Palestinians back French peace push

7 November 2016, 8:19 pm

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Israeli refusal to participate in a French-led peace conference is not mentioned in official report of talks between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Paris’s special envoy to the Middle East peace process.

During the meeting in Ramallah on Monday, the PA official news outlet Wafa reports, Abbas told Pierre Vimont the Palestinians “fully” support the initiative.

Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat (second right) greets French peace process special envoy Pierre Vimont ( second left) during his arrival for a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 7, 2016. AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)

Earlier in the day, Israeli National Security Adviser Jacob Nagel and Netanyahu confidant Isaac Molho told Vimont that Israel will not attend a peace conference slated to take place before the end of the year, saying they would only back efforts to bilateral talks.

— Dov Lieber