Posted on 06/19/2007 7:49:19 AM PDT by bnelson44
The United States, Israel and the European Union must end their policy of favoring Fatah over Hamas, or they will doom the Palestinian people to deepening conflict between the rival movements, former US President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was addressing a conference of Irish human rights officials, said the Bush administration's refusal to accept the 2006 election victory of Hamas was "criminal."
Carter said Hamas, besides winning a fair and democratic mandate that should have entitled it to lead the Palestinian government, had proven itself to be far more organized in its political and military showdowns with the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
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Hey, he was senile in 1976-1980.
I’ll be so much happier the day this mouthbreather isn’t.
He and Ted Kennedy can not exit this world soon enough.
If the rattlers ate cottonmouths, it would sound good to me.
Jimmah regards Hamas as a more legitimate government than he does the Republicans.
Well like one poster said on a duplicate thread—his way of figuring these things out is simple. Choose the side that kills the most Jews.
why did GW encourage elections over there when the prime minister was saying they weren’t ready for them. So they got them and ended up with a bunch of terrorists leaders. I think GW had a bit too rosey of an outlook about them.
There were early signs. Often when we notice this in the elderly we think back and realize things were already happening when they were relatively young.
HOW ABOUT A NICE BIG CUP OF STFU?
“Carter said Hamas, besides winning a fair and democratic mandate that should have entitled it to lead the Palestinian government, had proven itself to be far more organized in its political and military showdowns with the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.”
This idiot is certifiable.
Hey Jimmy.....STOP BREATHING !!!
“Ole Carter has been on a roll lately with all his stupid statements. He must be getting senile in his old age.”
Carter is LIFE-LONG FOOL.
It’s more than past time for this sanctimonious toad to take a dirt nap.
Could this man be any more vile? Is there any enemy of the United States that he will not embrace?
Former US President Jimmy Carter, left, former US President waves as he stands with Bertie Ahern the Irish Prime Minister at Government Buildings in Dublin Ireland, Monday. Photo: AP
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was addressing a conference of Irish human rights officials at the eighth annual Forum on Human Rights. Carter said the US and Israel, with European Union acquiescence, has sought to subvert the outcome by shunning Hamas and helping Abbas to keep the reins of political and military power.
As opposed to what was before?
Isn't "Palestinian" civil war between two (or more) different terrorist groups and "Death to Fatah!", "Death to Hamas!" better than "Death to Israel!", "Death to America!". Keep 'em busy with what they do "best", it's relatively cheap and most effective. When we "abandoned" Afghanistan after Soviets withdrew, al-Qaeda and Taliban settled in.
“Carter: Stop favoring Fatah over Hamas”
There is a difference? I thought they were BOTH radical Islamic jihadist groups.
Even with a score card, there is no sure way to track which one is the more ‘representative’ of the Palestinian Authority.
Maybe in how fast they want all the Jews displaced from the entire Levant. Fatah would be satisfied if all the Jews returned to where they (or their parents, or grandparents, or great-grandparents) immigrated from, Hamas simply wants all the Jews to pick up and walk into the sea.
But all Jews totally vacating the region is the same objective for both.
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