French finalizing guest list for peace confab on rocks

Paris is still finalizing the invitation list for the international peace conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, David Cvach, the adviser to French President Francois Hollande says.

Cvach tells the Palestinian ambassador to France, Salman al-Harfi, Hollande is still “determined” to hold the conference before the end of the year, the official PA news outlet Wafa reports.

The French adviser says the guest list and the “level of participation” of attendees will be decided by the end of November.

In light of reports that Hollande was facing difficulties to convene the summit due to heavy international opposition, particularly from Israel but also from the United States, Cvach says the US has not informed the French about any new position regarding the confab.

— Dov Lieber