In Paris, Netanyahu says the “most important thing about peace is to recognize the other side has a right to exist.”
“This is what is holding back Israeli-Palestinian peace,” adds Netanyahu.
“Here is my offer: to sit down to negotiate peace. I repeatedly invited President Abbas, and I do it here again, in the Elysee. That’s a gesture of peace. Nothing could be simpler,” says the prime minister.
Netanyahu refers to an “outside-in” regional peace plan, which would see normalization with Arab countries pave the way for peace with the Palestinians.
“I seek to use this growing normalization with countries in the region to do two things: Isolate the extremists. And second, to create a realism toward peace with the Palestinians, This is called the outside-in strategy,” says Netanyahu.
In his remarks, Macron says he will not start another peace initiative, like his predecessor Francois Hollande. Preventing violence is the focus now, says the French president.
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