The Republican Jewish Coalition gathered signatures from six former U.S. ambassadors on a letter today calling for former President Jimmy Carter to be fired as honorary chairman of Democrats Abroad, a foreign policy arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

The group says it targeted Mr. Carter because of his recent comment that it was "criminal" to withhold aid to Hamas, which the State Department has designated a terrorist organization.

"It is difficult for us to understand how Carter can be deemed fit to serve as Honorary Chairman of Democrats Abroad after having urged support for Hamas," said the letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean.

-- S.A. Miller, Capitol Hill correspondent, The Washington Times