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Last update - 22:57 13/04/2008
Noam Shalit: The fact that Carter isn't pro-Israel may be beneficial
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Shimon Peres, peace process 

Noam Shalit, the father of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured by Hamas in June 2006, said Sunday after meeting with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter that the fact that Carter is not considered pro-Israel could be beneficial in securing his son's release.

"This could help him reach certain people and raise certain ideas that may be received with suspicion coming from someone more pro-Israel," Shalit said after the Jerusalem meeting, Army Radio reported.

Rumors had been circulating over recent weeks that Carter was planning to meet with Damascus-based Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal as he travels to Syria later in the week.
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Shalit met with the former president in hopes that the latter may be able to help secure the captive soldier's freedom, perhaps at his meeting with Hamas leaders.

Shalit described the meeting as positive, and told Haaretz he asked Carter to help advance the deal to release his son. However, Shalit provided no further details on the matter and would not say whether he asked the former president to pass on a message to Meshal.

Carter, broker of the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty, arrived in Israel Sunday on a peace mission to the region only to receive a cool reception: Israeli leaders are shunning him for accusing Israel of apartheid and for planning to meet with the head of the violently anti-Israel Hamas group.

A schedule released by the U.S.-based Carter Center showed no plans for the former president to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni or Defense Minister Ehud Barak during this week's visit in Israel.

"Scheduling problems" was the official reason given, a senior Israeli official said - even though Olmert recently took time from his busy schedule to chat with Wentworth Miller of the U.S. TV drama, Prison Break. Olmert's office declined comment.

What is really behind the cold shoulder is Carter's plan to meet with Khaled Meshal, the Israeli official said. "Israeli leaders are not publicly criticizing Carter out of respect for his former position as U.S. president," he added.

In remarks to air Sunday on ABC News' "This Week" Carter said that his upcoming visit to the Middle East will probably include a meeting in Syria with leaders of the militant group Hamas.

"I've not confirmed our itinerary yet for the Syrian visit, but it's likely that I will be meeting with the Hamas leaders," Carter said, bolstering the rumors that he was planning to meet Meshal.

Ahead of his arrival in Israel, Carter said he feels quite at ease about meeting Hamas militants.

"I think there's no doubt in anyone's mind that if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process," Carter said.

Hamas is sworn to Israel's destruction and has carried out dozens of suicide bombings that have killed more than 250 Israelis. Israel has no contacts with the Islamic militant group, whose violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June has undercut newly revived efforts by Israel and the Palestinians to strike a final peace deal.

Peres tells Carter he has damaged peace process

The most prominent Israeli to meet with Carter during his visit was President Shimon Peres, Israel's ceremonial head of state, and a Nobel peace laureate for his role in the historic 1993 accord between Israel and the Palestinians.

Sources at the President's residence reported that during their meeting, Peres sharply rebuked Carter over his last book, in which he called Israel an apartheid state.

Peres told Carter that despite the former president's many achievements in advancing peace during the Camp David era, his activity in recent years has caused grave damage to Israel and to the peace process.

The meeting between the two men was low-key and representatives from the media were not invited to document the event.

Carter also met with the parents of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, who were planning to give him a message to pass on to Hamas.

Carter was also scheduled to meet with several Israeli lawmakers, and was planning to visit Sderot, the southern Israeli town most frequently targeted by Gaza rocket squads.

Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work in mediating conflicts, while president and under the auspices of The Carter Center. In 1978, he brokered the landmark accord between Egypt and Israel, for which Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin were awarded that year's Nobel Peace Prize.

But the goodwill Carter earned here through that agreement was all but swept away two years ago with the publication of his controversial book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" which equates the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories with the racial segregation and oppression that once reigned in South Africa.

Jewish groups and some fellow Democrats strongly objected to the book and more than a dozen members of the Carter Center's advisory board resigned in protest.

In a later afterword to his book, Carter criticized the lack of balanced debate in the United States about the Middle East and warned officials against being seen as knee-jerk supporters of every action or policy of the Israeli government.

"For the past two to three years, Carter has embarked upon a crusade of hate against Israel," Uzi Arad, an adviser to parliamentary opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, told Israel Radio.

"There is no doubt that Jimmy Carter as a former president should be greeted as a matter of protocol, but it does not mean that the prime minister, the foreign minister and certainly the opposition leader have to meet him," Arad said.

In addition to Israel, Carter is scheduled to visit the West Bank, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Carter will not be visiting Hamas-ruled Gaza.

A Carter-Meshal meeting would be the first public contact between a prominent American figure and Hamas officials since The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with Mashaal in Syria in 2006.

