By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he is pressing for a halt to violence between Israelis and Palestinians, but U.S. officials say they are resigned to the conflict continuing for some days to come. Since taking office in January, Biden s foreign policy moves have largely been centered on China, Russia and Iran. The sharp escalation in violence between Israel and the Palestinian territories and a mounting death toll have forced the Democrat to launch a diplomatic effort aimed at restoring calm in a volatile region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, but U.S. officials said Abbas seems either unable or unwilling to rein in Hamas-led rocket attacks on Israeli targets. As a consequence, the Biden administration has reached out to a number of regional Arab states to get them to exert influence on Hamas - labeled a terrorist organization by Washington
Would mobilize the world against Israel s Terror : Turkish President
Ankara, May 10 (UNI) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he would do everything possible to mobilize the international community, especially the Islamic world, to stop what he labelled Israel s terror against Palestinians.
Erdogan held separate telephone conversations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the chairman of Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh discussing the present situation. Assessing the Israeli attacks in Jerusalem as terror I expressed my strongest condemnation of these back-stabbing attacks, which hurt the conscience of not only Muslims but of the entire humankind. I stressed that we will do our best to mobilize the whole world, especially the Islamic one, to stop the Israeli terror and occupation, Erdogan said on his Telegram channel.
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UN Security Council to meet on Israel-Palestinian violence after US delay
People inspect the rubble of a destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will hold a virtual public meeting on Sunday (May 16) to address the soaring violence between Israel and the Palestinians, diplomats said Thursday.
The United States, which had blocked an originally scheduled Friday session and proposed a meeting early next week, agreed to move the session - requested by Tunisia, Norway and China - to Sunday, the same sources said.
WASHINGTON – The State Department is advising Americans to reconsider any travel they may have planned to Israel and the Palestinian territories due to increasing Israeli-Palestinian violence.
In a notice issued Thursday, the department raised its travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to Level 3 â âreconsider travel.â It had previously been at Level 2, which recommends travelers âexercise increased caution.â
The revised alert cited continuing rocket fire from Gaza into areas across southern and central Israel, including Jerusalem, Israelâs military response to the attacks and a âmarked increaseâ in violence and protests throughout Israel.
âProtests and violence may continue to occur, some with little or no warning,â it said.
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