Carter vows to push for sanctions against Israel

From  News From Jerusalem: 

Former President Jimmy Carter told the Palestinian government he would work privately to push for U.S. and international sanctions against Israel, according to officials in the Palestinian Authority.

Separately, Carter told Hamas leaders that he would lobby the Obama administration to open dialogue with the terrorist organization, Hamas officials in Gaza told WND.

According to the PA officials, Carter, who visited Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories last week, said he would lobby for sanctions against the Jewish state due to Israel's continued blockade against the Gaza Strip as well as its "settlement activity" – Jewish construction in the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.

The PA officials said Carter expressed in meetings held with them in eastern Jerusalem that he sees so-called settlements as the main obstacle to an Israeli-Palestinian deal.

Carter last week visited Syria, where he met with Hamas chief Khaled Meshal as part of an international delegation that seeks to end the isolation of Hamas, whose charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of Israel.

Hamas officials told WND that Carter told their group he would work for direct public dialogue between the U.S. and Hamas.

By Aaron Klein - read more at WND