Israel Says Carter Effort At Cease-fire With Hamas FAILED!
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JERUSALEM – Israel says efforts by former President Jimmy Carter to work out a cease-fire with Gaza’s Hamas rulers failed.
Senior Defense Ministry official Amos Gilad says that Hamas presented nothing new in its demands for a truce during Carter’s recent meetings with officials of the militant group.
In fact, Hamas vehemently denied Carter’s claim that it ever agreed to recognize Israel’s existence, leaving the former President in a very embarrasing situation, and calling into question his very credibility.
Gilad told Israel’s Army Radio Tuesday that Mashaal had not budged in his demands, and thus the Carter mission failed.
Carter called Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Damascus on Monday to get him to agree to a one-month truce without conditions. But Mashaal rejected the idea.
The AP contributed to this story
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