In an absolutely stunning editorial for the New York Times,
former president Jimmy Carter has publicly called for Barack Obama to divide
the land of Israel at the United Nations before Inauguration Day.
While he was president, Carter negotiated peace between
Israel and Egypt, and ever since that time he has been a very strong advocate
for a Palestinian state.
Carter is completely convinced that a “two-state solution”
will bring lasting peace to the Middle East, but now that Donald Trump has been
elected Carter knows that his dream of seeing a Palestinian state while he is
still alive is rapidly slipping away.
In a desperate attempt to salvage the situation, Carter is
urging Barack Obama to take bold action while he still has the power to do so.
In his New York Times editorial, one of the steps that
Carter says that Obama should take is to give formal U.S. diplomatic
recognition to a Palestinian state…
I am convinced that the United States can still shape the future
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before a change in presidents, but time is
very short. The simple but vital step
this administration must take before its term expires on Jan. 20 is to grant
American diplomatic recognition to the state of Palestine, as 137 countries
have already done, and help it achieve full United Nations membership.
Of course such a move would largely just be window dressing.
The new Trump administration could very quickly revoke diplomatic recognition,
and so if Barack Obama really wanted to “leave a legacy” in the Middle East he
would have to do something that Donald Trump would not be able to undo.
Later on in his editorial, Carter suggested just such a
thing. He urged Obama to support a UN Security Council resolution that would
set forth firm parameters for resolving the conflict between the Israelis and
the Palestinians…
The Security Council should pass a resolution laying out the
parameters for resolving the conflict. It should reaffirm the illegality of all
Israeli settlements beyond the 1967 borders, while leaving open the possibility
that the parties could negotiate modifications. Security guarantees for both
Israel and Palestine are imperative, and the resolution must acknowledge the
right of both the states of Israel and Palestine to live in peace and security.
Further measures should include the demilitarization of the Palestinian state,
and a possible peacekeeping force under the auspices of the United Nations.
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