Carter: Israel Will Face ‘Catastrophe’ Without a Palestinian State
Former President Jimmy Carter tells the Associated Press, "If we look toward a one-state solution, which seems to be the trend—I hope not inexorable—it would be a catastrophe for Israel ".
Former President Jimmy Carter tells the Associated Press, “If we look toward a one-state solution, which seems to be the trend—I hope not inexorable—it would be a catastrophe for Israel, because there would be only three options in that case.”
Under such a scenario, Carter warns, Israel would either have to expel large numbers of Palestinians, deny them the vote or give up being a Jewish state.
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“If we look toward a one-state solution, which seems to be the trend — I hope not inexorable — it would be a catastrophe for Israel, because there would be only three options in that case,” Carter said.
One would be to expel large numbers of Palestinians, which he said would amount to “ethnic cleansing.”
The second would be to deprive the Palestinians of equal voting rights, which he said would amount to “apartheid.”
The third would be to give the Palestinians equal voting rights, and therefore the majority, he said.
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