Netanyahu tells France's Ayrault he still opposes peace conference

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8. Do disagree that France's UNESCO vote concerning the Temple Mount

was absurd, counterproductive, and played right into the hands of Netanyahu?

As I noted from the Haaretz article (and is evident from the most cursory Google News search), even Hollande now realizes it was a diplomatic disaster, and quite likely eviscerated any outside pressure that may have been possible for French mediation.

If you believe France has something to offer the moribund peace process, you might want to encourage French officials not to deny the Jewish connection to the Levant, no less the Temple Mount, for thousands of years. That's something you would expect from Iran, not an advanced western country with a sizable, and recently frightened, Jewish population.

Further, do you believe Bernie supports the UNESCO resolution or French mediation? I don't believe he's gone near the entire topic, particularly after the big primary loss in NY (and need to suspend his purported Jewish Outreach director) and the upcoming primaries in states like NJ and CA.