Jimmy Carter warns against one-state for Israel-Palestine

Jimmy Carter said that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state ‘is in Israel’s best interest.’ (Getty Images)
Updated 22 February 2018
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Jimmy Carter warns against one-state for Israel-Palestine

UNITED NATIONS: Former US 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 US 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.”
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.”


Missile attack on Israel injures 58

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Missile attack on Israel injures 58

  • Footage shared by the ambulance service from the impact site showed damaged cars and scattered debris
Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service said some 58 people were hurt in a missile attack on Zarzir, a city around 100 kilometers north of Jerusalem near the border with Lebanon. The service said one person was in moderate condition and 57 sustained very minor injuries from glass shards.
Footage shared by the ambulance service from the impact site showed damaged cars and scattered debris.
The Israeli military said it was operating with emergency services at the scene to clear debris.
Hezbollah said early Friday that it had fired several rocket salvos toward northern Israel and Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.