Talking To Hamas (Instead of Killing People) Makes You a Bigot
April 25th 2008 13:04
Big surprise, Jimmy Carter has now been labelled a 'bigot' by Israel's Ambassador to the UN for (of all things) *gasp* *shock* *horror* talking to Hamas rather than pouring a good three billion into Israels war machine.
Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot'
I think if people talked more like Jimmy Carter and less like our lovely Israeli Ambassador to the UN the world would be a lot more peaceful.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called former President Jimmy Carter "a bigot" for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, "went to the region with soiled hands and came back with bloody hands after shaking the hand of Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas," Ambassador Dan Gillerman told a luncheon briefing for reporters.
The diplomat was questioned about problems facing his country during a wide-ranging discussion with reporters lasting more than an hour. The briefing was sponsored by The Israel Project, a Washington-based, media-oriented advocacy group.
The ambassador's harsh words for Carter came days after the ex-president met with Mashaal for seven hours in Damascus to negotiate a cease-fire with Gaza's Hamas rulers. Carter then called Mashaal on Monday to try to get him to agree to a one-month truce without conditions, but the Hamas leader rejected the idea.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, "went to the region with soiled hands and came back with bloody hands after shaking the hand of Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas," Ambassador Dan Gillerman told a luncheon briefing for reporters.
The diplomat was questioned about problems facing his country during a wide-ranging discussion with reporters lasting more than an hour. The briefing was sponsored by The Israel Project, a Washington-based, media-oriented advocacy group.
The ambassador's harsh words for Carter came days after the ex-president met with Mashaal for seven hours in Damascus to negotiate a cease-fire with Gaza's Hamas rulers. Carter then called Mashaal on Monday to try to get him to agree to a one-month truce without conditions, but the Hamas leader rejected the idea.
Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot'
I think if people talked more like Jimmy Carter and less like our lovely Israeli Ambassador to the UN the world would be a lot more peaceful.
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Comment by RubySoho
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I just read in BBC News that Hamas has offered a six month truce.
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So his trip can't have been a total waste of time.
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Comment by Natalie 2
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And, if I'm not mistaken...refusing to talk to someone based on their affiliations makes you more of a bigot than what Carter is doing.
It saddens me to say this, but America has been turning into such a fearful, trigger happy Country, I do not blame other nations for distrusting us.
I hope that the outcome of the upcoming election yeilds results that will get us back on track to being a place I can be proud to call home.
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Comment by Damo
It happen all the time.
Part of the with us or against us mentality.
20 years ago any criticism of Israeli policy was automatically called anti-semitism. over the years that sort of rhetoric has become less ineffective.
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Comment by Sheree
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but then, I guess that's why I'm the journalist and he (Israeli Ambassador) is the puppet zionist propaganda machine. Best to stick to our defined roles.
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I find these days whoever is labeled 'anti-semetic' tends to really just be criticizing Israels actions, it has gotten so bad Carter isn't even criticize Israel but got labeled abigot. Something tells me the Israeli government does not want Hammas to be talking with high profile types especially when they start sayiing such things like 'we will recognize Israel'.
It's literally 'I've tried evertyhing except talking with them...'. Israels own blundering incompetance from a diplomatic standpoint is no accident.
Comment by RubySoho
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Interestingly Israel is refusing Hamas's offer of a truce.
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I don't get it. Israel complains about Hamas rockets and demands Hamas stop attacking Israelis and when Hamas agrees to these demands, Israel refuses to play along.
What does Israel want exactly? Am I been too cynical when I say it appears to me that Israel needs Hamas to launch annoying but ultimately ineffective attacks on Israel to justify Israel's continued oppression of the Palestinian population and its never ending settlement of the Occupied Territories?
Comment by Ahmed
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In the end it's all rhetoric.
Comment by Thoraiya Dyer
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..A nice, simple point : Talking is better than killing.
Amen to that
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criticising Israel does not equate to anti-semitism
i see no reason not to trust Jimmy Carter if he helps make it peaceful for all involved
Comment by RubySoho
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Unfortunately calling someone who criticises Israeli policy an "anti-Semite" is not completely ineffective. I think most of the world can see the difference, but apparently in some circles,the word "Jew" is still interchangeable with the word "Israeli".
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