Clinton meets French FM to discuss french peace initiative

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet on Monday with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe to discuss the French peace initiative in the Middle-East, media sources in Israel said. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe warned Netanyahu at their meeting on Thursday that if the deadlock in negotiations continues, France will consider supporting the Palestinian request for full membership in the United Nations in September, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported today. The French peace initiative states that negotiations between the sides would be based on the principles outlined in US President Barack Obama''s "Arab Spring" speech. Obama said that a two state solution based on the 1967 borders would serve as the starting point with agreed upon land swaps, the Palestinians would recognize the Jewish state, and commitments would be made by both sides to avoid unilateral moves (in the case of the Palestinian, this would mean a bid for recognition in the United Nations, and in the case of Israel, it would mean construction of settlements). There is yet to be an Israeli official position on the French initiative, although Israel criticized Obama''s proposed plan when the President first delivered his speech.