Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel refused to participate in multilateral peace conference on the middle East, to be held in Paris, as it will not allow to communicate directly with the Palestinians. This was stated by the office of the Prime Minister of the Jewish state Benjamin Netanyahu, reports on Monday, November 7, The Independent.
According to representatives of the government, the conflict can be resolved only through direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
The foreign Ministry of France said that, despite the decision of the tel Aviv, Paris still plans to hold another peace conference before the end of this year. Palestinian representatives have stated that they intend to come to the event.
According to the publication, in 2016, the Paris repeatedly tried to resume consultations between the parties. In June, the French capital hosted the international conference on Palestinian-Israeli settlement without the participation of the representatives of the conflicting parties.
The last time direct talks between the leaders of Israel and Palestine was held in 2010. Then another attempt to negotiate a settlement of the longstanding conflict was adopted, with the mediation of Washington. Three weeks later, the meetings were suspended due to the Israeli government’s refusal to extend the moratorium on the ban of construction in the settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan river.