Middle East Politics.Net » Carter http://middleeastpolitics.net Facts, News, Trends, Analysis Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:56:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Former President Carter Meets with Exiled Hamas Leader http://middleeastpolitics.net/2008/12/16/former-president-carter-meets-with-exiled-hamas-leader/ http://middleeastpolitics.net/2008/12/16/former-president-carter-meets-with-exiled-hamas-leader/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:33:57 +0000 pshapiro http://middleeastpolitics.net/?p=3973 Late into the hours on Sunday, former President Jimmy Carter met with Khaled Meshaal, the militant leader of Hamas who lives in exile in Damascus, Syria. We know that the major issues discussed in that meeting include the fate of Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped by Hamas back in the summer of 2006 and has been held captive ever since. The 2nd issue is a broader negotiation for peace. There has been a six-month ceasefire that has by and large held in Gaza. That peace agreement ends this week. We will have to wait and see how that plays out. Jimmy Carter’s last meeting with Meshaal was in April. When he returned to the United States, he was under great criticism from the Bush administration, which called the meetings unhelpful. The United States classifies Hamas a terrorist organization.

Paul Shapiro

]]> http://middleeastpolitics.net/2008/12/16/former-president-carter-meets-with-exiled-hamas-leader/feed/ 0 Jimmy Carter to Visit Lebanon http://middleeastpolitics.net/2008/12/05/jimmy-carter-to-visit-lebanon/ http://middleeastpolitics.net/2008/12/05/jimmy-carter-to-visit-lebanon/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:06:14 +0000 sdemetri http://middleeastpolitics.net/?p=3710 The Carter Center has announced that former US President Jimmy Carter will be visiting the Middle East this month, and will be focusing on issues of particular concern to Lebanon and Syria. As part of his visit, Carter will lead an assessment mission in Lebanon to prepare for the upcoming 2009 elections and to consider the possibility of a subsequent election observation mission. Additionally, he will be presenting a lecture at the American University of Beirut titled, “30 years after Camp David: A memo to the Arab World, Israel and the Quartet.”

He will also meet with Syrian and Lebanese officials on fostering peace in the Middle Eastern region.

Stefanie Demetriades

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