Carter: All Israeli Settlements Should Be Removed
Former President Jimmy Carter and South African Archbishop Desmond
Tutu visited the construction sites of the Israeli separation wall in
the West Bank and criticized Israel’s settlements in the region. Carter
and Tutu are both part of The Elders, an organization of former global
leaders trying to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to relaunch
peace talks.
Jimmy Carter: “Although
it’s very important now to stop all the settlement building and
expansion in all of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, that’s just a
first step. The final step will have to be for all Israeli settlements
to be removed from Palestine. And let there be an independent nation
here on this land where we’re standing side by side in peace with
Israel be the ultimate goal.”
Desmond Tutu shared his personal experience with the media.
Desmond Tutu:
“You don’t get true security from the barrel of a gun. They tried to
oppress us with the barrel of a gun. They found that, in the end, true
security came when the human rights of all were recognized and
respected."