The idea that any Palestinian State will ever be democratic is as fanciful as France's belief that its planned international conference could ever succeed
Palestine: France Humiliated By Abbas But Israel Remains Focussed
French foreign policy on resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict has been exposed to ridicule following France's reported decision to postpone an international conference planned for December 21.
Originally proposed on 3 June--France's blatant attempt to replace the conduct of direct negotiations between Israel and the PLO - as provided for in the internationally approved Oslo Accords and the Bush Roadmap - has embarrassingly fallen flat on its face.