Post by Jaga on Apr 18, 2008 12:47:10 GMT -7
I am tired of treating Israel like a holy cow. What is wrong with Carter trying to talk to Hamas? If Hamas is responsible for ~300 suicide bombers therefore we should not talk to Hamas... what about Israel being responsible for killing over 1000 of civilians during Lebanon war in 2007?
Why Carter has to agree to everything Israel lobby wants him to do? Israel is the biggest acceptor of the foreign Am. help, Israel wants to push the US into another war, why we have to listen?
Why Israel is treated so much better than ANY other country in the world in the US.
I will say, the Israel is treated better than the American state, it receives lots of help but it does not need to pay taxes.
here is more:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/carter_palestinians
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Carter's convoy arrived at Mashaal's office for the meeting under tight security and reporters were prevented from getting near the site. The meeting was closed to all media.
The U.S. State Department twice advised Carter against meeting Hamas leaders before he left on his Mideast trip earlier this week. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Carter's plans to meet Mashaal, saying last week that Hamas is an impediment to Middle East peace.
Several members of Congress also urged Carter not to meet Mashaal, saying it would confer legitimacy on the group behind some 250 suicide bombings that have killed numerous Israeli.
But Carter, who brokered the 1978 Israeli-Egyptian peace and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, has defended what he calls his personal peace mission, saying Hamas must be engaged in order to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Though Israel's government refuses to deal with Hamas, Carter said Thursday he knows some Israeli government officials are "quite willing" to meet the militant group and he speculated that might happen in the near future.
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Why Carter has to agree to everything Israel lobby wants him to do? Israel is the biggest acceptor of the foreign Am. help, Israel wants to push the US into another war, why we have to listen?
Why Israel is treated so much better than ANY other country in the world in the US.
I will say, the Israel is treated better than the American state, it receives lots of help but it does not need to pay taxes.
here is more:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/carter_palestinians
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Carter's convoy arrived at Mashaal's office for the meeting under tight security and reporters were prevented from getting near the site. The meeting was closed to all media.
The U.S. State Department twice advised Carter against meeting Hamas leaders before he left on his Mideast trip earlier this week. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Carter's plans to meet Mashaal, saying last week that Hamas is an impediment to Middle East peace.
Several members of Congress also urged Carter not to meet Mashaal, saying it would confer legitimacy on the group behind some 250 suicide bombings that have killed numerous Israeli.
But Carter, who brokered the 1978 Israeli-Egyptian peace and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, has defended what he calls his personal peace mission, saying Hamas must be engaged in order to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Though Israel's government refuses to deal with Hamas, Carter said Thursday he knows some Israeli government officials are "quite willing" to meet the militant group and he speculated that might happen in the near future.
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