French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expressed agreement with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas following their meeting Thursday in Paris that unless Israel freezes all Jewish construction and development in Judea and Samaria, there will be no peace between the Jewish State and the PA.

Kouchner also told reporters at a news conference following his meeting with Abbas, who leads the PA's Fatah faction, that in order for international Middle East peace efforts to succeed, Israel must halt all activity in the territories.