Palestinians sceptical of French-led ‘peace talks’
France's initiative to revive "peace talks" between Palestinians and Israelis will not produce a just and effective resolution for Palestinians, activists and analysts told Al Jazeera.
"The fundamental reason why the two-decade long talks have failed is that they assumed there is symmetry between Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table, when in fact there's no such symmetry," said Tareq Baconi, a policy fellow at Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network.
"But [the process set in motion by France] is unlikely to result in a just resolution. It regurgitates the same things that have failed over the past two decades to produce any effective resolution," he told Al Jazeera.