Well, this is one of the other brief passages from Carter's acceptance speech that leapt out at me:

``For more than half a century, following the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, the Middle East conflict has been a source of worldwide tension. At Camp David in 1978 and in Oslo in 1993, Israelis, Egyptians and Palestinians have endorsed the only reasonable prescription for peace: United Nations Resolution 242. It condemns the acquisition of territory by force, and it calls for the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territories and provides for Israelis to live securely and in harmony with their neighbors. There is no other mandate whose implementation could more profoundly improve international relationships."

For those of you not familiar with the history of UN resolutions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian war, it is the UN resolution passed in the wake of Israel's 1967 "6 Day War" declaring Israel must pull back it's troops to pre-1967 war borders, and deal realistically with the Palestinian refugees.