Andre Carson: If We’re Serious About a 2 State Solution, We Have to Realize the Settlements Are ‘Illegitimate’

RUSH EXCERPT:
TAPPER: "Now, you’ve heard just in the last block, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer just now really going after the Obama Administration hard, faulting them for abstaining during that U.N. Resolution having to do with the building of settlements in east Jerusalem, what did you make of what he had to say?”
CARSON: "Ambassador Dermer is a friend of mine with Hoosier roots. We immediate on which — we meet often. I disagree. I know that plenty trump along with prime minister Netanyahu have been vocally against the administration, but the reality is very clear. Over 600,000 Israelis are now settled in East Jerusalem in the west bank, further exacerbating tensions internationally. This is fuel to the fire for those extremist groups who have used this reality as a talking point, for further recruitment, to further expand their narratives against Jewish brothers and sisters, so if we’re honest about creating a two-stays solution, something which president Clinton almost secured, if we’re serious about this effort, we have to really realize as the administration has said, the current administration, that these settlements are illegitimate and we have to do something about it.”