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Israel nixed planned visit to Gaza: Carter
0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Tuesday he wanted to visit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on his current Middle East tour but indicated that Israel refused to authorise the trip.
"I haven't been able to get a permission to go to Gaza. I would like to. I asked for permission but I was turned down," Carter told reporters in Ramallah ahead of a meeting with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad.
Israeli authorities, which control access to Gaza, did not immediately comment on the claim.
Carter's nine-day sweep through the region has drawn fire from the United States and Israel, who have urged him not to go through with a planned face-to-face meeting with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus.
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