Following The Elders's visit to the Middle East in August, President Carter wrote in The Washington Post about the obstacle posed to a two-state solution by Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations who served as a deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration, contested his viewpoint.

The Elders' view of the Middle East
By Jimmy Carter - The Washington Post September 6 2009

What Carter missed in the Middle East
By Elliott Abrams - The Washington Post September 8, 2009

A genuine effort for peace
By Jimmy Carter - The Washington Post September 8 2009

Terrorism prevents Palestinian state
By Elliott Abrams - The Washington Post September 8, 2009