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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

The Elders

Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan poses during a photo session in Paris, December 11, 2017. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
December 12, 2017, 4:57 pm
Leaders needed to fix global ‘mess,’ says Kofi Annan
Members of The Elders group speak about the state of international affairs in the era of the Trump administration
By Katy Lee and Adam PLOWRIGHT
In this Monday, May 8, 2017 photo, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is interviewed at The Associated Press headquarters, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
May 9, 2017, 11:41 pm
Ex-UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian peace impossible with current leaders
Kofi Annan says parties haven’t engaged in serious talks in years, ‘crucial’ accord unlikely ‘given the leadership in place’
By AP and ToI Staff
File photo provided by the Jordanian royal palace showing Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, receiving Israeli president Shimon Peres at his private residence in Amman, February 10, 2004 . (AFP/Yousef ALLAN)
September 29, 2016, 8:30 pm
Peres’s 2-state support must be upheld, Jordan king says in condolence letter
Abdullah joins other Arab leaders in remembering former president, sends deputy PM to funeral in Jerusalem
By Stuart Winer
Former US president Jimmy Carter waves as he arrives for a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as part of a delegation of The Elders group of retired prominent world figures, May 2, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
May 26, 2016, 9:50 am
Jimmy Carter to step down from ‘front-line’ work with rights group
The former US president led a 2015 delegation of The Elders, retired world leaders, to Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank
By KATHLEEN FOODY and Rachel Zoll
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas shakes hands with former US president Jimmy Carter during their meeting on May 2, 2015, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Pool/Abbas Momani)
May 2, 2015, 9:26 pm
Carter says Hamas leader committed to peace, Netanyahu not
Ex-president doesn’t meet PM, says it would be a ‘waste of time’; claims Mashaal is ‘not a terrorist’ and ‘strongly in favor of peace process’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Former US president Jimmy Carter waves as he arrives for a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as part of a delegation of The Elders group of retired prominent world figures, May 2, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
May 2, 2015, 7:16 pm
In Ramallah, Jimmy Carter urges Palestinian elections
After canceling Gaza trip, ex-US president meets with Abbas, calls for Fatah-Hamas unity
By AFP
Jimmy Carter seen during a press conference in Jerusalem on October 22, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
April 30, 2015, 12:39 am
Jimmy Carter cancels Gaza Strip visit
Ex-president was to lead ‘The Elders’ group on trip, set to include meetings with Hamas; no explanation on cancelation given
By AP and ToI Staff
Lesley-Anne Knight
July 3, 2013, 9:27 am
Lesley-Anne Knight
Putting the Green Line back on the map
In a new video by The Elders, Israelis and Palestinians speak out against buying Israeli goods from beyond the Green Line
May 22, 2013, 6:00 pm
The Elders respond
Support of labeling guidelines to distinguish settlement goods serves the long-term viability of the State of Israel
By Lesley-Anne Knight
Jimmy Carter seen during a press conference in Jerusalem on October 22, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
May 12, 2013, 4:26 pm
Jimmy Carter calls on EU to label settlement goods
Move would hurt Palestinians working in West Bank factories, Deputy Foreign Minister Elkin tells European ambassador
By Raphael Ahren
Jimmy Carter meeting with Shimon Peres on Sunday. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash 90)
October 22, 2012, 5:16 pm
Jimmy Carter: Netanyahu has abandoned two-state solution in favor of Greater Israel
Former US president, visiting Israel, backs Abbas plan to have the UN accept Palestine as nonmember state
By Raphael Ahren
October 21, 2012, 10:45 pm
Egypt will respect peace accords, Jimmy Carter says
Former US president is on official visit to Israel to promote peace talks
By Philip Podolsky
Former US president Jimmy Carter (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
October 18, 2012, 10:40 pm
Ex-president Carter to visit Israel next week
Former Norwegian PM Gro Harlem Brundtland and ex-president of Ireland Mary Robinson to join Jimmy Carter
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (photo credit: Torsten Silz/AP)
August 17, 2012, 7:29 pm
Lakhdar Brahimi accepts role as new UN peace envoy to Syria
Former Algerian foreign minister will replace Kofi Annan, who resigned after failing to produce ceasefire
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (photo credit: Torsten Silz/AP)
August 11, 2012, 8:53 am
Annan’s possible successor urges united action on Syria
Lakhdar Brahimi, a candidate to become special envoy, targets UN Security Council in call for unity
By Ilan Ben Zion
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