French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel’s visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday that Paris opposes Israel’s expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory as he urged fresh Middle East peace talks.Stressing that international law should be “respected by all”, Macron said: “I am thinking here of (Israel’s) continued building” in occupied Palestinian territory.Israelis and Palestinians should be able “to live side by side within secure and recognised borders with Jerusalem as the capital”, Macron said after his first official talks with Netanyahu.“I hope everything will be done for negotiations to move forward,” he said.Talks between Israel and the Palestinians have …read more
Source: Gulf times
