Posted on 01/15/2017 10:51:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
PARIS — Diplomats from more than 70 countries called Sunday for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state and urged Israel and Palestinians to restart direct negotiations.
In their joint declaration at the conclusion of a Mideast conference here, the envoys urged Israel and the Palestinians to restate their commitment to the goal of two states living side by side in peace and security.
The representatives, including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, also warned that continued acts of violence and the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank needed to stop.
The two-page closing statement was meant to send a message from Europe and the Arab states to the incoming Trump administration that the international community wants to keep hope alive for a two-state solution to the long-running conflict.
The joint declaration urged both sides to “disassociate from voices” that reject this. Israel’s current coalition government is filled with ministers who have openly rejected the two-state solution, including some leaders who want to annex 60 percent of the West Bank.
Neither Israel nor the Palestinians attened the conference. Palestinians welcomed the meeting, while Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the gathering “rigged” against Israel and “futile.”
Netanyahu instead said that the delegates to the Paris meeting should press Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table.
France’s foreign minister kicked off the conference Sunday by warning that moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would have “extremely serious consequences” for the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Characterizing it as a provocation, Jean-Marc Ayrault said he doubted President-elect Donald Trump would in the end actually fulfill his pledge to relocate the embassy in a city that Israelis have named as their capital and Palestinians desire a part of
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Always the same old players offering up the Pro Muslim talking points.
Diplomats from more than 70 countries called Sunday for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state and urged Israel and Palestinians to restart direct negotiations
Simply an exercise in mental masterbation. Many countries and diplomats are good at it.
Shut up France!
The U.S. will protect Freedom!
Thanks for the military help centuries ago, France. And thank you for the statue you gave that we’ve had to rebuild several times. But now, you are no longer a freedom-loving people and you hate those of us in the USA who still are. No help for you coming this time around.
These are the usual suspects, always ready to blame the joos, and kiss up to the muzzies. How’s that working out for you all?
I wonder how high France is on Donald Trump’s list of sources to turn to for advice on dealing with Muslims?
I suspect they’re somewhere around #2,400, right after Sweden and right before CAIR.
>>Israel and the Palestinians to restate their commitment to the goal of two states living side by side in peace and security.<<
The “palistinians” have proven that is impossible.
That’s because most of these countries are filled with radical Muslims
ready to over run their countries.
Sure . . . we should follow strong French leadership! We followed Jacques Kerry and his leadership of the State Department long enough, and it didn’t work out.
Yeah, Trump does that and he is forever known as the guy who caused violence in the middle east. Dear Trump, on friday after you rescind all of O’Bungholes EOs, please move the embassy to jerusulem, cut all funding to palestinians, and the UN. Then instead of wasting any money on fireworks, sit back and listen to leftists and globalists heads explode worldwide?
I just flat out don’t get it.
How many time do the so-called “Palestinians” have to tell you UN fools that they don’t want a Palestine State...They just want to wipe Israel off the earth...
Anyone taken a look at the streets of Paris lately? Seems they have a wee bit of a muslim problem they can’t seem to manage.
I have an opinion I’d like to share with *France*.
President Trump please move our embassy in France to Normandy.
One and only one thing should have come from that meeting if they want to restart peace talks. And it was pretty simple.
A unanimous vote by every Muslim country in the middle east and the Palestinians that Israel has a right to exist. That should be the “only” starting point. Anything else is a non-starter.
They think it will engender good will from Jihadis. Utter fools, they make Neville Chamberlain look like Genghis Kahn.
The “Surrender Monkeys” are speaking out again. Gag
We are the United States of America! There is no reason for us to grovel in fear that China will throw a tantrum if we talk to a democracy like Taiwan, and there is no reason for us to tiptoe around the fact that Israel’s capital is Jerusalem. It’s not worth it to pretend that obeying their demands will keep terrorists (who are already active full time in murder and terrorism) from getting violent.
President Trump needs to move our Embassy to Israel’s capital and continue talking to democratic governments. The toddlers with a temper cannot be permitted to control the decisions made by adults.
Yeah France, it works really good to wag your finger at President e Trump
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