Paris – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas briefly shook hands during a “family picture” of the nearly 150 world leaders gathered here for the climate change conference.
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It was the leaders’ first face to face exchange since 2010.
Netanyahu is scheduled to address the conference Monday afternoon for three minutes, the time given to each of the leaders attending the parley.
Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara and Minister of Environmental Protection Avi Gabbay, arrived in Paris mid-morning on Monday, and went to the sprawling Le Bourget fairgrounds just outside of Paris for the conference.
According to Netanyahu’s spokesman, in the first two hours after his arrival he spoke briefly with US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Prince Charles, whom he invited to visit Israel.
During the day he is scheduled to hold 30-minute meetings each with Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the prime ministers of Canada, Poland, Japan, Australia, India and the Netherlands.
Netanyahu is scheduled to fly back to Israel late Monday night.
The conference – just weeks after the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people – is taking place amid intense security, with the main arteries into Paris closed. The conference is being covered by thousands of journalists, who are watching the proceedings via television screens located in a media center adjacent to the plenum.
two anti-Zionists.
The suicidal maniac BIBI shaking hands with the homicidal maniac Abbas
Glad to see Abbas is on board to curb emissions. Too bad Palestinians have no production to scale back as Palestinians have never produced anything but innovative ways to blow things up.
Bibi,how could you?!
Now only if Aroni & Zalmon could shake hands….
It would have been more constructive if Netanyahu would have met with Xi Jinping the president of China, to consult with him on how China on a daily basis eliminates, and eradicate the terrorists, before they even think of stabbings, suicide bombings, and the like! If Netanyahu would have spent just a few minutes with him on the subject, he would have learned alot, on how China takes care of terrorists who even think of changing the social climate of China and it’s law abiding citizens! If he missed him at the Paris conference, Netanyahu, should pick up a phone or send President Xi a text through wechat or whatsapp. As a matter of fact the former foreign minister of Australia is imploring the present foreign minister of Australia to get Xi Jinping actively involved in mediating peace in the Middle East, and in today’s new world order China has the best chances and is in the best position to flex it’s muscles especially if it’s economically rewarding for their agendas!
Bibi just displayed a complete lack of pride. He shakes the hand of a terrorist, whom BiBi openly accused recently of inciting his people to murder Jews! You should’ve spit in his ugly face!
Why is this idiot there? Other than flatulence and bad breath, how do the Palestinians contribute to global warming? They don’t produce anything.
Who is the guy in the middle blocking Netanyahus handshake with his archenemy number 1! Wonder how much he got for that handshake for the press! Israelis are being stabbed daily and he’s in Paris discussing the weather! It’s despicable and an outrage! Where is the million man march to his residence or to Ben gurion airport upon his arrival???