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Intense Diplomacy Taking Place To Prevent All-Out Israeli-Palestinian War
May 12, 2021 (EIRNS) Over the past 24-36 hours, intense diplomacy has been taking place among world leaders, government and institutional officials the United Nations in an effort to de-escalate what could become a full-blown flashpoint for regional and even global war going beyond the ostensible “conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.” Several parties are now seeking to begin a negotiation process. This afternoon, Moscow time, following a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for an emergency meeting of the Middle East Quartet. “Today,” he said, “we’ve come to the common opinion that the most pressing task is to convene the Quartet of international mediators Russia, the United States, the UN and the EU,” The Australian reported him as saying. Tor Wennesland, UN Coordinator of the Middle East
Lynn Hastings: Israeli-Palestinian situation going in wrong direction We re working with all those who can influence the situation and bring this violence to a stop, Lynn Hastings, the deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and United Nations resident coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, told DW.
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The worst violence in seven years has broken out between
Israel and Palestinian groups in the Middle East, with a series of air strikes and rocket attacks causing devastation.
New York, May 12, 2021 (NAN) UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared on Wednesday that de-escalation of the Palestine-Israel conflict was “an absolute must”, saying that the mounting death toll, including children, is totally unacceptable.
Guterres, after meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow, said that an end to the violence was needed “to protect the lives of civilians that are now dying in totally unacceptable circumstances”.
According to news reports, the violence has seen more than 50 Palestinians killed along with six Israelis since Monday.
Meanwhile, in New York, the renewed conflict represents the most serious escalation between Israelis and Palestinians “in years”, the UN Special Coordinator for the region told the Security Council.
FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA: EXPLAINING A NEW CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
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The MED This Week newsletter provides expert analysis and informed insights on the most significant developments in the MENA region, bringing together unique opinions on the topic and reliable foresight on future scenarios. Today, we focus on East Jerusalem, where protests over the expulsion of Palestinian families have ignited the most intense escalation between Israel and Palestine since 2014.
Following weeks of tension, the situation in East Jerusalem escalated as several Palestinian families risked being evicted from their homes in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The scheduled annual celebration of Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem known as Jerusalem Day provoked a harrowing confrontation between Palestinians and Israeli police forces in the religious compound around Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem, while a crucial court ruling on the fate of some Palestinian families living in the