Full transcript of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter's interview with Haaretz

[struggle4progress]

... Haaretz: Netanyahu gives his talk in Begin-Sadat Center, which is against two-state solution.

President Carter: Netanyahu was never friendly toward me because of the peace treaty with Egypt. He accused me of giving away the Sinai. Both he and former PM Olmert criticized me for the peace treaty that I negotiated.

Haaretz: Benny Begin said that if the two-state solution is the only solution, there is no solution. I would remind him, and I'm sure you'd agree with me, that in the Camp David Agreement, you mention the "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians. What does it mean? What did you have in mind when you used this phrase?

President Carter: Let me just refer to what PM Begin signed and the Knesset approved. There were three elements: 1) the withdrawal of Israeli political and military forces from the West Bank and Gaza, what they refer to as Judea and Samaria. And the other thing was full autonomy for the Palestinians. I drafted all of this final agreement. I put in: "yield to the Palestinians autonomy." Begin said: Put in full autonomy! So we put in "full autonomy," which means the complete right to run their own affairs ...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092668.html

[drmeow]

1. I LOVE Jimmy Carter

I loved him before the peace treaty with Egypt. I always thought he got a bum rap as President - Washington wanted him to fail and set him up to fail. I think he was one of the most honest of our modern Presidents.

[PDJane]

2. He was honest..........

And yes, that's why he was set up to fail. As much as the general populace values honesty, honesty in a politician is fatal.