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I already reported that Jimmy Carter wanted to meet Hezbollah leaders. After being rejected a meeting he is now regretting that terrorist Hezbollah doesn’t want to meet:
Jimmy Carter said Friday he would have been “delighted” to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon and regretted the group’s leaders refuse to meet with current or former American presidents.
Carter offered to have his Atlanta-based Carter Center monitor Lebanon’s parliament elections next year.
During a lecture at the American University of Beirut on Friday, Carter expressed disappointment Hezbollah refused to see him.
“We came here with the hope that we can meet with all the political parties and factions in Lebanon,” he said. “If the leaders of Hezbollah wanted to meet with me, I would have been delighted.“
Hezbollah had refused to see him.
“Hezbollah does not meet with anyone from a US administration which supports Zionist terrorism,” said Mohamed Raad, head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc.
But he added that his group is not opposed to election monitors being sent to Lebanon to oversee the parliamentary vote.
“We are not concerned with election monitoring, we don’t reject it,” Raad said. “We will accept whatever decision the cabinet takes.”
The parliamentary elections could well see a majority grabbed by Hezbollah and its allies.
Carter planned to go to neighboring Syria on Saturday for meetings with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hamas leaders based in Damascus.
In his speech, Carter said Iran and Syria could have a major role in Mideast peacemaking efforts.
Carter is widely respected for his bold pro-peace stances. His critics, often Israel apologists, have failed to deter him from campaigning for a just peace in the region. (Middle East Online)
More than that. Now Carter also backs the partition of Jerusalem.
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