The U.S. lists Hamas as a terrorist organization, and on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Carter for his reported plans to meet with Meshal.

"I find it hard to understand what is going to be gained by having discussions with Hamas about peace when Hamas is, in fact, the impediment to peace," Rice said.

The State Department says it twice advised Carter against meeting any Hamas representative.

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      1.   Carter`s example 17:08  |  Miriam 13/04/08
      2.   Jimmy Muhammad Carter 17:09  |  Marc 13/04/08
      3.   Kudos to Carter. A champion of Peace 17:10  |  POP 13/04/08
      4.   They shunn him because he is an honest broker. 17:11  |  Steve 13/04/08
      5.   Osrtrich Diplomacy 17:12  |  Sam 13/04/08
      6.   Carter 17:13  |  David M. Lipman 13/04/08
      7.   Carter didn`t broker the Egypt deal & only provokes violence here 17:22  |  Michelle 13/04/08
      8.   How much 17:24  |  NP 13/04/08
      9.   Israel should kick Carter out 17:26  |  Brod 13/04/08
      10.   The truth hurts 17:26  |  gearoid 13/04/08
      11.   WHAT A BUNCH OF ARROGANTS 17:31  |  indrajaya 13/04/08
      12.   Obviously Israel shun Carter because he is... 17:34  |  Deborah 13/04/08
      13.   Carter - David M. Lipman 17:35  |  Mossul 13/04/08
      14.   To Marc of Los Angeles 17:36  |  American 13/04/08
      15.   To Michelle @7 17:42  |  Cynical 13/04/08
      16.   Carter`s brain limited: insults people and expects a welcome 17:46  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      17.   Carter writes a book showing himself enemy and expects friendship 17:47  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      18.   Marc - Muhammad Carter? 17:48  |  Jan Jansen 13/04/08
      19.   Jimmy Muhammed ...and George Shlomo? 17:50  |  Palestinian Brit 13/04/08
      20.   To Marc #14 17:55  |  IW 13/04/08
      21.   To Marc #14 17:55  |  IW 13/04/08
      22.   Olmert the future Carter 17:56  |  Sidney 13/04/08
      23.   Carter boasts: I`ve been meeting Hamas reps for years 17:57  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      24.   WHY NOT MEET WITH....? 17:57  |  Avi Klein 13/04/08
      25.   #12 deborah and praying at stonehenge ! 17:58  |  v hardman 13/04/08
      26.   If Carter intended peace he`d retract and apologise 18:03  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      27.   Carter 18:05  |  Alain 13/04/08
      28.   Carter to meet with his Favorite Friends, the TERRORISTS 18:09  |  Linda Rivera 13/04/08
      29.   Carter`s BAD Example 18:14  |  Pastor Joseph 13/04/08
      30.   carter 18:15  |  rick 13/04/08
      31.   Let`s not forget 18:21  |  Jane 13/04/08
      32.   POOP and Carter: More Proof That Jimmy Lost It 18:21  |  Tex 13/04/08
      33.   Was Hitler essential to a Peace Deal? Boycott this man 18:22  |  Liliane 13/04/08
      34.   Peace: It`s Not Apartheid 18:23  |  Tex 13/04/08
      35.   To the ignorant 18:24  |  Bill 13/04/08
      36.   Carter is not impressed by the Lobby in the US which has been 18:26  |  lakshmi 13/04/08
      37.   #12 Why don`t you Brits and Americans meet Al Quaida? 18:27  |  Elly 13/04/08
      38.   carter belongs in the israeli government 18:27  |  chaim 13/04/08
      39.   Carter is Israel`s best friend 18:30  |  Realist 13/04/08
      40.   Israel, the spoilt Jewish princess prone to hysterics &hissy fits 18:30  |  Clickfool 13/04/08
      41.   Carter is an Iranian Agent 18:32  |  RickD 13/04/08
      42.   Jan Jensen -- wrong!! 18:42  |  Sam 13/04/08
      43.   Realist.......? 18:42  |  Pastor 13/04/08
      44.   Carter`s philosophy: follow da money 18:46  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      45.   36 18:50  |  Jane 13/04/08
      46.   No Meals Or Lodging For This Creep 18:51  |  dyinglikeflies 13/04/08
      47.   The discreet (non) charm of the Israeli political Bourgeoisie.... 18:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/04/08
