The current spike in violence erupted in mid-September over tensions surrounding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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He was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Following his meeting with Netanyahu, which lasted more than an hour and a half, Kerry met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in West Jerusalem.
According to the video description, “This PA TV live recording is from at the funeral of Laith Manasrah and Abu Al-Aish – two Palestinians who were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on November 16, 2015, when the soldiers came to demolish the home of terrorist Muhammad Abu Shaheen, 30, who murdered Israeli Danny Gonen on June 19, 2015”. “Israel is fighting these forces every hour”. “We are deeply concerned about Syria, about Daesh, about regional unrest”, the secretary said, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State militant group. Given the level of violence, Kerry acknowledged ahead of his trip that ambitions would be scaled back, saying he would be seeking steps “that could calm things down a bit”.
Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney at ACLU of MA, said her group represented the Palestine Advocacy Project when it was pressing for its ad. “The T agreed it didn’t violate their policy”, she said.
Without confirming Netanyahu’s demand, State Department spokesman Mark Toner categorically rejected that possibility.
A young Palestinian man has reportedly been burned to death after a group of illegal Israeli settlers mercilessly beat him and then set fire to his vehicle in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories. “We are committed to that, two states with two peoples living side by side in peace and security”.
“If they were gonna defame us they have to put something up that defends us”.
“We believe that the entire worldwide community should support this effort”. The official said Israel would not agree to any freeze in settlement construction.
In the West Bank, Kerry said the situation for Palestinians is “very dire” and assured them the US wants to “help contribute to calm and to restore people’s confidence in the ability of a two-state solution to still be viable”.
Kerry, whose nine-month peace mediation between the parties collapsed in April 2014, reiterated the USA goal of establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Three Palestinian attackers – including a teenage girl – and an Israeli soldier died in violence on Monday.
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“At a time when Jews and Israelis around the world are facing mounting violence and anti-Semitism, this false and deceptive advertisement can only be construed as hostile and dangerously provocative”, the council said in a statement.
