French UN resolution sets 18-month deadline for Israeli-Palestinian deal
The resolution will only be submitted after the June 30 Iran deal deadline; if no agreement is reached, France will recognize the Palestinian state, the report says.
A draft of the proposed French United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was published by the French newspaper Le Figaro on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, the draft resolution, which is being promoted by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, calls for the immediate resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and their conclusion in a permanent agreement within 18 months.
If no agreement is reached in the allotted time, France will recognize the Palestinian state, according to Le Figaro.
The draft has been circulated by the French Foreign Ministry to the Arab League and UN Security Council members such as Britain and Spain.
Fabius set the relatively short…