Israel rejected French President Francois Hollande's invitation to convene a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris in two weeks' time, a senior official in Jerusalem said.<br />French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro reported on Tuesday that Hollande would like to convene a meeting of foreign ministers in Paris on December 21 to deal with the stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as part of the peace initiative France launched at the beginning of the year.<br />During the summit, foreign ministers want the French to present the results of three working groups that worked in recent months on issues including: economic incentives for Israel and the Palestinians the day after reaching a peace agreement, strengthening the institutions of a future Palestinian state and increasing civil society's involvement in the peace process.
