The so-called Paris Peace Summit, attended by officials from 70 countries on Sunday, was thankfully only smoke and mirrors as it failed to denounce Israel and recognize Palestine as a state. “The prayers of many people around the world were answered. The leaders of 70 nations intended to hurt Israel and instead ended up wasting their time and accomplishing nothing,” said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, President of Christians in Defense of Israel, and Founder and Chairman of Covenant Journey.

Former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had envisioned the conference in Paris as a way of forcing Israel to accept the two-state solution. Fabius’ original proposal called for France and the other nations at the conference to recognize a Palestinian state inside Israel’s borders if an agreement was not signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But the conference concluded instead with a plea for direct negotiations. Though the final declaration made reference to the UN resolution 2334, it amended the language of the resolution which declared Israeli settlements to be “illegal.” The Paris conference merely referred to the UN resolution “which clearly condemned settlement activity” and warned against any acts that would “prejudge the outcome of negotiations on final status issues, including, inter alia, on Jerusalem.”

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