Jimmy Carter: Give Hamas a chance

CNN.com ^ | Wednesday, February 1, 2006; Posted: 11:13 p.m. EST (04:13 GMT) | CNN

[Tulsa Ramjet]

CNN) -- Hamas deserves to be recognized by the international community, and despite the group's militant history, there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday.

Carter, who monitored last week's Palestinian elections in which Hamas handily toppled the ruling Fatah, added that the United States should not cut off aid to the Palestinian people, but rather funnel it through third parties like the U.N.

"If you sponsor an election or promote democracy and freedom around the world, then when people make their own decision about their leaders, I think that all the governments should recognize that administration and let them form their government," Carter said. (Watch the former president cautiously defend Hamas -- 4:35)

"If there are prohibitions -- like, for instance, in the United States, against giving any money to a government that is controlled by Hamas -- then the United States could channel the same amount of money to the Palestinian people through the United Nations, through the refugee fund, through UNICEF, things of that kind," he added.

Carter expressed hope that "the people of Palestine -- who already suffer ... under Israeli occupation -- will not suffer because they are deprived of a right to pay their school teachers, policemen, welfare workers, health workers and provide food for people."

[Tulsa Ramjet]

The Manchurian Ex-President

Anonymous Phone Caller: How about a game of solitaire? Carter: Sure you don't want to play slapjack? Okay, okay, just kidding (big cheesy grin).

[BonnieJ]

The old hippie song now updated from Carter..."All I am saying is give Hamas a chance.."

[Paleo Conservative]

All we are saying is give ___________ a chance.

[samtheman]

US taxpayer money
given to the UN
to be passed to Hamas
with the blessing of Jimmy Carter

What could be wrong with that?

[Dallas59]

A chance? A chance to kill more Israelis? Screw Hamas.

[hsalaw]

there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday.

About the same chance as I have of winning a $70million lottery. NOT! Jimmmuh is an a**.

[NormsRevenge]

Jimmy Carter: Give Peanuts Hamas a chance

[sofaman]

"...despite the group's militant history..."

Militant history? How many Jews has Hamas killed? Those Jews are now relegated to "militant history".

Jimmy Carter is a buffoon, pure and simple. It is amazing to me that he was once POTUS.

[cgk]

Cripes. This cartoon was dead-on.

[bill1952]

You know, if some terrorist would just kidnap this POS, then the whole problem would end.

I can't imagine anyone paying to releas him.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

"www.internet-haganah.us/jihadi/hamas.html"

Google Search Term: "HAMAS"

FreeRepublic.com - Keyword: "HAMAS"

SOFIR.org (E-PRISM.org): "THE ISLAMIC DEBATE OVER DEMOCRACY: JIHADI-SALAFI RESPONSES TO HAMAS' VICTORY IN THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Reuven Paz (January 31, 2006)

"www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_1_vol_4_-_Jihadi-Salafi_response_to_Hamas.pdf"

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "HAMAS DEMANDS RETURN OF SEVILLE TO ISLAM" (January 31, 2006)

"www.spainherald.com/2414.htm"

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Berlin - "HAMAS HAS SUBSIDIARY IN GERMANY 300 Activists of Radical Islam Organization Raise Funds" by Wolfgang Polzer (January 30, 2006) (Read More...)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1081: "Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Presents Hamas Plan on Al-Jazeera TV: 'We are Committed to the Resistance and Adhere to its Weapons...As for Recognizing [Israel] and Amending Our Charter - Hamas is Not the Kind of Movement That Succumbs to Pressure...We Will Not Recognize it, No Matter how Much Time Passes...We Believe in Acting According to Stages...'" (January 31, 2006)

