{"id":5084,"date":"2008-04-09T06:32:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/jimmy-carter-rumored-to-be-mee.html"},"modified":"2008-04-09T06:32:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T06:32:18","slug":"jimmy-carter-rumored-to-be-mee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/jimmy-carter-rumored-to-be-mee.html","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter rumored to be meeting with Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet with terrorists<\/a>? Sure why not? Meet with terrorists who are bent on the destruction of Israel and deny its right to exist? No problem! <\/p>\n

Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.
\nThe Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Tuesday that Carter was planning a trip to Syria for mid-April, during which he would meet with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, on April 18.
\nDeanna Congileo, Carter\u2019s press secretary, confirmed in an e-mail to FOXNews.com that Carter will be in the Mideast in April. Pressed for comment, Congileo did not deny that the former president is considering visiting Meshal.
\n\u201cPresident Carter is planning a trip to the Mideast next week; however, we are still confirming details of the trip and will issue a press release by the end of this week,\u201d wrote Congileo. \u201cI cannot confirm any specific meetings at this point in time.\u201d
\n[…]
\nThe Al-Hayat report stated that Carter would be traveling in his capacity as head of the Carter Center, and not in his capacity as a former president.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s a distinction that\u2019s absurd,\u201d said Emerson.
\n\u201cMaybe he\u2019ll give up his pension, but he\u2019s always a former president,\u201d said Bolton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t really see meeting with these guys because they have been honest about never recognizing Israel, so what would be the point? He really does live up to his reputation of being the worst president in the history of this nation.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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