World | Jimmy Carter Carter Meets With Hamas Chief Ex-president draws widespread criticism for talks with Palestinian group By Katherine Thompson Posted Apr 18, 2008 1:47 PM CDT Copied Hamas militants carry a banner showing a caricature of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a banner in the Nusseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, April 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) Jimmy Carter met today with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal despite protests from the US State Department and the Israeli government. A Hamas deputy told the AP the agenda would include strategies to calm tensions between Israel and Hamas, as well as the fate of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Carter has said that the group must be engaged for peace talks to make progress. "He's giving this image some sort of recognition with one of the world's most brutal arch terrorists and, worst of all, I think Jimmy Carter is forgetting the lessons of 9/11," an Israeli minister told the BBC of the Nobel laureate's series of meetings with Hamas brass this week. "And Jimmy Carter, in a way, is forgetting his own legacy." Read These Next FBI says 'person of interest' in Kirk killing is in custody. Charlie Kirk's death has been confirmed. Moment of silence for Kirk ends in House shouting match. Two photos show 'person of interest' in Kirk shooting. Report an error