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The meeting will finish with an eight-step plan calling for a lasting ceasefire, an end to new settlements, and the rebuilding of Gaza.
BY Mahnoor | 12-06-2026
On Friday, Israeli and Palestinian community groups will meet in France. They want to ask the world not to give up on the idea of two separate states. France is hosting this meeting to keep the peace plan a priority during the war in the Middle East.
Ministers and officials from many countries met to mark one year since the New York Declaration. This plan aimed to create a Palestinian state, leading countries like France, Britain, and Canada to recognize it.
A French spokesperson said the meeting is very urgent because of the ongoing violence, high civilian deaths, and the failure to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
The meeting will finish with eight main requests. These ask for a permanent end to fighting, a stop to new settlements, rebuilding Gaza, better government reforms, and more global support for local groups.
These requests will be given to the G7 leaders at their meeting in the French Alps starting Monday.
The region is breaking apart. Gaza is destroyed, and Israel is still in danger. Violence from settlers, new settlements, and the takeover of land are making it harder for a future Palestinian state to exist. Both Israelis and Palestinians live in constant fear and trauma.
We are returning to this issue because, as G7 leaders meet in Évian, there is a risk this conflict will be ignored again. There is still a chance for a solution, but that chance is quickly disappearing.
People in the West are angry about violence by settlers
This meeting happens as violence from Israeli settlers in the West Bank increases. It shows that many Western nations are angry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for growing more settlements.
Diplomats say this expansion is meant to stop the possibility of a Palestinian state.
A major problem is Israel’s plan to build a settlement called the E1 project east of Jerusalem. This would split the West Bank in two and separate it from East Jerusalem, breaking up the land that Palestinians want for their own country.
On Tuesday, Britain, Canada, France, and Norway announced new joint sanctions against Israeli groups that fund and support violence in the occupied West Bank.
Israel and the United States chose not to join the meeting. The Israeli embassy stated that their ambassador would not attend because the conference does not help promote peace.
France cannot help negotiate between Israel and the Palestinians. Regarding a two-state solution, the ambassador noted that the Palestinians have turned down peace plans five times.
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