For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Israel snubs Jimmy Carter:
Israel's secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday...The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who brokered Israel's first peace treaty with an Arab neighbor, Egypt, signed in 1979, met Israel's largely ceremonial president, Shimon Peres, on Sunday but was shunned by the political leadership, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Is Israel doing the right thing? How embarrassing is it for Carter and America that Hamas leaders welcomed him with open arms, but Israel said "No, thank you"?
