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| Israeli minister ready to meet Hamas |
| 2008-04-19 |
| Israeli minister Eli Yishai is ready to meet exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to negotiate the release of prisoners held by the group, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday. “I am ready to meet with all necessary Hamas members,” the newspaper quoted the industry minister as telling former US president Jimmy Carter during a meeting this week. Carter was due in Damascus on Friday for talks with Meshaal as part of his Middle East tour to boost the peace process. During a visit to Israel earlier in the week, Carter met the parents of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants in June 2006, and pledged to take up calls for his release with Meshaal. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I wonder if the Islamists are going to throw ol' Jimmy a bone on this one. He was a good and faithful Dhimmi when he President. It would certainly wash away some of his guilt if he could get Shalit released. Make a treasonous old man feel good before he dies. Well, if Shalit is still alive and Jimmy can provide an excuse for Hamas to release him, more power to him. It would be little more than an interesting footnote to the President whose legacy will be that of inspiring the Islamist war against the West. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-19 10:44 |
| #1 Industry minister? That's not in his portfolio normally, I'd think. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-19 08:10 |