- Human RightsPalestine
- June 15, 2009
- 6 minutes read
Carter meets West Bank Hamas MPs

Former US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday met with a number of Hamas lawmakers in the West Bank to discuss their views regarding the Palestine cause and tabled solutions to solve it.
The one hour meeting was held at the Carter center in Ramallah city in the presence of three Hamas MPs Mahmoud Al-Ramahi, Abdul Rahman Zeidan and Omar Abdul Razek.
The deputies appreciated Carter”s positions and discussed with him means of settling the Middle East crisis in light of the presence of a new US administration.
Carter earlier stated that there could be no peace in the region without the direct participation of Hamas in the political process.
Carter also criticized Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu”s stands towards the issue of settlements (in the West Bank) and the two-state solution, describing them as “negative“.
He opined that the American administration