Just what we needed in the mix of negotiations to free Gilad Shalit from his Hamas captors is the likes of ex-president Jimmy (Dhimmi) Carter. No, this isn't a separate story out there in the blogosphere, but one I gleaned from a story about the fact that Israel is prepared to release jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. But I'm more concerned about why Carter is getting into the middle of this and what he is proposing. Let's look at that section of the story from Haaretz:
I ask you, doesn't this sound JUST LIKE Jimmy Carter?! He wants Hamas prisoners released BEFORE Shalit is returned. He wants Hamas prisoners home in their beds in Gaza while Shalit would "get" to go to Egypt. Then hundreds more Hamas get freed and THEN, Shalit would be returned. Why the fuck does Israel have to display a "confidence-building measure" ????? Hamas is the one that abducted a soldier, they are the ones that broke international law. They should be the ones that return Shalit unharmed TO ISRAEL and then maybe, just maybe, Israel sends over their Hamas prisoners.
Jimmy Carter continues to embarrass Americans day in and day out. It's not enough that he fucked up the country here as an acting President but he has to live to his present ripe old age and continue to humiliate us. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a hidden video out there of Carter on his floor mat three times a week.
If I was with the State Department, I would create an injunction on Carter that would disallow him any contact with anyone in the Middle East. His visa and passport would be revoked. Put this old dhimmified geezer in a home somewhere and lock the door. I've had it with this putz.
Meanwhile, former United States President Jimmy Carter is also trying to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations for Shalit's release, and has urged Israel to release Hamas politicians in efforts to expedite the deal. A senior adviser to Carter, Robert Pastor, visited Israel last week, as part of a regional tour that included visits to the Gaza Strip, Damascus and Cairo. Pastor met with Shas leader Eli Yishai, and said that Carter would like to arrange a tripartite meeting with a senior Hamas figure. An Israeli source said that Pastor presented Yishai with the initiative to release Hamas politicians to expedite the deal.
Under the initiative, Israel would release several dozen prisoners a confidence-building measure, including Hamas parliamentarians and ministers arrested after Shalit's abduction in June 2006. In return, Shalit would be brought to Egypt, where his family would be able to visit him. After this stage, negotiations for the release of more Palestinian prisoners and Shalit's return home would continue.
I ask you, doesn't this sound JUST LIKE Jimmy Carter?! He wants Hamas prisoners released BEFORE Shalit is returned. He wants Hamas prisoners home in their beds in Gaza while Shalit would "get" to go to Egypt. Then hundreds more Hamas get freed and THEN, Shalit would be returned. Why the fuck does Israel have to display a "confidence-building measure" ????? Hamas is the one that abducted a soldier, they are the ones that broke international law. They should be the ones that return Shalit unharmed TO ISRAEL and then maybe, just maybe, Israel sends over their Hamas prisoners.
Jimmy Carter continues to embarrass Americans day in and day out. It's not enough that he fucked up the country here as an acting President but he has to live to his present ripe old age and continue to humiliate us. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a hidden video out there of Carter on his floor mat three times a week.
If I was with the State Department, I would create an injunction on Carter that would disallow him any contact with anyone in the Middle East. His visa and passport would be revoked. Put this old dhimmified geezer in a home somewhere and lock the door. I've had it with this putz.
Report: Israel willing to free Marwan Barghouti for Shalit
A Gulf newspaper reported Monday that Israel is willing to include jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in exchange for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Shalit was seized in a cross-border raid in June 2006 and has been held in captivity in the Gaza Strip ever since. Unlike the soldiers who were snatched several weeks later by Hezbollah, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, several signs of life from Shalit have been released. Barghouti is serving five life sentences in Israel for his role in a series of deadly terrorist attacks during the second intifada. The newspaper, Al-Bayan which is published in the United Arab Emirates, also said that the list would also include senior Hamas officials Hassan Salame Abdullah Barghouti and Ibrahim Hamad. But, the report says, Israel will not free the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Sadat.
According to Al-Bayan, the talks on the exchange to secure Shalit's release have seen significant progress, but Egyptian officials fear that agents in the region will try to scupper the deal. Also Monday, Miki Goldwasser, the mother of Ehud Goldwasser whose body was returned by Hezbollah in a prisoner swap last week, said Monday that she sees herself as a soldier fighting for Shalit. On Monday morning, the Goldwasser family was visited by Military Intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin, Prime Minister's Bureau-appointed hostage negotiator Ofer Dekel, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and Haim Avraham, the father of Benny Avraham who was kidnapped by Hezbollah in 2001. Meanwhile, former United States President Jimmy Carter is also trying to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations for Shalit's release, and has urged Israel to release Hamas politicians in efforts to expedite the deal. A senior adviser to Carter, Robert Pastor, visited Israel last week, as part of a regional tour that included visits to the Gaza Strip, Damascus and Cairo. Pastor met with Shas leader Eli Yishai, and said that Carter would like to arrange a tripartite meeting with a senior Hamas figure. An Israeli source said that Pastor presented Yishai with the initiative to release Hamas politicians to expedite the deal. Under the initiative, Israel would release several dozen prisoners a confidence-building measure, including Hamas parliamentarians and ministers arrested after Shalit's abduction in June 2006. In return, Shalit would be brought to Egypt, where his family would be able to visit him. After this stage, negotiations for the release of more Palestinian prisoners and Shalit's return home would continue. On Sunday, Minister who participated in cabinet deliberations with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel will have to show greater flexibility in its negotiations with Hamas in efforts to secure Shalit's release. Meanwhile, a Hamas delegation from the Gaza Strip is expected to visit Cairo later this week in order to discuss an Egyptian proposal to renew the indirect negotiations between the two sides.
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it's about time some leader or ex leader became practical and got involved instead of listening to our present leaders harp on about the road map which is designed to rob palestinians and only bring bloodshed.hamas is not a terror group but a resistance orginisation elected democraticly by the people. there main agenda is the recovery of arab land which was stolen since 1948.
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