John Kerry Criticized For Saying Israel's One Nation Strategy 'Not a Viable Option'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently received criticism for suggesting that Israel form a "two-state solution" with Palestine in order to preserve Israel as a Jewish state.

Kerry made his comments while speaking from the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. last weekend, suggesting that as Israel cordons off Palestine to the West Bank, it risks its own Jewish identity, as it would become impossible to differentiate between Jewish and Palestinian states.

"The one-state solution is no solution at all for a secure, Jewish, democratic Israel living in peace, it is simply not a viable option," Kerry reportedly said during his speech.

"If there is a risk that the PA [Palestinian Authority] could collapse - and it is in Israel's interest for it to in fact survive, as the prime minister suggested - should more therefore not be done to help sustain it?" Kerry questioned.

The Secretary of State has received criticism for his comments, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that Israel will not be a binational state, adding that Palestine must pursue peace.

"Israel will not be a binational state, but in order to have peace, the other side needs to decide that it wants peace as well," Netanyahu said.

As ABC News reports, Columnist Rogel Alpher wrote in Haaretz Daily that a binational state would destroy Israel.

"If Israel were the Titanic and the binational apartheid state its iceberg [...] then the collision with the iceberg has already occurred," the columnist wrote. "Without a diplomatic solution, we will continue to slowly sink into an existence of knifings, hatred and fear."