 Hamas's two top leaders, Mahmoud Zahar and Said Siam, traveled to Cairo Wednesday for talks with former US president Jimmy Carter and Egyptian officials on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip.
| I think my malaise is acting up. |
Hamas officials said the two had been invited to Cairo at the request of Carter, who is currently on a tour of the Middle East. Carter is scheduled to meet later this week in Damascus with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.
| Pfeh. What's Meshaal? A piker. He's hardly got any hostages at all. |
On Tuesday, Carter met in Ramallah with Nasser Eddin Shaer, a prominent Hamas figure who previously served as deputy prime minister in the Hamas government.
| They made kissy-face and felt each other up. Jimmy wasn't heeled. Betcha Nasty was. |
Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said Zahar and Siam would brief Carter during their meeting in Cairo on the "suffering of the Palestinians as a result of the Israeli-imposed siege of the Gaza Strip." |