Diplomats from 70 countries pose at the Mideast peace conference in Paris on Sunday. REUTERS/Bertrand Guay/POOL (Pool/Reuters)PARIS — Diplomats from more than 70 countries called Sunday for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state and urged Israel and Palestinians to restart direct negotiations. Israel’s current coalition government is filled with ministers who are openly hostile to the two-state solution, including some leaders who want to annex 60 percent of the West Bank. “When you are president of the United States, … you can’t have such an entrenched, unilateral position,” he told France TV 3. He said again that peace can be attained only through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2017 16:20 UTC