Netanyahu is in great company now
Prime Minister Netanyahu has gotten himself into some great company. Guess who else thinks trading 1,027 terrorists for one kidnapped soldier is a great idea? Of course, Jimmy Carter. In a telephone interview with Haaretz, Carter said that national leaders must act according to the individual circumstances of each case, and he believes he would have acted as Netanyahu did in the Shalit case.Aren't you all glad he was a one-term President?
The former American president said that as far as he knew from following negotiations in the case closely, Netanyahu could have reached a similar deal on Shalit's release two years ago. He said he was not being critical of the Israeli prime minister, however, explaining that it was in the nature of negotiations.
Carter is very familiar with the Shalit case. He attempted to assist in efforts to free him, and convinced Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal to allow an exchange of letters between Shalit and his family.
In a letter from Gilad Shalit that the former U.S. president sent to the Shalit family in June 2008, the captive soldier begged for his life. Carter said at the time that Hamas officials told him that Shalit was being held under better conditions than Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, Jimmy Carter, terrorists for Gilad trade
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:43 AM
2 Comments:
Jimmy Carter despises Netanyahu more than the Clintons and Obama do.
Netanyahu had such a consensus in the large cabinet for this deal that I'm convinced there's something else going on with this (something that will help Israel).
I think the Shalit hostage situation was being used by Hamas and the other gangs as the possession of an Israeli human shield so that Hamas couldn't be brought down.
We don't know yet but I don't think that Carteresque motives should be assumed for Netanyahu or the vast majority of the MKs in the large cabinet.
Jimmy Carter is a paid representative OF Hamas. Of course he followed this. He was representing Hamas.
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