Paris Summit Convenes Without Israel or the PA

Israeli Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold opined Thursday evening that the conference being convened in Paris to discuss the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, that neither party was invited to attend, would fail. French President Francois Hollande presided over the opening of the conference Friday morning, welcoming officials from 26 countries as well as the UN and EU. Meanwhile, a Palestinian woman attacked IDF soldiers with a knife in the northern West Bank Thursday and was shot dead.