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Jimmy Carter
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The Washington Post
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January 8, 2009
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010702645.html
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"It was clear that the preeminent issue was opening the crossings into Gaza. Representatives from the Carter Center visited Jerusalem, met with Israeli officials and asked if this was possible in exchange for a cessation of rocket fire. The Israeli government informally proposed that 15 percent of normal supplies might be possible if Hamas first stopped all rocket fire for 48 hours. This was unacceptable to Hamas, and hostilities erupted."
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This item argues against the position Israel was right to attack Gaza on the topic 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.
