[HT:DT {-3rd demerit for not 'briefing' - you're pushing it}]
Carter’s comments came during a joint press conference with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh following their meeting today in Gaza. The former president said he tried to convince Hamas leaders to denounce violence, accept the existing interim agreements and recognize the right of the Jewish state to exist.
Haniyeh told Carter that he supported any plan that aims at preserving Arab rights and leads to the establishment of a sovereign Arab state on all the territories that were occupied by Israel in 1967 "with Jerusalem as its capital." He urged Carter to pressure Israel to lift the security blockade which was imposed on Gaza’s border crossings to prevent weapons smuggling. [presumably so they could flow once more]
During his visit Carter handed over a letter from kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit’s [kidnapped on 25 June 2006 by Palestinian militants] parents and asked the group to deliver it on humanitarian grounds.
Haniyeh said Hamas desired to end the Shalit case [prove it: free him] and welcomed Carter's mediation [media] efforts [exposure].
[Some things are recession proof: useful idiocy is alive and well...]
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"If Arabs laid down their arms there'd be no war. If Israel laid down its arms, there'd be no Israel."
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