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Source: http://en.rfi.fr/middle-east/20160531-paris-middle-east-peace-talks-more-grandstanding-grit

Paris Middle East Peace Talks More Grandstanding than Grit

(RFI-France) Jan van der Made - On Friday, Paris hosted a Middle East peace conference. "Many Israelis, including commentators across the political spectrum, see this more as a French effort to rehabilitate its international reputation," says Gerald Steinberg, a political scientist with Bar-Ilan University. "The Hollande government has its own internal problems, so it is always convenient to have a grand Middle East peace conference in order to get headlines." The Palestinians flatly rejected Israel's proposal for a one-on-one meeting between their two leaders, fearing it would give Israel the upper hand in the negotiations.

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