Palestine: Peace not Apartheid

As Oslo failed, Israel as an apartheid reappeared in prominent politicians’ rhetoric but continued to be firmly excluded from formal diplomacy. Former US President Jimmy Carter was the first to associate Israel with apartheid.  His book describes his assessment to the importance of the two state solution in bringing permanent peace to Israel, dignity and justice to Palestinians, and avoiding a system of apartheid.  The importance of his book lies in being the first to identify the Israeli regime as an apartheid regime and admitting the injustice and deprivation of dignity Palestinian are currently living through. 

• By Jimmy Carter