Jimmy Carter: “Yours is not a sterile responsibility, and it's almost impossible in an embassy in this country to separate matters of…”

This is a very wise and very courageous thing for President Obama to do. And in my opinion, is long overdue.

But inside Palestine, outside of Israel, where the Israelis occupying forces are there, the persecution and deprivation of the Palestinians is horrendous.

The Israeli government has rejected all the key issues that are included in the road map for peace.

I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over.