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Mosaic: Carter Shunned by Israel, Is a Hero to Hamas

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Posted on Apr 19, 2008
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Is former President Jimmy Carter on a peace mission or a mission impossible? As this Mosaic Intelligence Report explains, Carter will try to mediate the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit as a goodwill gesture on the part of Hamas, which is reported to be seriously considering Carter’s proposal.

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By PatrickHenry, April 22, 2008 at 3:36 am Link to this comment

A Bully

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By republicanSScareme, April 21, 2008 at 7:51 pm Link to this comment
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The Zionists hate Carter because he is doing the Christian thing…being a Peacemaker.

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By Howard, April 21, 2008 at 7:49 pm Link to this comment

Totally dedicated to destroying Israel and its people. And all the Arab countries are to be blamed for not helping the Gazans over the last 40 years after attacking Israel in 1948.  Purposely offering no monetary or economic aid to those who fled at their urging. Making them stay as refugees on purpose.

Meanwhile they teach their children and citizens nothing but utter hatred for Israel and the west. Can’t make peace with people who want to kill you.

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By weather, April 20, 2008 at 3:31 pm Link to this comment
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Israel would rather shoot a reporter in cold-blood and bulldoze down a fine young American girl to death,  then to be fully exposed for its criminal conduct - its truth.

What Israel fears most? Confronting the truth about themselves.

Until American Jews come out and confront the remarkable arrogance and brazen deceit that is Israel, it will remain an open angry wound that will not find any Peace and time to heal - and for this they will absolutely no one else to blame but themselves.

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By cyrena, April 20, 2008 at 1:23 pm Link to this comment

I ditto Fadel and Patrick Henry.

Jimmy Carter is the epitome of courage and morality, and while I’ve always known that, the older I get, the more I appreciate him.

He’s on my hero list as well.

I don’t know what the hell’s wrong with Barack. He needs to watch it. If he doesn’t feel like he’s in a position to criticize Israel for the moment, then he just shouldn’t say anything at all about this.

In this case, I’m gonna repeat his own words about Hillary, HE KNOWS BETTER!

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By gerald Molino, April 20, 2008 at 9:39 am Link to this comment
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GO Jimmy Carter GO !!!!!

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By randyha, April 20, 2008 at 9:36 am Link to this comment

Carter is the ONLY former president (in my lifetime) who has dedicated his entire retirement time to helping people, whether in peacemaking or building homes for the needy. Tell me what other president did that?

Bill Clinton managed to accopmlish two things: 1)earn 100 million dollars 2)get his wife into the senate and now is trying for the presidency.

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By Robert Mendez, April 20, 2008 at 8:32 am Link to this comment
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Carter surely is a hero, but the questions that need to be asked concern why he alone is willing to deal with this situation.  How is it American Jews have wielded so much power to deter nearly every single public figure from even discussing the subject?  Obama won’t recognize Hamas, in spite of the fact they were democratically elected?  The entire Clinton clan has been in the hip pocket of the Schumer cabal for years. The question that needs discussing is why is this so?

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By Paolo, April 20, 2008 at 7:44 am Link to this comment

Carter has a lot of courage to commit the unspeakable crime of talking—TALKING!—to HAMAS. You should read the nauseating vilification of him at Townhall and other brain-dead Neocon drool-fests.

I didn’t think much of Carter when he was President, but I think more and more of him with each passing year. He may be (I, as a libertarian, almost never say this!) a politician with a conscience. He actually seems to understand that there really is another side to the Middle East story besides absolute, unquestioning loyalty to the Israeli regime and whatever it does.

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By Fadel Abdallah, April 20, 2008 at 6:56 am Link to this comment

The title of this piece missed the point by many millions when it stated that “Carter is a hero to Hamas.” Carter is not only a hero to Hamas, but I bit you he is a hero for 99% of the estimated 350 million Arabs and many other millions of peace-loving people around the world.

Only a man of the caliber of Carter was able to understand, with his little gestures, the level of humiliation, frustration and indignation of the Arab-Muslim masses for seeing their brethren and their holy places being occupied and humiliated for such a long time by marauder Zionists, and the danger this represent to world peace.

But Carter’s work and efforts should be supported and appreciated by peace-loving Jews. For it was Carter who brought to Israel its highest point of security when he succeeded in bringing peace between Israel and Egypt; thus neutralizing the power of the largest Arab country with the strongest military power. But the non-grateful fanatic Zionists can easy forget the great favor Carter bestowed on them in the not so distant past! 

As Israel gets more arrogant and more militaristic with every passing day, thanks to the unconditional support of the American military-industrial-political complex, only a great moral person of the caliber of Jimmy Carter can bring Israel to its senses and save her from its self-destructive path.

So, go Carter! You’re the last honest, peace-loving and man of common sense left in these sad United States of America.

If the hating Zionists, both Americans and Israelis, do not like your peaceful and common sense attitude, then I am sure you’ll be warmly welcomed, not only by the Palestinians whom you are advocating their just cause, but also by untold millions of Arabs, Muslims and other peace-loving people around the world.

I do dare to say that most Palestinians in particular and Arabs in general would trust you to be even their president instead of the sell-out puppets and irrelevant Mahmoud Abbas, Husni Mubarak, the twin kings Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Jordan and the other lesser evil Emirs, Sultans and so-called presidents of the other Arab countries.

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By bozhidar bob balkas, April 20, 2008 at 6:50 am Link to this comment
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The most senior of gods was Baal. He was slain by yahweh, the hebrew diety. However, yahweh is on warpath once again; he/she’s picking on allah, the most junior of the four semitic gods, or ‘gods’, as i say.
Allah is much stronger than was baal; thus is still holding on for dear life; he’s been battered by yahweh and her sister, the ‘god’ of the christians.
All three semitic ‘gods’ are armed with WMD.
And all three loonies mean business.
Carter is also a ‘godful’ man; i’m ‘godless’, or, rather, devilful. My devil has survived baal.
My devil is actually an IT; the other two ‘gods’ are also just ITS.
Seriously now, i’m happy Carter is doing this. thanx

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By PatrickHenry, April 20, 2008 at 6:08 am Link to this comment

Examples such as Jimmie Carter make me feel prouder to be an American than I have felt in a long time.

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