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If there had been an adjacent picture of a hole, the trifecta would be complete.
And still on the subject of Elder Moron Jimmy Carter, it looks like the reception he is recieving in Israel is about as cold as the peace he helped broker between Israel and Egypt.
That’s really cold for those of you a little slow on the uptake.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, broker of the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty, is getting a cool reception on his latest mission to the region: Israeli leaders are shunning him for accusing Israel of apartheid and for planning to meet with the head of the violently anti-Israel Hamas group.
A schedule released by the U.S.-based Carter Center showed no plans for the former president to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni or Defense Minister Ehud Barak during this week’s visit in Israel, which was scheduled to begin Sunday.
Scheduling problems was the official reason given, a senior Israeli official said – even though Olmert recently took time from his busy schedule to chat with Wentworth Miller of the U.S. TV drama, Prison Break. Olmert’s office declined comment.
What is really behind the cold shoulder is Carter’s plan to meet with Hamas’ Damascus-based political leader, Khaled Meshal, when his peacekeeping mission moves later in the week to Syria, the Israeli official said. “Israeli leaders are not publicly criticizing Carter out of respect for his former position as U.S. president,” he added.
In remarks to air Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week” Carter said that his upcoming visit to the Middle East will probably include a meeting in Syria with leaders of the militant group Hamas.
“I’ve not confirmed our itinerary yet for the Syrian visit, but it’s likely that I will be meeting with the Hamas leaders,” Carter said, bolstering the rumors that he was planning to meet Meshal.
Ahead of his arrival in Israel, Carter said he feels quite at ease about meeting Hamas militants.
“I think there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process,” Carter said.
Hamas is sworn to Israel’s destruction and has carried out dozens of suicide bombings that have killed more than 250 Israelis. Israel has no contacts with the Islamic militant group, whose violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June has undercut newly revived efforts by Israel and the Palestinians to strike a final peace deal.
Of course, not everyone is shunning him, and those who are willing to meet him include our very own Elder of Moron, President Shimon “Club Med Gaza” Peres.
The most prominent Israeli to meet with Carter during his visit will be President Shimon Peres, Israel’s ceremonial head of state, and a Nobel peace laureate for his role in the historic 1993 accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Carter also has meetings scheduled with several lawmakers, and is to visit Sderot, the southern Israeli town most frequently targeted by Gaza rocket squads.
