learn to shut up.


2 posted on 08/05/2014 5:39:32 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: ThomasMore

Carter jumps sharks for exercise now.


3 posted on 08/05/2014 5:41:43 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Leave it to Peanut Boy to think of the stupidest thing to say, and then go ahead and say it.
4 posted on 08/05/2014 5:42:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: SeekAndFind

The first fool speaks again.

He now is the relegated to second fool status due to the O being a more articulate version of him.


5 posted on 08/05/2014 5:42:23 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: SeekAndFind

And Carter fights a valiant , if futile, rear guard action to keep his long standing reputation as the worst American President in history


6 posted on 08/05/2014 5:43:31 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: SeekAndFind
Jimmy Carter is a lunatic. Makes me wonder if he would recognize a serial rapist as a Casanova.
7 posted on 08/05/2014 5:43:58 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SeekAndFind
When is this jackass going to go away for good, he has been stabbing our allies in the back for the better part of four decades.
8 posted on 08/05/2014 5:44:47 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jimmy Carter is such an idiot.He would think that your murderer should also be negotiated with.


9 posted on 08/05/2014 5:45:38 AM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Every Dictator’s Favorite Toilet Brush opens his cake hole and inserts foot once again.


10 posted on 08/05/2014 5:48:48 AM PDT by twister881
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11 posted on 08/05/2014 5:48:58 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind

Peanut poisoning of the brain...


12 posted on 08/05/2014 5:49:35 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: DJ MacWoW; SeekAndFind

13 posted on 08/05/2014 5:52:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Go home jimmah, you’re delusional...


14 posted on 08/05/2014 5:55:54 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Since Jimmuh wants to legitimize a terror organization, I think he should be sent to Iraq to negotiate with ISIS and let’s see how that works out for him ..... he truly ‘deserves’ the opportunity & as far as I’m concerned, they can keep him (send the wife along, too - she’d look just terrific in a burkah).


15 posted on 08/05/2014 5:57:17 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think Jimmah is PO’d that his title as worst president ever is being taken away from him.

It’s the only real achievement he’s ever earned.


16 posted on 08/05/2014 6:07:11 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Carter’s heretofore standing as the worst president in history was tough to beat but the destructive Obama has bested him by a considerable distance, even with Carter’s “rating advantage” of having a consistent legacy of failure and only serving one term. /sarc


17 posted on 08/05/2014 6:19:49 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: SeekAndFind

He is still as wrong on everything as I remember.


18 posted on 08/05/2014 6:22:13 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: SeekAndFind

Bookmark


19 posted on 08/05/2014 6:25:42 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: SeekAndFind
"Many in the world are heartbroken in the powerless certainty that more will die..."

Imagine the horror if Carter and CNN had been around during World War II?

CNN would have their 'women journalists' interviewing mothers of dead children killed by American bombers... The subject would be "How Many MORE German Civilians AND CHILDREN are Killed than American Civilians AND CHILDREN?"

Carter would be defining the war based on pity party crying for the Germans because they had more bombed buildings.

20 posted on 08/05/2014 6:29:12 AM PDT by GOPJ (There is no safety in denial. If someone's pushing violence they're probably an undercover cop.)
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