It's déjà vu all over again.  Another peace conference is being held in Paris on January 15, 2017 to stress and reaffirm international support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  It will be attended by foreign ministers of 70 countries but not by an Israeli or Palestinian representative. French president François Hollande had already on June 3, 2016 hosted a preliminary conference of 30 countries and international organizations in Paris with similar intent.  It's now June in January.  The difference between June and January is that France now intends first to hold the conference, followed by a separate meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to present them with the recommendations of the conference in a more private setting. Apparently, some form of benefits package worked out at the June meeting was to be presented to the two sides in the hope it would entice them to reopen talks.  The...(Read Full Article)