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FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (NATIONAL POST): "ELECTING TERROR" by Daniel Pipes (January 30, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (NATIONAL POST): [THE HAMAS ELECTORAL VICTORY:] DEMOCRACY'S BITTER FRUIT" by Daniel Pipes (January 27, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "'WE HAVE NO PEACE PROCESS'" by Robert Spencer (January 27, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN CONGRATULATES HAMAS VICTORY IN PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS" by Julie Stahl (January 26, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HAMAS' PLAN FOR PALESTINE AND THEIR ROLE IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD" (January 26, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MEET CANDIDATE 'MARTYR MOM'" by Andrew G. Bostom (January 5, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "Palestinian candidate and mother of jihad terrorists: Israelis are not civilians, no prohibitions on killing them" (January 3, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ISLAMIC-BLOCK.NET: DOWN IN MICHIGAN, UP IN DALLAS This is a site of the Hamas student union." (December 29, 2005)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (DAILYALERT.ORG): "HAMAS WANTS SPAIN" (December 27, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series -No. 1051: "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Hamas Jerusalem Day Online: 'We are a Nation of Jihad and Martyrdom'; 'The Resistance in Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon Must Go On'; 'We Stand Alongside Our Brothers in Hamas and Islamic Jihad'" (December 18, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.S. BUILDING HAMAS TOWN American agency constructing roads in village ruled by terror organization" by Aaron Klein (December 20, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "'MOTHER OF MARTYRS' RUNS FOR HAMAS" (December 9, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "DANISH MUSLIM GROUP CHARGED WITH FUNDING TERRORISM" (December 8, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE NOW HOSTED IN MICHIGAN" (November 22, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "THE NIGHTMARE OF HAMASTAN" by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen (October 31, 2005)

FreeRepublic.com (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3159944,00.html): "ARAB EMIRATES: HAMAS FOUNDER DIES" (SNIPPET: "Halil Quka, one of the founders of Hamas, died at the age of 58 in the United Arab Emirates. In the 1980s Quka was considered one of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Gaza, second only to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. He was banished from Gaza in the mid-1980s.") (October 26, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS 'CAPABLE OF U.S. ATTACKS' Terrorism experts warning nation potentially at risk from militants" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM - Hamas has cells inside the United States that are technically capable of attacking the country, terrorism experts and senior security officials told WorldNetDaily.") (October 16, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "infobox.ru takes in more money from Hamas" (October 15, 2005)

ADNK.com (AKI): Tel Aviv - "MIDDLE EAST: FIRST HAMAS FEMALE BOMB MAKER CAUGHT, SAYS ISRAEL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Israeli military has detained a Gaza Strip woman suspected of being the first female bomb-maker employed by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, an Israeli newspaper has reported. Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts, Tel Aviv daily Haaretz said on Tuesday. Sabih was among a number of suspected militants in recent Israeli military raids, the report said.") (October 11, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "NO LOVE LIKE THE LOVE OF A PALESTINIAN MOTHER" (October 9, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "'HAMASTAN' - A PALESTINIAN RADICAL ISLAMIST STATE, RULED BY HAMAS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The socio-political makeup of “Hamastan” (a Palestinian radical Islamist state, ruled by Hamas), as described in interviews granted by Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip. An alternative to the Palestinian Authority, the agenda presented by Mahmoud al-Zahar is based on strict enforcement of radical Islamic codes in politics, society, and culture. “Hamastan”, according to Al-Zahar, will become an inseparable part of the global radical Islamic effort spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood.") (October 9, 2005)

ALQASSAM.ws - "Ezzedeen ALQASSAM Brigades The Military Wing of HAMAS Movement - Palestine": "UM NIDAL FARHAT: SACRIFICE WITHOUT LIMITS"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (REUTERS): "SISTER ENCOURAGED BRITISH SUICIDE BOMBER" (October 9,. 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO TAKE UP JIHAD" (October 2, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS VOWS MORE ATTACKS Terror Leader Taunts Israel for Vulnerability to Rockets" by Aaron Klein (September 30, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS GETS INTO THE SNUFF VIDEO BUSINESS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After they kidnapped 51 year old Jerusalem resident Sasson Nuriel, and before they murdered him, Hamas videotaped the man in the manner made popular by Al Qaida in Iraq.") (September 28, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "ASSAD SAID TO HAVE GIVEN HAMAS, JIHAD GREEN LIGHT FOR TERRORISM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel, Israel Radio said Wednesday, quoting a high-level Palestinian Authority intelligence dispatch, which was reportedly passed on to Egypt and Israel. Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Wednesday that Israel was aquainted with the dispatch.") (September 28, 2005)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "HAMAS HQ OFFICE IN SAUDI ARABIA" by Matthew Levitt (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE PAX HAMAS" (September 27, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SAYS THEY WANT A WAR" (September 23, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE WEBSITES OF HAMAS, THE COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AND THE THE COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN" (September 25, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS" (September 24, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE MOTHER OF ALL 'WORK ACCIDENTS'" (September 24, 2005)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog (NY SUN.com): "HAMAS TO CONVERT SYNAGOGUE TO WEAPONS MUSEUM" (September 22, 2005)

