Ramallah, West Bank: Former US President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday warmly embraced a leading Hamas figure in the West Bank and laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat, further antagonising Israel as he pushed forward with his latest Mideast peace mission.I did not admire Arafat. He seemed to be serving his own self interests in the end.
Carter, who stressed he was not acting as a negotiator or a mediator, said he hoped "just as a communicator" to relay to "leaders of the United States" what Hamas and Syria have to say.
No doubt Carter is setting off a huge controversy and no doubt the right wing hate radio usuals will link it all to Obama, etc, etc, etc.
What I would like to simply point out is that the Palestinian - Israeli conflict appears as bad as ever and we were all sick of it 30 years ago.
In that light, or lack or light, which is that the situation is no better and is in some ways worse, much worse, Carter deserves credit for moving outside of the worthless box.
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