At the end of this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/01/international/middleeast/01CND-PEAC.html?pagewanted=all>New York Times article on the Geneva Peace Plan, Jimmy Carter says the following:

But then his frustration over twists in history and missed opportunities spilled out. "The bitterness comes from the fact that the top leaders have not been willing to move with this degree of effort," he said.

Mr. Carter, defeated in his quest for re-election by Ronald Reagan in 1980, speculated that "had I been elected to a second term, with the prestige and authority and influence and reputation I had in the region, we could have moved to a final solution."

Just as many in the Moslem world are hypersensitive about the word "crusade", Jews are very sensitive about the phase "final solution", and for good reason.