France’s ambassador Patrick Maisonneuve was summonned to the Israeli foreign ministry on Monday to protest a French proposal to send foreign observers to Jerusalem's Temple Mount.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a draft proposal to the UN Security Council, reportedly submitted by France's ambassador to the UN, that would see international observers sent to the holy site.

"Israel cannot accept the French draft resolution at the UN Security Council. It doesn't mention Palestinian incitement to terrorism, and it calls for the internationalisation of the Temple Mount," he said.

Eight Israelis have been killed in more than two weeks violence which saw daily Palestinian attacks.

A Foreign Ministry spokesman characterized the meeting with the French ambassador as “sharp,” and said it dealt with the entirety of Israeli-French relations.

Israel, according to the Foreign Ministry, expressed its “determined opposition” to the French proposal to place international observers on the Temple Mount.

“Israel is opposed to all moves that affect its vital interests that are not coordinated with it and are drawn up without its involvement,” the spokesman said.

According to the spokesman, Maisonnave said France was considering different ideas in light of what he described as the “continued stalemate in the peace process.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly he has no intention of changing the status quo on Temple Mount.