Covenant With Many

Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018 - AP
The AP reports: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out the United States as a broker for peace with Israel on Tuesday, calling for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full U.N. membership for the state of Palestine and a timeframe for a two-state solution. [...] Abbas presented the Palestinians 'peace plan' to the council. It calls for mutual recognition by the states of Israel and Palestine based on 1967 borders, and formation of 'an international multilateral mechanism' to assist the two parties in resolving all final status issues and implementing them 'within a set time frame.'  He said the peace conference should include the Israelis and Palestinians, the five permanent Security Council members and key regional and international governments, noting that 74 countries attended a Mideast peace conference in Paris in January 2017."

Comment: Strange that the Palestinians think they are in a position to dictate terms. It is noteworthy thought that they have stipulated a peace agreement among many nations and that it be implemented over a set time period.