The President of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, has said that a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is “inevitable” and warned that “nationalistic” trends in Israel are leading to more antisemitism globally.
Mr Lauder was speaking in a wide-ranging interview in this week’s JC, in which he also warns that anti-Israel sentiment is morphing into antisemitism.
The US businessman — a Republican, Likud supporter and friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump — added: “The more Israel becomes nationalistic and talks about annexation, the more this comes out.”
Mr Lauder, who also spent a decade as President of the Jewish National Fund before taking over at the WJC in 2007, said that Israel “has to have a two-state solution. It’s inevitable and the sooner they do it, the better it will be.”
