GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — France is moving forward with plans for a June 3 international peace conference in Paris designed to revive the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians — despite outright rejection by Israel and Hamas.

France is bringing the United States and other countries to the table, but without the initial participation of Israel or the Palestinian Authority. The PA supports this approach, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists on bilateral negotiations, and Hamas rejects any talk of peace.

The French initiative includes five items: returning to the 1967 borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state; making Jerusalem the capital of the two states; determining a two-year margin for negotiations to reach a final agreement; having an international follow-up on the peace process while leaving the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians; and having the negotiations sponsored by an international support group that would include representatives of Arab countries, the European Union and the UN Security Council member states.​

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls met with no success when he visited Israel and the Palestinian territories this week to discuss the initiative.