Paris summit attendees: The two-state solution is "the only way" to Israeli-Palestinian peace

France is hosting more than 70 countries at a Mideast peace summit this weekend.

Published January 13, 2017 1:03PM (EST)

 (AP/Kathy Willens)
(AP/Kathy Willens)

JERUSALEM — Dozens of countries gathering at a Paris summit are expected to send a strong message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, reiterating their opposition to Israeli settlements and calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state as "the only way" to ensure peace.

France is hosting more than 70 countries at a Mideast peace summit this weekend.

According to a draft statement obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the conference will urge Israel and the Palestinians "to officially restate their commitment to the two-state solution."

Israel has settled some 600,000 of its citizens in the West Bank and east Jerusalem — occupied territories claimed by the Palestinians for a future independent state.

Neither Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas nor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are attending the conference.


By AP Staff

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