Jimmy Carter: Meeting With Netanyahu ‘A Waste Of Time’
Former President Jimmy Carter says the leader of Hamas wants peace, but is not joined in that sentiment by the Israeli prime minister.
… Carter called Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal a strong proponent of the peace process Saturday, and said he wasn’t meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because it would be “a waste of time.”
The president, who has been visiting Israel and the West Bank, met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday but didn’t meet with Netanyahu or President Reuven Rivlin.
He told reporters that he didn’t ask to meet with Netanyahu or his government, and never has, because it would be a “waste of time.” He told Channel 2 in an interview broadcast Saturday that he requested to meet Rivlin, but the president’s office declined.
Israel officials said last week that Netanyahu and Rivlin had refused invitations to meet with Carter, who was described by an Israeli diplomatic source as “a disaster for Israel,” who holds “anti-Israel positions.”
Carter, who cancelled a planned visit to Gaza on this trip, said Saturday he “deplored” criminal acts by members of Hamas, but said he was looking to support moderate members of the group, which he said wasn’t a terrorist organization.
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4 responses to Jimmy Carter: Meeting With Netanyahu ‘A Waste Of Time’
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allison1050 May 4th, 2015 at 07:12
I agree with him because it would have been a waste of his time to meet with someone who’s a liar and loves war from time to time.
Guy Lauten May 4th, 2015 at 10:38
Dem Ex-Presidents continue to try to make the world a better place.
GOP Ex-Presidents sit on their money and paint amateurish pictures.
jybarz May 4th, 2015 at 12:17
Netanyahu and GOP are lower than snake’s belly.
zerowolfe May 4th, 2015 at 13:37
the eop…enemies of the people!