President, PM refuse to meet Jimmy Carter

President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both reject a request by former US president Jimmy Carter to meet, acting on advice from the Foreign Ministry.

It is not clear yet whether Carter will decide to cancel the visit, Haaretz reports.

The former president has voiced increasingly critical views on Israel in recent years.

Former US president Jimmy Carter on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, January 12, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube/Comedy Central)
Former US president Jimmy Carter on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, January 12, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube/Comedy Central)

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