Carter: Gaza blockade is an atrocity
The Jerusalem Post
19 Aprile 2008
Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is an "atrocity," former US president Jimmy Carter said after meeting with Hamas officials in Cairo. Carter also said he had asked Hamas officials to stop rocket attacks into Israel and defended his controversial meetings with the Palestinian terrorist group, saying it was necessary to talk to all parties to achieve peace.
Carter met Thursday for the second straight day with Hamas officials, holding talks with some of the group's leaders from the Gaza Strip in the Egyptian capital.
He is expected Friday in Syria - the latest stop on a tour he calls a private Middle East peace mission - where he said he will meet with Hamas's exiled political chief Khaled Mashaal, as well as Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The meetings with Hamas, which Washington considers a terror organization, have drawn sharp …
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