France set to propose new Palestinian state resolution at UN

The French effort will be based on three steps: first French diplomats will present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, a step which requires US acquiescence that it will not exercise its veto; second an international peace conference will be held; and the third step will be for France, along with other European allies, to recognize an independent Palestinian state built on the 1967 borders.

Abbas said at the PLO meeting: “We do not need more decisions that then fail to be implemented. It is known that we have 12 resolutions passed by the Security Council, including resolutions endorsed by America, but despite these calls for de-colonization no progress has been made.” He went on to reiterate his refusal to recognize Israel as a “Jewish state.”

Paris is working together with Washington in order to provide cover for new efforts to reach a peace agreement. The French are also seeking to raise support from their European neighbors and from Arab countries.

“While the substance of the French draft may not differ much from past failed efforts to revive Mideast peace talks, France is hoping this time to avoid a US veto at the UNSC because of increasing American frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” Nabil Shaath, a senior official of the Fatah Central Committee, told The Media Line. Fatah is the Palestinian faction that controls the Palestinian Authority.

 

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