Jimmy Carter is meeting with Hamas this month.

The Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Tuesday that Carter was planning a trip to Syria for mid-April, during which he would meet with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, on April 18.

Maybe he’s on Meshal’s shortlist for VP candidates and just wants to talk strategy.

UPDATE:
Looks like the reception party has begun.

Palestinian militants burst into southern Israel and killed two Israeli fuel terminal workers Wednesday in a surprise attack that threatened to set off wider fighting.
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Islamic Jihad and a smaller armed faction, the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for the raid at the Nahal Oz terminal, just across the border from Gaza.
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The Popular Resistance Committees has close ties with Hamas.

Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, praised the attack as “heroic and courageous.” He said Hamas was not responsible but affirmed his group’s support for “resistance.”

Allahu Carter.