PARIS CONFERENCE
Netanyahu rejects ‘rigged’ peace forum
Sunday’s conference, is aimed at exploring ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts
Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called this weekend’s Middle East peace conference in Paris "rigged", with his government refusing to play any role in the meeting. "It’s a rigged conference, rigged by the Palestinians with French auspices to adopt additional anti-Israel stances," he said on Thursday. "This pushes peace backwards. It’s not going to obligate us. It’s a relic of the past. It’s a last gasp of the past before the future sets in." Sunday’s conference, to be attended by about 70 nations, is aimed at exploring ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Israel has rejected the conference and has called for bilateral talks. The Palestinians have welcomed the multilateral approach, saying years of negotiations have not ended Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts have been at a standstill since a US-led initiative collapsed in April 2014. The conference comes on the heels of a landmark UN Security Council resol...
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