{"id":22039,"date":"2017-01-15T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T17:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=22039"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T03:13:37","slug":"israel-watches-unimpressed-as-nations-gather-to-decide-fate-of-holy-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/israel-watches-unimpressed-as-nations-gather-to-decide-fate-of-holy-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Watches Unimpressed as Nations Gather to Decide Fate of Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18962\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bigstock-View-to-Jerusalem-old-city-Is-76220969-500x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"227\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Town Jerusalem (Photo: bigstockphoto.com; used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Ryan Jones<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong> Israel Today<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The nations of the world gathering in Paris on Sunday to determine the fate of the Holy Land. Israel was not among them, and watched wholly unimpressed as the international diplomats engaged in \u201cpointless\u201d dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to sound a note of balance, French President Francois Hollande said that both Palestinian terrorism and Jewish settlements are holding up peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dismissive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conference that is convening today in Paris is a pointless conference,\u201d he said at the start of Sunday\u2019s cabinet meeting. \u201cIt was coordinated by the French and the Palestinians and aims to force conditions on Israel that conflict with our national interests.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210211111913\/https:\/\/www.israeltoday.co.il\/NewsItem\/tabid\/178\/nid\/30946\/Default.aspx\/\">Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ryan Jones Israel Today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,46,16,45],"tags":[2913,2427,3346,3515,3516,3517],"class_list":["post-22039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","category-politics","category-israel","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-israel","tag-jerusalem","tag-terrorists","tag-trump","tag-president-trump","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","wpcat-304-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-16-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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