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Yisrael Beitenu head Avigdor Lieberman. (Archives) Last update - 18:00 16/04/2008 Lieberman to Carter: Meeting Meshal will only heighten terror By Reuters Tags: Hamas, Israel, Jimmy Carter Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday urged former U.S. president Jimmy Carter to cancel his plans to meet with Hamas' exiled leader Khaled Meshal, saying such talks would only heighten terror. During their talks Wednesday, Lieberman presented Carter with his program for territorial exchange, which calls for the transfer of land and their local populations as the optimal solution for peace. According to an associate of Lieberman, Carter seemed interested by the idea of realigning borders according to population. In response to Carter's question concerning the fate of Arabs not living by the border, Lieberman said: "Whoever declares their faith in the state can remain here and those that do not cannot." Advertisement Carter said that he was pleased to have had the opportunity to meet with Lieberman, adding that he had come to the region to hear all sides of the conflict. No further details were released on the meeting. Aside from Lieberman, President Shimon Peres and Shas leader Eli Yishai are the only senior Israeli leaders to have met with Carter. Other Israeli officials have shunned the former U.S. president over his contacts with the Islamist group. Meanwhile, Hamas said on Wednesday that Carter would meet two of its leaders from Gaza in Egypt, in further defiance of Israeli leaders. Hamas official Ayman Taha told Reuters senior leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Saeed Seyam would travel to Cairo later in the day for talks with Carter, who began a Middle East visit on Sunday. "Mr. Carter asked for the meeting. He wanted to hear the Hamas vision regarding the situation, and we are interested in clarifying our position and emphasising the rights of our people," Taha said. Carter's delegation in Israel declined to comment. Carter had wanted to visit the Gaza Strip, which is governed by Hamas, but Israel rejected his request. All the border crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip are controlled by Israel. Egyptian forces are stationed at Gaza's southern border, which is usually closed. On Tuesday, in the occupied West Bank, Carter met Nasser Shaer, who served as deputy prime minister in the Hamas-led government that the United States and other Western powers boycotted. Hamas, which took control of the Gaza Strip by force in June from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, has rejected Western demands to recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept existing Israeli-Palestinian interim peace deals. Carter has angered the Israeli government with plans to meet Hamas' top leader, Khaled Meshal, in Syria, and by describing Israeli policy in the occupied Palestinian territories as "a system of apartheid" in a 2006 book. Carter, a broker of Israel's 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, met Israel's ceremonial president Shimon Peres on Sunday but was shunned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other policymakers. Carter stressed he was not acting during his current regional visit as negotiator or mediator but that he hoped, "just as a communicator", to relay to leaders of the United States what Hamas and Syria have to say. Shaer said he and Carter had discussed efforts to broker an unofficial truce between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. He said Carter had also voiced a desire to help in trying to end the enmity between Hamas and Fatah. Israel and Washington have sought to isolate Hamas and bolster Abbas, who has entered U.S.-backed peace talks with Olmert. Like Israel, the Bush administration opposes Carter's planned meeting with Meshal. Related articles: Carter meets Hamas official, calls for group to be included in peace talks Ex-U.S. President Carter answers questions from Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Jimmy Carter: Israel must talk to everyone Rice criticizes Carter over planned meeting with Meshal Bookmark to del.icio.us   Never forget Peres, at Warsaw uprising memorial: Israel will avenge Holocaust through peace. Return to Haifa Provocative new play evokes sympathy for both Jews and Palestinians   1.   carter meeting zahar 11:58  |  michael 16/04/08   2.   Communications and understanding are dangerous 13:58  |  Natallie Durson 16/04/08   3.   How does Zahar get to Cairo? 14:13  |  Aphemia 16/04/08   4.   Not so, Michael 14:13  |  Jackie 16/04/08   5.   michael on carter meeting zahar 14:35  |  Yaakov Sellivan 16/04/08   6.   # 5 Yaakov Sellivan, a Satmar Jew 15:22  |  17 16/04/08   7.   17 nyc on the satmar 15:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/04/08   8.   Natalie Durson / Jew / Israel and US hater expossed 16:30  |  Jon 16/04/08   9.   Why doesn`t he tell it to Putin his bosom friend too 16:34  |  agee t. 16/04/08   10.   LIEBERMAN, LAND SWAP IDEA MORTAL DANGER FOR ISRAEL AND WORLD))))) 17:01  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 16/04/08   11.   carter is a SOB- takes arab cash 17:03  |  jewish doctor 16/04/08   12.   #2 same as criminal street gangs in L.A. 17:42  |  Pastor Joseph 16/04/08   13.   Carter is a nazi 17:50  |  Mark Sorovitz 16/04/08   14.   # 5 Yaakov Sullivan, a Satmar Jew 18:23  |  17 16/04/08   15.   17 nyc you are not correct 19:10  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/04/08   16.   If Florida gets larger does Georgia than shrink.... 19:32  |  r 16/04/08   17.   # 15 Yaakov Sullivan , a Satmar Jew 20:04  |  17 16/04/08   18.   This is one of the most interesting ventures 20:17  |  Kris Lazar 16/04/08   19.   Durson are you that stupid or just lying? 20:24  |  Conroy 16/04/08   20.   If Israel were smart 20:45  |  B 16/04/08   21.   # 2 Communications by Durson 20:54  |  Antonietta 16/04/08   22.   lieberman another neo-con hurting Israel 21:12  |  joefiasco 16/04/08   23.   # 8 Jon re Durson 21:25  |  Davidoff 16/04/08   24.   Last chance to make a deal from strength 21:50  |  miteaswell 16/04/08   25.   #2 Good idea Natalie: Carter could put the Charters on the table 22:35  |  AliciaYasmeen 16/04/08   26.   provides cover of repectibility 22:48  |  Scharker Yid 16/04/08   27.   the same racist lieberman/? 22:50  |  billy jack 16/04/08   28.   Israel`s mesiah 22:55  |  roger wallace 16/04/08

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