Jimmy Carter in the Guardian (UK):
"[Abu Mazen] has unequivocally endorsed the Quartet's road map."
That would be the Performance-based Roadmap which states that in Phase I (April - May 2003):
Palestinian leadership issues unequivocal statement reiterating Israel’s right to exist in peace and security and calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end armed activity and all acts of violence against Israelis anywhere. All official Palestinian institutions end incitement against Israel....Palestinians declare an unequivocal end to violence and terrorism and undertake visible efforts on the ground to arrest, disrupt, and restrain individuals and groups conducting and planning violent attacks on Israelis anywhere.
Rebuilt and refocused Palestinian Authority security apparatus begins sustained, targeted, and effective operations aimed at confronting all those engaged in terror and dismantlement of terrorist capabilities and infrastructure. This includes commencing confiscation of illegal weapons and consolidation of security authority, free of association with terror and corruption.
Carter goes on to say that
"The pre-eminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonisation of Palestine."
Let's hope that what happens in The Guardian stays in The Guardian, and that Jimmy can live out his senility building houses in the Jew-free Gaza Strip.
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