Former President Jimmy Carter visited Syria on Saturday. He called on Palestinian factions to combine their political forces to negotiate more effectively with Israel.

Jimmy Carter: “We are deeply interested in seeing complete peace come to this region and to see peace come between Israel and the Palestinians and the Palestinian rights honored. And I don’t see any possibility for this to be done unless Hamas and Fatah will come together and form a unity government or combine their resources, in political terms, to negotiate from a position of strength with the Israelis.”