INTERNET HAGANAH.US (IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA-ITALIAN, 13Sep 05 - via DailyAlert.org): "HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER: 'AL-QAEDA HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN GAZA'" (September 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NATIONAL POST): "A STUDENT OF TERROR: HOW A CANADA MAN WAS RECRUITED BY HAMAS" (September 10, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US (YnetNews.com): "HAMAS DEVELOPS IMPROVED ROCKET" (September 6, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS REVEALS 'SECRET' COMMAND SETUP" (September 4, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "SHADOWY HAMAS LEADER RESURFACES IN VIDEO" (August 27, 2005)

JNEWSWIRE.com: "HAMAS: CHRISTIAN ZIONISM IS OUR ENEMY" by Jerusalem Newswire Editiorial Staff (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Hamas terrorist organization has singled out Christian supporters of Israel, putting them on notice that it views their actions as "criminal," making them enemies of the Palestinian Arabs.") (August 22, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (News.TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "HAMAS CLAIMS EVACUATION IS VICTORY FOR THE SUICIDE BOMBERS" (August 21, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS RADIO: Jaffa is the Same as Gaza, Tel Aviv the Same as Rafah" (August 21, 2005)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 964: "AN INTERVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar that appeared in Asharq Al-Awsat on August 18, 2005.") (August 19, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "DISENGAGEMENT NEWS UPDATE NO. 2" (August 17, 2005)

MEMRI.ORG: "AN INTERNVIEW WITH HAMAS LEADER DR. MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR" (August 19, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17135_Hamas_Will_Keep_On_Killin&only" (August 20, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "GOODBYE GAZA, HELLO HAMAS" by John Perazzo (August 24, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Gaza Strip - "HAMAS VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AFTER PULLOUT" (August 13, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS LAUNCHING ROCKET WAR AFTER GAZA EVACUATION Terrorist Group Foresees Massive Attacks as Next Stage of 'Conflict'" (August 6, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16950_Netanyahu-_Pullout_Will_Endanger_West&only" (August 5, 2005)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "ABBAS INVITES HAMAS TO JOIN CABINET" (July 2, 2005)

MEMRITV.org - Transcript - Clip No. 731: "HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON OSAMA HAMDAN: THERE IS A BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS ARMED RESISTANCE" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on June 24, 2005") (June 27, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (WASHINGTON TIMES.com): "RICE REJECTS HAMAS CONTACT" (June 19, 2005) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "SO, WAS IT A 'WORK ACCIDENT' OR WAS HE THE TARGET OF AN ATTACK?" (June 15, 2005)

"www.palestine-info.net/english/publish/article_12681.shtml"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "mojahedun.com: Hamas/Al Qaida joint venture: live and online in the Netherlands" (June 13, 2005)

ALTAVISTA.com - Search Term: "mojahedun"

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "EUROPE ACCEPTS HAMAS" (June 7, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16018_Palestinian_Work_Accident_Watch&only" (May 29, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "A POLITICAL PARTY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER..." (May 10, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "HAMAS vs. AMERICA" (May 3, 2005)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "BELLEVUE FIRM TIED TO PRO-HAMAS WEB SITE" by Peter Lewis (April 23, 2005)

DANIELPIPES.org (JERUSALEM POST): "SHARING JOKES WITH HAMAS" by Daniel Pipes (April 20, 2005) (Read More...)

AMERICAN DAILY.com: "CANADIAN HOSTED HAMAS INTERNET SITE ADVOCATES KILLING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER" by Jeremy Reynalds (April 18, 2005)

ARUTZ SHEVA.com: "HAMAS BOMB-MAKER STAR OF SYRIAN PRODUCED TV SERIES A 12-part series on the life of the “father of suicide bombings,” Hamas bomb-maker Yihye Ayyash is set to be aired on the Lebanese-based Hizbullah satellite television station al-Manar." (April 18, 2005)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET): "PALESTINIAN GIRL HIDES GUN IN UNDIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The soldiers in the Balata refugee camp, a terrorist hotbed, found the gunman inside his house and ordered him to surrender his weapon. He refused, saying he didn't have it. After questioning, they found the man's sister had hidden it her underwear. Troops then arrested the Hamas terrorist. They also found a gun holster and bullets inside the building.") (April 16, 2005) (Read More...)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "WOMAN WALKING WITH FIANCE MURDERED" (Updated April 12, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS TERROR MALL IN WEST BANK Nablus shopping center profits going to violent Palestinian group" by Aaron Klein (April 12, 2005)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Information Bulletin - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL STUDIES (C.S.S.): "SYRIAN REGIME - PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""The Tunnels of Hell," a movie produced by Hamas' information department and which appeared in a Hamas forum on the Internet on March 24, 2005. The movie praises and glorifies the explosive-packed tunnels.") (April 4, 2005)