      48.   #37 18:55  |  Jane 13/04/08
      49.   carter in israel for`peace` 18:57  |  elliot 13/04/08
      50.   It was Jewish arrogance that turned Carter 19:01  |  Jewboy 13/04/08
      51.   Carter alienates Israel, then he thinks he can bring peace 19:01  |  Conroy 13/04/08
      52.   Response 45 was for 39 19:06  |  Jane 13/04/08
      53.   good people 19:08  |  gad 13/04/08
      54.   liberate the meeting to hell 19:13  |  D.Martr 13/04/08
      55.   Carter is bad for the USA and Israel 19:13  |  Billy Beer 13/04/08
      56.   Gad 19:21  |  Jane 13/04/08
      57.   Dino 19:31  |  Jane 13/04/08
      58.   Carter should meet them min Gaza or shut up. 19:35  |  Fortuna Benmayor 13/04/08
      59.   I am hoping 19:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      60.   Israel snubbing Carter is a good thing 19:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      61.   Burning Your Bridges! 19:43  |  Cool B 13/04/08
      62.   Carter`s Actual Words 19:44  |  DoubleClick 13/04/08
      63.   carter and anti semitism 19:47  |  r brotman 13/04/08
      64.   Carter is Persona non Grata 19:49  |  Daniel 13/04/08
      65.   Jane`s View of the World - Post #56 19:49  |  DoubleClick 13/04/08
      66.   Acting like Children 19:57  |  NJ 13/04/08
      67.   estimado carter 19:59  |  issam ghallab 13/04/08
      68.   #59, 60 20:00  |  Jane 13/04/08
      69.   Carter and Obama 20:06  |  Mordechai 13/04/08
      70.   Jimmy Carter the False Messiah 20:12  |  Joe Kaufman 13/04/08
      71.   #65 20:13  |  Jane 13/04/08
      72.   #29 20:14  |  Jack 13/04/08
      73.   Carter can on a mission to continue his support of genocide 20:14  |  Gee 13/04/08
      74.   Carter should be told that appeasement is feeding the crocodile 20:18  |  POP 13/04/08
      75.   Is it terror to blow up busses when you`re not allowed to put gas 20:20  |  Dutch 13/04/08
      76.   Why even pay attention to this stupid ol` fellow? 20:26  |  Bob 13/04/08
      77.   Peddling the wrong product, in the wrong place 20:36  |  Mark Lincoln 13/04/08
      78.   Stop picking on Carter 20:37  |  Choni Davidowitz 13/04/08
      79.   Carter comes to Israel on terrorist propaganda mission 20:38  |  The truth 13/04/08
      80.   #68 Jane, a rebuttal #1 20:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      81.   47 The non-Charm of the leftist Dino 20:40  |  I 13/04/08
      82.   I cant wait 20:41  |  Donald 13/04/08
      83.   Israel is the one shunned and in a bubble 20:42  |  Joe 13/04/08
      84.   71Dutch Yes it is terror. Ask your local Judge 20:43  |  I 13/04/08
      85.   But PM Olmert had finally agreed with Pres. Carter... 20:43  |  Smadar 13/04/08
      86.   # 57 Jane 20:48  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/04/08
      87.   #80 20:48  |  Jane 13/04/08
      88.   #68 Jane a rebuttal #2 20:49  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      89.   It`s a good thing I read thru the article 20:50  |  Yonatan 13/04/08
      90.   You talk to your enemies! 20:58  |  Seán 13/04/08
      91.   Why doesn`t Israel deny him entry? 21:05  |  Joe 13/04/08
      92.   Carter the has been bleater... 21:06  |  The Judge 13/04/08
      93.   Democratically elected? Like Hitler? 21:06  |  Nechama 13/04/08
      94.   # 81 I 60 - 20 = 40 21:07  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/04/08
      95.   Carter visit to Israel . 21:14  |  Joshua . 13/04/08
      96.   #86 21:15  |  Jane 13/04/08
      97.   Carter Wants Press 21:16  |  Ron 13/04/08
      98.   #88 21:19  |  Jane 13/04/08
      99.   Isnt this against the US law 21:20  |  JewishHeart 13/04/08
      100.   #83 21:23  |  Jane 13/04/08
      101.   Israel`s response to Carter.... 21:26  |  US CITIZEN 13/04/08
      102.   Evil leaders cant be reasoned with 21:28  |  Haldrik 13/04/08
      103.   I am planning to meet Osama Bin Laden on my next tour 21:29  |  zionist forever 13/04/08
