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Jimmy Carter says Russian Israelis want peace
Published: 25 October, 2010, 11:41
Edited: 27 October, 2010, 13:38
Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) holds a Palestinian baby girl during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem
TAGS: Meeting, Middle East, Politics, USA
Two former US presidents have different opinions on the role that Russian immigrants play in the Middle East peace process.
Bill Clinton “should not have said" that the Russian Jews are an obstacle to finding peace solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 39th US President Jimmy Carter has said.
A month ago, Clinton described Jewish immigrants from Russia as a key obstacle for peace, because they refuse to surrender their homes if a peace deal with Palestinians is reached.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then said that Clinton must know that immigrants from the former Soviet Union had made a huge contribution to the strengthening and development of Israel.
Clinton “made a mistake,” but he “would say he misspoke” if he met with Russian Israelis, Carter said on Saturday. He was speaking with a group of immigrants from Russia during his Middle East trip as part of a joint UN-Interpeace program’s effort to expose Russian-speaking Israelis to the peace process in the region.
Carter stressed he had known Russian Jews in Israel for 40 years. RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as saying: “I know that as much as anyone in Israel, perhaps more on an average, the Russian Jews that live here want to see peace.” They want to see Israel recognized as all nations “to live without threat,” the added.
There are still many obstacles to peace in the Middle East, Carter said. He has several times criticized Israel’s position in the peaceful settlement, calling on the country to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, halt settlement construction activities and to talk with all Palestinian political movements.
Sergey Borisov, RT
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dononnz As usual you lie. Arabs are the natural inhabitants of all those countries but today's Jews come from the east Europe and they are kasars. They can never pretend to have a have a share in the middle east and as the Vatican said cannot pretend to grab lands on the bible basis since Jesus coming put an end to their claims.
At the time JIMMY CARTER seemed to be a very weak President as perceived by most Americans with the hostage crisis in Iran dragging on for 444 days. Walter Cronkite on CBS News made it a national obsession every night; without any explanation for the embassy hostage crisis. The new revelation that IRAN wanted to release the US hostages sooner was not known at the time. Inside the CIA and State Department they wanted REAGAN elected as President. So the conspiracy was hatched to make CARTER look as stupid as possible in public. That plot was achieved and taken as fact by the great gullible American public...me included. No wonder the American big boys are so concerned about WIKILEAKS.