Carter: Israel Faces 'Catastrophe' If Palestinian State Not Established

fox news ^ | 1/27/2009 | ap

[tobyhill]

Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Israel will face a "catastrophe" unless it revives the Mideast peace process and establishes an independent Palestinian state.

In an interview with The Associated Press, he said Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land in the foreseeable future.

"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.

"And you would no longer have a Jewish state," Carter said. "The basic decisions would be made by the Palestinians, who would almost very likely vote in a bloc, whereas you would have some sharp divisions among the Israelis, because the Israelis always have different points of view."

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Which is more extreme, carter or hezbollah?

[coalman]

this coming from Isreals worst catastrophe,himself.

[Bulldawg Fan]

I hope Obama heard what GW had to say about Carter.

[tobyhill]

Carter is not satisfied with Palestinians already in control of Gaza and West Bank, he wants all of Israel given to them and all the Jews off the face of the earth.

[garylmoore]

Carter is such a joke, he makes such a fool of himself.

[Quix]

LORD GOD,

PLEASE CAUSE HIS “CATASTROPHE” TO FALL DOWN AROUND HIS OWN HEAD.

PLEASE REMOVE HIM FROM PUBLIC LIFE.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

I think you’re right. the israel UN delegate called him a bigot, and they wouldn’t do that unless there was a darn good reason

[dennisw]

Anyone with a brain realizes that as soon as Paleostinians get a state on the West Bank they will be getting rockets and missiles to fire at Israeli cities that will be closer than ever. Even for crappy rockets. This way they make large parts of Israel uninhabitable like Sderot where real estate values get killed due to rocket barrages. So who wants to buy a house there?

[Logic n' Reason]

Since algore says that global warming is a fact, I say we make this scum (jimmuh cahtah) the new abassador to Antarctica.

We'll provide him a tent and everything. He won't need any US Marine guards as no one in their right (or wrong) mind would ever attack him.

He'll do very well with the penguins!

[Colonial Warrior]

Hey, Jimmee....GLAD to see ya!!!

[UglyinLA]

Ha ha. Normally when the word “catastrophe” appears in the same sentence as Jimmy Carter, the word “catastrophe” is a predicate adjective describing Jimmy Carter.

[GWMcClintock]

Israel faces a catastrophe if Carter continues to run his big fat mouth!

[GWMcClintock]

AMEN!!!!!

[Quix]

Thanks for your kind, affirming replies.

God have mercy on us . . . please remove him utterly from public life, Lord.

[norwaypinesavage]

Tell me again why it's Israel's responsibility to establish a nation that will be sworn to destroy Israel? Particularly among people who are too ignorant to establish their own government and want to spend all of their resources spewing hatred toward Israel rather than learning how to govern themselves?

[TADSLOS]

Speaking of catastrophes...

[GoldenPup]

I really don’t understand why the MSM and the American Public give a rat’s a$$ what this senile, old fool says about anything. His presidency was a complete, utter failure and he has gone down hill from there in his continuous, obviously uninformed pronouncements. Forgetabouthim!!! He is yesteryear’s news...Totally irrelevant...And dumb!!

[VeniVidiVici]

Welcome home, Jimmy.