I found this article about the peace talks on The Times of Israel's webpage. http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-un-envoy-boycott-israeli-settlements/
Recently, the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been coming to a close without any solution. The talks are scheduled to end on April 29, but it seems that they could fail before that date. When discussing the talks, the Palestinian representative for the United Nations, Riyad Mansour encouraged the world to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This sounds very similar to something I wrote about a few weeks ago, called the BDS movement. The BDS, or boycott, divestment, and sanctions, movement, operates on the principle of applying pressure to Israel in order to create an independent Palestinian state. The article goes on to explain other ways the Palestinians are trying to go above Israel, and become a state without its cooperation. I don't think a peaceful solution can be arrived at without the cooperation of both sides. In 2012, the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem was recognized as a non-member observer state by the UN, meaning it is not recognized as fully independent, but shows the UN's intent to one day arrive at a two-state solution. However, the United States and Israel were among nine nations that did not accept Palestine as a state. Because Israel did not recognize this, it did not have any effect on relieving the tension between the two entities. There is still conflict, and the West Bank is still not independent. If they continue to search for means of achieving statehood other than through cooperation with Israel, I don't think any meaningful compromise can be arrived at. Israel will continue to deny its statehood, while the Palestinians will continue to boycott Israeli goods, among many other types of efforts to achieve independence. This is why I think the peace talks should continue, so that both sides can together arrive at the best possible conclusion to solve the issue.