Jimmy Carter warns against one-state for Israel-Palestine
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is warning that the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences for Israel in the long-term."
Carter concluded that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state "is in Israel's best interest."
In a statement to the Security Council read Thursday by former U.S. ambassador Richard Murphy, Carter said that a two-state solution "must be anchored on 1967 borders with agreed upon adjustments and with Jerusalem as the capital for both Israelis and Palestinians."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He said Gaza "is teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster" and warned that another war in the Hamas-ruled territory is "a real possibility — and the consequences would be catastrophic."