Wednesday April 16th, 2008
Former US President Jimmy Carter continued his tour of the Middle East,Tuesday, against the wishes of the Israeli and US governments, which have strenuously objected to his planned meetings with Hamas leaders. Carter met Nasser al-Shaer, a senior Hamas leader, and laid a wreath on the grave of Yasser Arafat. "I'm just trying to understand different opinions and communicate, provide communications between people that won't communicate with each other," the former US leader said. "If (the Hamas leadership) have anything constructive to say ... then I would bring that to other people." Carter is scheduled to meet Khaled Mashaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, in Syria on Friday.
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