      104.   President Carter 21:30  |  Elias 13/04/08
      105.   #82 21:32  |  Jane 13/04/08
      106.   US politican ought to stand for what is fair & honest 21:36  |  Dutch 13/04/08
      107.   against the law 21:38  |  Elias 13/04/08
      108.   Carter should meet with groups interested in peace 21:39  |  Dutch 13/04/08
      109.   Carter won`t be visiting Gaza. 21:42  |  sandra chitayat 13/04/08
      110.   #89 Yonatan 21:43  |  Smadar 13/04/08
      111.   no peace 21:45  |  Evan 13/04/08
      112.   Response to clickfool, #40, from Sussex. 21:45  |  sandra chitayat 13/04/08
      113.   I gotta laugh 21:49  |  JES 13/04/08
      114.   Pres. Carter is a good man... 21:54  |  Patriot 13/04/08
      115.   #108 21:59  |  Jane 13/04/08
      116.   #104 22:06  |  Jane 13/04/08
      117.   # 42 Sam...Carter never forgave the American 22:07  |  Lynn 13/04/08
      118.   # 104 Elias...that would be Bush 22:09  |  Lynn 13/04/08
      119.   #80 Chris and the link 22:13  |  Bob 13/04/08
      120.   Good man!!! 22:20  |  William 13/04/08
      121.   GOOD FOR PRESIDENT CARTER 22:23  |  JH 13/04/08
      122.   David M. Lipman & all resonable jews/israelis... 22:26  |  bashar 13/04/08
      123.   Jimmy Carter-A Paid Flunkie of the Saudis 22:27  |  Norm 13/04/08
      124.   Everyone should get used to dealing with Hamas 22:33  |  ELIAS KHOURY 13/04/08
      125.   Lintwit: Too Stupid To See His Flourished Jew Hatred 22:37  |  Tex 13/04/08
      126.   Carter said he has met with Hamas numerous times 22:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/04/08
      127.   Joe: "Enjoying Pariah Status"? 22:46  |  Tex 13/04/08
      128.   #110 Bob 22:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      129.   I`m glad Ehud Barak chose to not meet Carter, after all 22:51  |  Terje 13/04/08
      130.   Watch the movie, Fitna, here 22:53  |  Terje 13/04/08
      131.   it`s not a question of good and bad, jimmy is good it`s a 22:54  |  clickfool 13/04/08
      132.   ..question of smart and naive, i think he`s still a penut farmer 22:56  |  clickfool 13/04/08
      133.   # 114 Patriot....EX-president 22:57  |  Lynn 13/04/08
      134.   # 122 bashar...I`m all for the once amiable 23:03  |  Lynn 13/04/08
      135.   Bashar sounds much like my friend Walid (#122) 23:06  |  Morris Valentine 13/04/08
      136.   #13 Mossul 23:20  |  MR 13/04/08
      137.   Carter should not be allowed into Israel 23:22  |  SystemF 13/04/08
      138.   #125 Tex 23:25  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/04/08
      139.   Time for Carter retire 23:26  |  Alan 13/04/08
      140.   #133, Morris Valentine 23:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/04/08
      141.   The Islamic empires themselves were imperialist, colonialist 23:32  |  Terje 13/04/08
      142.   only republican presidents retire, the dems stick around to make 23:43  |  POP 13/04/08
      143.   Peres is an old fool. 23:49  |  Deborah 13/04/08
      144.   I respect Peres, but 23:51  |  Outsider 13/04/08
      145.   #128 Chris, IRA was a kid`s game 23:53  |  Bob 13/04/08
      146.   Jiminy Cricket Carter (of Saudi money) 23:54  |  myron ernst 13/04/08
      147.   #141 Terje..Norge` How nice To read a Sensible Post From 23:56  |  KATHY 13/04/08
      148.   You are wrong, Deborah 00:06  |  Linichka 14/04/08
      149.   # 125 Tex..re:C.Linthwaite.How can an Ex Jew be Hateful?That 00:07  |  KATHY 14/04/08
      150.   For SystemF # 137 00:11  |  Clickfool 14/04/08
      151.   Is that really True? 00:12  |  Donald 14/04/08
      152.   Ex-President Carter is good 00:25  |  Uzi 14/04/08
      153.   More Power to Jimmy Carter 00:28  |  NJ 14/04/08
      154.   I lost respect for Peres years ago 00:38  |  Catherine 14/04/08
      155.   Jimmy Jimmy boy 00:39  |  Uzi 14/04/08
      156.   To #6 00:41  |  Uzi 14/04/08
      157.   If I say Bin Ladin is evil, youd publish it. But if I say ... 00:49  |  Haldrik 14/04/08
