Bill Clinton in Israel: Two-State Solution a Must, Palestinians Having More Babies

Settlers won't make a diff, ex-pres says

Former US president Bill Clinton on Monday night urged Israel to work toward a two-state solution with the Palestinians, saying that he had never heard a credible alternative that would enable Israel to remain a Jewish and a democratic state. "No matter how many settlers you put out there [in the West Bank], the Palestinians are having more babies than the Israelis as a whole," Clinton said, and thus demographics were working against Israel.

Clinton was answering questions after a speech at the Peres Academic Center in Rehovot in honor of President Shimon Peres's 90th birthday celebrations, which continue Tuesday through Thursday with Peres's Presidential Conference in Jerusalem.