Carter sagt er bemüht sich schon seit 30 Jahren für Frieden in Israel. Er, zusammenmit der Mehrheit der Israelischen Bevölkerung, unterstützt die Idee, das Israel die eroberten Gebiete als Gegenleistung zu Frieden zurück gibt. In Amerika darf das Schema gar nicht öffentlich diskutiert werden, AIPAC erlaubt es nicht.

Carter: That's correct. Over the last 30 years of my life, one of my strongest commitments has been to bring peace to Israel and to have its existence accepted by all nations. I've traveled all over Israel. In fact, I've been to the Golan Heights three times, and we've conducted three elections there for the Palestinians. I've seen the intense debate in Israel about Israeli government policies, with the majority of Israelis habitually favoring the withdrawal from occupied territories in exchange for peace. But that debate does not even exist in the United States. A member of Congress would not dream of coming out in favor of Israel's withdrawal from occupied territories or condemn Israel's treatment of Palestinian people.