Friday, April 25, 2008

Israel Ambassador Calls Carter a "Bigot"

NEW YORK -- Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called former President Jimmy Carter "a bigot" for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria.

Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, "went to the region with soiled hands and came back with bloody hands after shaking the hand of Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas," Ambassador Dan Gillerman told a luncheon briefing for reporters.

...The ambassador's harsh words for Carter came days after the ex-president met with Mashaal for seven hours in Damascus to negotiate a cease-fire with Gaza's Hamas rulers. Carter then called Mashaal on Monday to try to get him to agree to a one-month truce without conditions, but the Hamas leader rejected the idea.

The ambassador called last weekend's encounter "a very sad episode in American history."

He said it was "a shame" to see Carter, who had done "good things" as a former president, "turn into what I believe to be a bigot."

Good call.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Clearly ignorant of the definition of bigot (chauvinist,racist, intollerant) this agent of belligerent state violence scorns one of the great humanitarians of the age. Carter's constant labors for peace and inclusive diaglogue insult only those devoted to exclusivity, cultural suppression and war. One hopes this ambassador represents only his government and not all Israelis.

Mary said...

One hopes that Carter realizes his shameless pro-Palestinian bias, anti-Semitism, and disregard for the current administration have consequences.

One hopes that the Israelis AND the terrorists recognize that Carter represents only himself.