The Carter Center was asked to observe the 2005 Palestinian election after Arafat’s death. The Israeli officials had voters’ lists that did not contain the names of the people who came to vote, so most voters were turned away. Carter threatened to hold an international press conference, and the prime minister’s office allowed all who came to vote.
Mahmoud Abbas won the election. He was dedicated to the peace plan outlined in the Roadmap, but would need U.S. and Arab support.
Carter saw the dividing wall being built by the Israelis to encircle the Palestinians who remained in the West Bank.
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