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December 17, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.631991

Netanyahu Asks French President to Halt UN Initiative on Palestinian State

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke several days ago on the phone with French President Francois Hollande and asked him to halt the French initiative being promoted by the country's foreign minister Laurent Fabius. The French initiative incorporates a two-year timetable for achieving a permanent agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, which would include a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines and land swaps. "I told Hollande that I think this move is a negative one and will backfire," Netanyahu said in Rome. "Such a move is contrary to a peace agreement. It will thwart all future negotiations and bring about an escalation."

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