French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has announced an effort to convene a new peace summit aimed at reviving the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, warning they are prepared to recognize Palestine if the talks fail.
Fabius warned that continued Israeli settlement expansion was threatening to “unravel” the two-state solution and said they have a responsibility as a member of the UN Security Council to prevent that from happening.
Israeli officials expressed outrage at the announcement, saying it was “no way to negotiate,” and that the threat to recognize Palestine would only make the Palestinians less willing to negotiate. Palestinian officials have endorsed the effort.
France has suggested an openness to getting peace talks restarted through a UN Security Council resolution, though the US has threatened to veto and effectively blocked such efforts. The US has not commented on the latest French proposal.
No matter what happens, if Israel makes a deal or not, France will recognize a Palestinian state. Israel can be part of it or not, but it can’t prevent it. Israel can shape it or not, but it will happen.
This is what the rest of the world needs to do about Palestine, now that the US sponsored “Peace Process” has been shown to be a sham used to expand Israel and destroy Palestine.
It will be Israel and the US against everyone, just as it was with South Africa, until finally even the US turns away.
This is just the way Israel behaves, when it establishes its minimums on “security” and control of water and keeping settlements.
The holocaust took place in Germany, several European countries including France are directly responsible for the massacre by shipping their own jewish population by boats and trains to Germany…YET the Palestinians are being punished for the Holocaust !:( ..the hands of these evil governments are soaked with the blood of millions of innocent people , therefore, they are in no position and certainly have no right to talk about PEACE, JUSTICE or EQUAL RIGHTS.
Note : HUMAN RIGHTS ( Le Droit de l’Homme ) was born in FRANCE ! ..the irony of it all !!!.
l agree with all you have said but don’t you think that there is a time to look back retrospect and do the right thing at this time and in this way ease the pressure against her.
France’s attempt at an independent foreign policy won’t work because Washington will order France to drop its Palestinian stance. France has no choice but to obey orders.
I dont think this time they will back down as you suspect they will.More and more nations are getting tired of the US and its cozy relationship with Israel.
The USA will never be evenhanded in this matter. Time to let the Europeans lead.
I favor France’s lead in this situation as they have the majority of the EU backing them. The US has, too many times, come to Israel’s demands and I have hopes that the UN will finally rule against the settlements Israel has made in utter disregard. The “Chosen People” bit has overstepped its bounds.