Jimmy Carter actually said...

I would hope that my personal involvement would be much less and that the negotiating teams could make substantial progress.

We would like to have direct relations with the Palestinians, and we will, as part of the negotiating process in the future.

I despaired many times, but I never reached such a state of discouragement that I thought about giving up.

The immediate plans are specified in the Camp David agreements and also in the terms of the peace treaty.