      158.   IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO 01:14  |  Patel 14/04/08
      159.   System F 01:16  |  Steve 14/04/08
      160.   #72 Jack___ 01:17  |  Pastor Joseph 14/04/08
      161.   CARTER HAS A MOTIVE & HIS HAND EXTENDED 01:33  |  * BEN JABO 14/04/08
      162.   CARTER IS A "BORN AGAIN" 01:36  |  * BEN JABO 14/04/08
      163.   Good man 01:43  |  Americangoy 14/04/08
      164.   Carter is an evil man 02:18  |  Haldrik 14/04/08
      165.   Carter 02:19  |  Julian 14/04/08
      166.   Boiled Peanuts are Georgia Specialty 02:29  |  PK 14/04/08
      167.   Stay with Habitat for Humanity & out of Mideast 02:39  |  PK 14/04/08
      168.   He just needs to be PRO AMERICA 03:11  |  American 14/04/08
      169.   Israeli Hysterics In Response To Any Prospect Of Peace 03:15  |  chet 14/04/08
      170.   #117, 133 03:17  |  Patriot 14/04/08
      171.   #117, 133 03:17  |  Patriot 14/04/08
      172.   #37 Elly 03:29  |  Patriot 14/04/08
      173.   Carter is pro Human Rights 03:42  |  Harold 14/04/08
      174.   To CJK (#140): Talking Turkey 03:57  |  Morris Valentine 14/04/08
      175.   Carter has disqualified himself..... 04:00  |  dovvod 14/04/08
      176.   What rational argument can be made against these aims of Hamas? 04:10  |  Terje 14/04/08
      177.   Carter is the enemy of human rights 04:18  |  Haldrik 14/04/08
      178.   carter is a good man 05:44  |  David Igor 14/04/08
      179.   Carter was a good president 05:51  |  David Igor 14/04/08
      180.   #126 Cipora JK....maybe he can help Meshaal 05:59  |  Lynn 14/04/08
      181.   Carter wants to deliver a stinking rose to Hamas 06:03  |  Zev 14/04/08
      182.   How many dead Palestinians? 06:48  |  Marilyn 14/04/08
      183.   #176 David Igor 07:00  |  * BEN JABO 14/04/08
      184.   News flash: Tosefta is really Jimmy Carter`s pen name! 07:11  |  Voice of Reason 14/04/08
      185.   Carter is the destroyer of global peace 07:16  |  Haldrik 14/04/08
      186.   "a crusade of hate against israel"????? 07:28  |  eric 14/04/08
      187.   MIRIAM Pals can elect whoever they like.Israel can negotiate with 07:29  |  PETER SM 14/04/08
      188.   i hope that carter can help shalit... 07:32  |  eric 14/04/08
      189.   President Carter 07:53  |  Bill 14/04/08
      190.   #143 and carter is not an old fool deborah? 08:19  |  v hardman 14/04/08
      191.   #179, eric 08:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/04/08
      192.   dutch you dumb bimbo 08:53  |  Joe Moer 14/04/08
      193.   #181 eric beives carter has some ability to do something? 08:53  |  v hardman 14/04/08
      194.   #78 and Not to mention the harm caused ...... 08:58  |  Ari ben Yisrael 14/04/08
      195.   #182 - You might want to check your facts 10:56  |  JES 14/04/08
      196.   Lynn can`t be for real! #180 11:26  |  Roo 14/04/08
      197.   Lynn can`t be for real! #180 12:12  |  Roo 14/04/08
      198.   Marylin the fool 14:43  |  ChanahS 14/04/08
      199.   hamas 15:22  |  arab 14/04/08
      200.   response to Tex 16:37  |  jpap 14/04/08
      201.   # 191 how is it that he supports hamas, cipora 23:05  |  eric 14/04/08
      202.   #200 Eric - I`ll explain Carters support in one word `"MONEY" 00:28  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      203.   Rakosi, Ulbricht, Tito are as undemocratic as Hamas 00:50  |  S. Colte 15/04/08
      204.   #202 Then why has he ALWAYS sung the same tune, BEN? 04:37  |  Johnboy 16/04/08
      205.   # 202 ben jabo; if i`d wanted your propaganda hype...(2nd try) 05:00  |  eric 16/04/08
      206.   #205 Eric NM 16:49  |  * BEN JABO 16/04/08
      207.   response to #2 18:53  |  ang 16/04/08
      208.   Help Carter make a deal 21:15  |  Patrick 16/04/08
      209.   My apologies 00:08  |  Bobby 17/04/08
      210.   Carter wants Shalit release 00:51  |  * BEN JABO 17/04/08
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