Kerry cautions without two state solution no Jewish and democratic Israel

Outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry has cautioned that unless Israel moves toward a two state solution with the Palestinians, it risks its Jewish and democratic character.

“You cannot be a unity state and be democratic and Jewish at the same time. You can’t do it,” Kerry says, speaking at Davos, in a conversation with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. Kerry warned that a one state solution would lead to “permanent insurgency, permanent conflict.”

Kerry says that the US deliberately raised the issues of settlements before the change of administration because it had an obligation to do so. “We can’t say we’re against settlements and then turn away.”