NYT - France Plans Mideast Peace Effort, and Recognition of Palestine if It Fails
The New York Times reports: "France said Friday that it would organize an international conference
aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that France
would recognize Palestine as an independent state if that effort failed. [...] 'France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an
international conference bringing together the parties and their main
partners — American, European, Arab — notably to preserve and make
happen the two-state solution,' Mr. Fabius said. Should that effort
fail, he said, 'We need to face our responsibilities by recognizing the
Palestinian state.'"
Comment: I can't help wonder which Palestine the French would like to recognize? The Palestine represented by Fatah in the West Bank or the more radical (and armed by Iran) Palestine of Hamas in Gaza? Perhaps France sees no distinction between the two competing Palestinian factions? If so, they really have no business in meddling in things they don't understand.
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