Jimmy Carter: “Unemployment fell by 1.1 million workers.”

Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

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.

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