E-mail
Print
RSS
G-bookmarks
Live
TechnoratiMeanwhile, Republican nominee-in-waiting Sen. John McCain, said in a statement: "It is a grave and dangerous mistake for an American leader to meet with a terrorist organization like Hamas.
“Engaged in a campaign that deliberately targets innocent Israeli civilians, Hamas is dedicated to the destruction of Israel,” he added. “President Carter is wrong to meet with Hamas, a terrorist group that has also killed innocent Americans.”
Carter’s popularity in Israel and among Jewish Americans has plummeted since his book, published two years ago, compared Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza to apartheid in South Africa. His planned meeting with Mashaal only adds fuel to existing tension and feelings of resentment among Israeli.
A recent survey showed that most U.S. Christians support the state of Israel out of a sense of “moral and biblical obligation.” The survey by the Joshua Fund, a pro-Israel evangelical organization, found that evangelical Christians were the most supportive of Israeli causes, with nearly 90 percent saying they felt a “moral and biblical obligation” to back Israel, and 62 percent said that Israel alone should posses control of Jerusalem.
Evangelical Christians also had the largest number of respondents who said they opposed a Palestinian state, believing it would give rise to terrorism.
Non-evangelical Protestants and Catholics were also revealed to be very pro-Israel, though their support was slightly lower.
Eighty-four percent of Protestants and 76 percent of Catholics said they felt a “biblical obligation” to support Israel.
A majority of Protestants also said they agreed that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undisputed capitol, while a lower but still high number of Catholics agreed.
Carter said he’ll meet with Hamas leader Nasser al-Shaer at a West Bank reception on Tuesday, according to AP. Shaer, who formerly was the Palestinian government’s deputy prime minister and education minister, is a leading Hamas member from the West Bank. He was not considered as part of the internationally recognized Palestinian government after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
aritonang »
Agree: 
Disagree: 
