Israel rejected French President Francois Hollande's invitation to convene a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris in two weeks' time, a senior official in Jerusalem said.
French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro reported on Tuesday that Hollande would like to convene a meeting of foreign ministers in Paris on December 21 to deal with the stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as part of the peace initiative France launched at the beginning of the year.
During the summit, foreign ministers want the French to present the results of three working groups that worked in recent months on issues including: economic incentives for Israel and the Palestinians the day after reaching a peace agreement, strengthening the institutions of a future Palestinian state and increasing civil society's involvement in the peace process.