Jimmy Carter: “This has not always been apparent to our neighbors, but I think the American people feel this deep within them.”

I recognize that Israel is a wonderful democracy with freedom of speech and equality of treatment under the law between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis.

That our country for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned basic principles of human rights.

I and about 25 others saw something in the air that changed colors and was round.

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.