Published on 12/6/2026
Today, Friday, France is hosting an international conference to revive the path of the two-state solution, with the participation of figures from Palestinian and Israeli civil society, along with foreign ministers and officials from dozens of countries, ahead of the G7 summit, while both the United States and Israel are boycotting the conference.
The conference aims to revitalize the faltering political track and strengthen communication channels between the parties supporting the solution, and will conclude with the launch of a political document called the “Paris Call 2026,” which includes a practical vision to advance settlement efforts and end the conflict.
This meeting comes one year after the United Nations-backed “New York Declaration,” which established a road map for the establishment of a Palestinian state, and prompted about a dozen countries, including France, Britain, and Canada, to recognize the Palestinian state.
The French Foreign Ministry stressed that holding the conference is gaining increasing importance in light of what it described as the spiral of violence in the region, the continued fall of civilian casualties, and the faltering efforts to stabilize the ceasefire in Gaza, considering that reviving the two-state solution has become more urgent than ever before.
On the other hand, both Israel and the United States decided to boycott the conference, as the Israeli embassy in Paris considered that the meeting did not contribute to promoting peace, questioning France’s ability to play the role of mediator, and reiterating its position that proposals to establish a Palestinian state had been rejected several times in the past.
8 point sheet
The conference is expected to conclude by issuing an 8-point call to action, which includes demands for a permanent ceasefire, a cessation of settlements, the reconstruction of Gaza, and the implementation of governance reforms, as well as strengthening international support for the role of civil society. These recommendations will be submitted to the leaders of the G7 during their upcoming meeting in the French Alps at the beginning of the week.
The working document warns of the erosion of opportunities for a settlement, noting that Gaza is destroyed, and Israel is still under threat, while the escalation of settler violence, settlement expansion, and actual annexations undermine the chances of establishing a viable Palestinian state.
It also confirms that both sides are living in a constant state of fear and insecurity, at a time when the window for a political solution is narrowing.
The conference is being held in light of a noticeable escalation in violence in the West Bank, which has sparked growing dissatisfaction in a number of Western countries with the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, especially with regard to the expansion of settlements.
Diplomats point out that settlement expansion plans, especially the E1 project east of Jerusalem, threaten to divide the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem, which undermines the geographical basis of any future Palestinian state.
In this context, Britain, Canada, France, and Norway announced the imposition of coordinated sanctions on Israeli networks involved in financing and carrying out acts of violence in the West Bank.
