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PNA slams Israel's rejection of French ideas for Mideast peace

Xinhua, April 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) slammed Israel on Thursday for rejecting the French ideas that called for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East.

Nabil Abu Rdineh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in official statements that the Israeli rejection of the French initiative "is a rejection of the peace process."

Earlier on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the only solution for the conflict with the Palestinians "can only be through the direct bilateral negotiations with Israel."

"Israel still rejects any initiative to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and still challenges the will of the international community and its principles based on the two-state peaceful solution," said Abu Rdineh.

He went on saying that "the state of Palestine will keep backing and supporting the French peace initiative and will continue its bids to join all international agencies and treaties in order to preserve the legitimate rights of the Palestinians."

Israeli Radio had reported earlier that Israel officially rejected the French peace initiative, adding that Netanyahu's office stressed in an official statement that Israel "is ready to start immediately direct negotiations with the Palestinians." Endi