France to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Jan 29, 2016 5:07pm EST

France to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken

PARIS | BY JOHN IRISH

France will recognise a Palestinian state if a final push that Paris plans to lead for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians fails, its foreign minister said on Friday.

U.S.-led efforts to broker peace for a two-state solution collapsed in April 2014 and since then there have been no serious efforts to resume talks.

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has repeatedly warned that letting the status quo continue risks killing off a two-state solution and playing into the hands of Islamic State militants.

Last year he failed in efforts to get the United States on board to push for a U.N. Security Council resolution to set parameters for talks between the two sides and set a final deadline for a deal.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-palestinians-idUSKCN0V727T

[BlueMTexpat]

1. Here's a post from

Informed Comment about this: http://www.juancole.com/2016/01/exasperated-by-netanyahu-france-prepares-to-recognize-palestinian-state.html

Even the staunchly pro-Israel French Socialist Party has had it with Israeli expansionism and aggression. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced Friday that France would make one last push to restart diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Palestine, but said that if the endeavor failed then France intended to recognize the Palestinian state. Paris is obviously implying that the failure of diplomacy and the abrogation of the Oslo peace process are primarily the fault of the Likud government of Israel.

More at the link.

[shira]

2. IOW, the PA & Hamas have no reason to pursue peace.

Why should Mahmoud Abbas come to the table with Israel when he will get what he wants regardless?

It's like saying Israel needs peace & 2 states to survive. Okay, great. So why should the PLO and Hamas help Israel survive if they will get their own state anyways without making peace? Best for PA & Hamas Fascists to keep saying "No"...

Diplomacy is dead.