Kerry Reportedly Warns That Israel Could Become ‘An Apartheid State’

Source: CBSDC/AP

April 28, 2014 8:08 AM

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly issued a warning that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if a two-state solution is not reached with the Palestinians.

The Daily Beast reports the comment was made during a closed-door meeting Friday before the Trilateral Commission, a group of analysts and experts from the U.S., Europe and Japan.

“A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the only real alternative. Because a unitary state winds up either being an apartheid state with second-class citizens – or it ends up being a state that destroys the capacity of Israel to be a Jewish state,” Kerry said, according to a recording obtained by The Beast. “Once you put that frame in your mind, that reality, which is the bottom line, you understand how imperative it is to get to the two-state solution, which both leaders, even yesterday, said they remain deeply committed to.”

According to The Beast, Kerry said that if “there is a change of government or a change of heart” from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, “something will happen.”

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