UNITED NATIONS: Former US President Jimmy Carter is warning that the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 鈥渋s being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences for Israel in the long-term.鈥�
Carter concluded that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state 鈥渋s in Israel鈥檚 best interest.鈥�
In a statement to the Security Council read Thursday by former US ambassador Richard Murphy, Carter said that a two-state solution 鈥渕ust be anchored on 1967 borders with agreed upon adjustments and with Jerusalem as the capital for both Israelis and Palestinians.鈥�
He said Gaza 鈥渋s teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster鈥� and warned that another war in the Hamas-ruled territory is 鈥渁 real possibility 鈥� and the consequences would be catastrophic.鈥