Jimmy Carter: “Submitted August 2, 1977”

Base on what I just said, which I can't retract.

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

The title was very carefully chosen by me. And the first word is the most important. It's Palestine. The land of the Palestinians. It doesn't refer to Israel at all.

I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitment by the world community including the controversial nations of Syria and Iran.