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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2015, 10:45 PM Apr 2015

Carter, Saudi seek mediation between Palestinian faction

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/18271-carter-saudi-seek-mediation-between-palestinian-factions

Former US President Jimmy Carter is undertaking Saudi-backed mediation efforts between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, a Palestinian source said Sunday.
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Carter will arrive in Gaza on Thursday to hold talks with leading Hamas members, he added.

Israeli news outlet Ynet had said that Carter would be arriving on April 30 on a three-day visit to Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip.

"Israel has officially decided to boycott Carter's visit, but it won't bar him from entering Israel or from crossing to Gaza," the report said.

The apartheid machine can't be bothered with a former US president? Well, it's hard you know: bulldozing Palestinian homes, building exclusive illegal Israeli colonies, ranting about how Israel has a right to all that land it has stolen in the West Bank. It leaves little time for anything else I guess.

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1. Jimmy Carter cancels Gaza Strip visit

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Wed Apr 29, 2015, 10:51 PM

Apr 2015

A delegation led by former US President Jimmy Carter said it has called off a planned visit to the Gaza Strip.

Carter had planned to make the visit on Thursday in an attempt to draw attention to the humanitarian situation in the war-battered territory. The trip included planned meetings with Hamas, the Islamic terror group that controls Gaza.

But late Wednesday, the Elders, the group sponsoring the visit, expressed regret that it would not take place. It gave no explanation.

“(The Elders) remain concerned at the slow pace of reconstruction and the continued closure of Gaza, and will work with the international community to improve conditions for its people,” a spokesperson for the group stated.

The spokesperson also expressed the group’s commitment towards Palestinian reconciliation and reaffirming “their belief in a just and viable two-state solution for both Israelis and Palestinians.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jimmy-carter-cancels-gaza-strip-visit/

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