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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

French peace initiative

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-French Prime Minister Manuel Valls meet in Israel on May 23, 2016 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 1, 2017, 5:36 pm
France ‘bitterly condemns’ latest settlement construction plan
Paris says green-lighting thousands of West Bank housing units ‘seriously endangers’ peace efforts, a sentiment echoed by UN
By Sue Surkes and AFP
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas poses for the family photo, during the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017. (AFP/ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER)
January 30, 2017, 10:47 pm
Abbas to Africa: Put Palestinian plight ahead of forging ties with Israel
Speaking at summit in Ethiopia, PA leader accuses Israel of doing all it can to undermine two-state solution
By Dov Lieber
Israel ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council on January 17, 2017 (Courtesy)
January 17, 2017, 7:38 pm
Rebuking UN, Israeli envoy links anti-settlement resolution to terror
Month after passing controversial motion, Security Council reconvenes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but presents no new texts for vote
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The UN Security Council meeting on December 31, 2016, at the UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/Kena Betancur)
January 17, 2017, 9:33 am
Fears of new resolution dulled, UN Security Council to gather Tuesday
Jerusalem’s concerns that Paris confab could lead to fresh anti-Israel move faded with Kerry reassurances to Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
French President Francois Hollande, right, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on his arrival on July 21, 2016 at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. (AFP File Photo/ Pool/ Stephane de Sakutin)
January 15, 2017, 2:25 am
In long-shot Paris peace bid, France sees nothing to lose
Why is a lame-duck French president hosting a peace summit without Israelis, Palestinians or the incoming US administration? To send a message
By Angela Charlton
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 30, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
January 12, 2017, 11:28 pm
Abbas to hold bilateral talks in Paris ‘in coming weeks’
Palestinian leader speaks to French president ahead of peace confab this weekend
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pope Francis welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, as he arrives at the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, Pool)
January 12, 2017, 2:47 pm
PA to open embassy in Vatican during Abbas visit
Move comes year after Holy See officially recognized Palestine as state; Ramallah’s ambassador hails ‘big achievement’
By Dov Lieber
French Foreign Minister Jean–Marc Ayrault speaks during a press conference with Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin (out of frame) after a meeting at San Carlos palace in Bogota, on December 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / GUILLERMO LEGARIA)
December 29, 2016, 8:33 am
French FM hails ‘courageous’ Kerry speech on Israeli-Palestinian peace
Ahead of Paris peace summit, Jean-Marc Ayrault says remarks by secretary of state reinforce ‘urgency’ to implement two-state solution
By ToI Staff and AP
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Israel Bar Association Conference in Tel Aviv on December 20, 2016. (Flash90)
December 26, 2016, 2:11 pm
Obama aide: UN vote no ‘ambush,’ we warned Israel on settlements
Report: A-G set to approve corruption investigation into PM; Netanyahu: I had ‘rational’ response to UNSC resolution; Liberman likens France summit to Dreyfus Affair
By Sara Miller
French President Francois Hollande (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP/Thibault Camus)
December 22, 2016, 7:45 pm
France: Israeli-Palestinian peace summit set for January 15
Neither Israel nor the Palestinians will be at meeting, but Paris will brief Netanyahu, Abbas afterwards; 70 countries to attend
By ToI Staff and AFP
French President Francois Hollande (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for photographers at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. (AP/Thibault Camus)
December 17, 2016, 5:30 pm
France confirms Paris peace summit delayed until January
French envoy to UN says ‘conditions not in place today to restart negotiations’ between Israel, Palestinians
By ToI Staff
French President Francois Hollande, right, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on his arrival on July 21, 2016 at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. (AFP File Photo/ Pool/ Stephane de Sakutin)
December 13, 2016, 10:23 pm
Paris peace summit delayed until January — report
Palestinian envoy in France reportedly says decision to postpone confab unrelated to Israel’s refusal to attend
By ToI Staff
Incoming French ambassador to Israel Helene Le Gal with President Reuven Rivlin during a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's residence in Jerusalem, December 12, 2016. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
December 12, 2016, 11:16 am
New French ambassador: Paris peace summit won’t have fresh ideas
Presenting credentials, Hélène Le Gal says conference rejected by Israel aims to ensure peace process with Palestinians doesn’t fall by wayside
By Raphael Ahren
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat wave before a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 4, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 10, 2016, 3:52 pm
PA delegation heading to US for talks on stalled peace process
Palestinian mission said hoping to persuade Obama administration not to veto anti-settlement UNSC resolution
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at a peace conference in Washington, DC, on September 2, 2010. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
December 7, 2016, 1:06 pm
Hollande invites Abbas, Netanyahu to parley in Paris
Israel said likely to reject tripartite meeting on sidelines of December 21 summit on the peace process
By Dov Lieber
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