United Nations – France’s foreign minister warned Monday that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can explode “at any moment” and the Islamic State extremist group can interfere at any time.
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Laurent Fabius told a group of reporters that “if and when it explodes, it’s very, very, very problematic for the whole region and for the world.”
Fabius said that “every radical group,” especially in Gaza, can take advantage of the deadlocked peace process, and it would be lamentable if the Islamic State group — “the most radical of the radicals” — used this as a pretext for violence.
He said he discussed the possibility of moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with key leaders during a recent Mideast visit including Arab League envoys, Egypt’s president, Jordan’s king, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fabius suggested that a new international body including Arab nations be formed to help spur a peace deal, saying “it could be sort of a Quartet plus.”
The Quartet — which includes the U.S., the European Union, the United Nations and Russia — was formed in 2002 to try to mediate an end to the decades-old conflict and encourage the formation of a Palestinian state. But peace efforts have been stalled for years and show no signs of resuming following the formation of Netanyahu’s new government.
Fabius said there’s never been a conclusion to negotiations “because it’s very difficult for each party to make the last concession.”
Adding the Arabs, who are not part of the Quartet, into an international body could help facilitate a conclusion because they are key players in the region, he said.
Fabius said he discussed this idea and France’s proposal for a possible U.N. Security Council resolution to set a framework for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during his trip and “there was a very positive welcome on the Arab side and particularly on the Palestinian side.”
But he said Netanyahu was “more difficult,” saying Israel didn’t want “any international diktat.”
Fabius stressed that the resolution “is a tool, it’s not an end by itself.”
Of course it can explode at any time. In fact, I can tell you exactly when its going to explode – the minute Hamas feels it has enough missiles and rebuilt tunnels to attack Israel, that is what they will do. Everyone knows it. As usual, France is useless.
I hope it does. Screw the U.N. and their “war crimes” charges which are total The Israelis dropped leaflets saying get outta here we’re about to attack, and yet the Palestinians insisted that they stay. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a war crime. And they have countless others.
Blame the Jews”israel” for the problems of the whole muslim world.If only the jews ”israel” would go away there would be peace in the world, can’t you see?
the Germans said it in the 1930s ”die juden zint unzer umglick