Former President Jimmy Carter: ‘Israeli Troops Should Withdraw From Gaza’

[Purveyor]

Source: CBS Atlanta/AP

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter says all combat operations must stop, and Israeli troops should withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued Tuesday through the Carter Center in Atlanta, the former president also said that both sides in the conflict must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants.

Carter said Israel must ensure that its use of force is “proportionate in accordance with international humanitarian law.”

“Both sides must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants, and Israel must ensure that its use of force is proportionate in accordance with international humanitarian law. More immediately, all combat operations must stop, and Israeli troops should withdraw from Gaza,” Carter said in the statement.

Read more: http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/07/22/jimmy-carter-israeli-troops-should-withdraw-from-gaza/

[onehandle]

1. Whatever my former Governor and President says is fine by me.

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[Bigmack]

2. Thanks for that, President Carter nt (Ms Bigmack)

[postulater]

3. I'd vote for him. Oh wait, I already did.

But I'd do it again.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. Thank you.

[Fozzledick]

5. Maybe he should go to Gaza and tell Hamas to stop shooting rockets.

[DRoseDARs]

6. Clearly his hate for the Jews knows no bounds...

from me. But there have been people here on DU equating disgust with Israel's *constant* disproportionate response with being anti-Semites.

[frylock]

7. you should contact his people and make that suggestion.

I mean, what the fuck would Jimmy Carter know about this issue, amirite?

[Ash_F]

11. You realize he has literally done exactly that?

http://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Peace-Apartheid-Jimmy-Carter/dp/0743285034

[Fozzledick]

12. All I see at your link is a sleazy smear against Israel.

[Ash_F]

13. Your have failed to distract us from your hilariously ironic statement. /nt

[Tetris_Iguana]

8. President Carter

should stick to Guinea Worms and Habitat for Humanity.

Maybe he could help rebuild and fight for equal rights after Gaza is annexed.

[NealK]

9. I love that man.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

14. Hey JC_ STFU! You lost the election already.

And this is why! You lost and gave us Ronnie, Bush 1 and Bush the idiot. So STFU already!