A meeting of the World Jewish Congress headed by Ronald Lauder opened March 18 in Jerusalem, according to cursorinfo.co.il

Israeli minister of intelligence and transport Israel Katz opened the congress on behalf of the state of Israel.

At the same time Walla reported on statements Lauder made which were published Monday in the New York Times. “The reality is that there are 13 million people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, almost half of them Palestinians,” Lauder reportedly said. “The only way out of this situation is to realize the principle of two states.”