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15405_Hamas_Islamic_Honor_Killings&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15250_Hamas_Burning_More_Stuff&only=yes"

"littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=15210_Hamas_Burning_Stuff_Again&only=yes"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS/TURKEY CONNECTION: AQSAVOICE.NET" (March 26, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "ALKOTLA.COM: HAMAS SITE MOVES BACK TO GAZA" (October 9, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "HAMAS SITE IN THE NETHERLANDS: ALKOTLA.COM" (December 25, 2004)

WorldNetDaily.com: "DOCUMENTS SHOW ARAFAT PAID FOR DISCO BOMBING Sent Thank-You Note to Family of Terrorist Who Killed 21, Injured 120" by Aaron Klein (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The attack on the Dolphinarium was one of the most brutal massacres of the Palestinian intifadah, killing 21 people, mostly teens, on a Friday night in June 2001. More than 120 people were injured in the powerful blast carried out by Hamas terrorist Hassan Khutari.") (September 15, 2004)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE OF HAMAS" (September 5, 2004)

INTELLIGENCE.org.il - Special Bulletin: "HAMAS Portrait of a Terrorist Organization" (Updated September 1, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "MORE ALLEGED HAMAS OPERATIVES LINKED TO DC-AREA THINK TANK" by Scott Wheeler (August 26, 2004)

E-PRISM.ORG - Special Dispatch No. 4-2 (pdf): "HAMAS' SOLIDARITY WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR: Does the Movement fall under the Control of Hizballah and Iran?" by Reuven Paz (August 23, 2004)

CNS NEWS.com: "ALLEGED TERROR THREAT OPERATES IN DC SUBURB" by Scott Wheeler (July 12, 2004)

INTERNET HAGANAH: "HAMAS LEADER THREATENS USA WITH 'THE SPANISH EXAMPLE'" (April 27, 2004)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "HAMAS LINKED TO AREA HOUSING" by Jerry Seper (March 26, 2004)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No.391: "AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHER OF A SUICIDE BOMBER" (June 19, 2002)

IACSP.com: "ABDULLAH ASSAM: THE MAN BEFORE BIN LADEN" by Steve Emerson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Those who met Azzam were dazzled by his spellbinding oratorical skills, his capabilities as a military strategist, his religious leadership, and his interminable energy. Azzam helped bring about the mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood movement more than any other leader. Today, the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank is called the Abdellah Azzam Brigades.")

GOOGLE Search Term: "QASSAM BRIGADES"

"palestine-info.cc"

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[WestVirginiaRebel]

If the people of Palestine want to know what suffering is, have them live under this clown for four long years like we had to.

[NormsRevenge]

I have a couple old sweaters I could send them.

[Polybius]

Hamas should be accorded the recognition as the freely elected Government of the Palestinian Authority.

Then, when Hamas lobs the next Katyusha rocket towards Israel, Israel should declare war on the Palestinian Authority and bomb a quarter of its infrastructure into rubble.

Rinse and repeat as often as necessary.

[Berlin_Freeper]

"the people of Palestine -- who already suffer ... under Israeli occupation -- will not suffer because they are deprived of a right to pay their school teachers, policemen, welfare workers, health workers and provide food for people."

Let's see... they suffer under evil oppressive occupation, yet we need to make sure they have money so they can continue to pay teachers, policemen, welfare workers, health workers, and buy food.

uh-huh boy if that is suffering under occupation then they have been suffering (and laughing) all the way to the bank!

[winner3000]

We definitely should give evil a chance... /sarcasm off.

[Pro-Bush]

The worst president ever.

[umgud]

I remember a cartoon from his time. It showed Red Army tanks at the White House gates and Jimmah captioned talking to Bresnev on the phone threatening to cut off his Pepsi franchise.

He hasn't changed much.

[Billthedrill]

Hey, I agree with Jimmuh for a change. We should give Hamas enough rope to hang themselves uh, a chance. Yeah, that's it, a chance.

[scott7278]

"If you sponsor an election or promote democracy and freedom around the world, then when people make their own decision about their leaders, I think that all the governments should recognize that administration and let them form their government," Carter said.

We do not have the luxury of allowing terrorism to thrive under the guise of democracy; the lessons of the past concerning Nazi Germany should resonate in our minds.