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Rising violence, settlement expansion continue to spark Israeli-Palestinian tensions as talks remain stalled, top official tells Security Council at 8604th meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said tangible steps “can, and must, be taken to reverse the negative trajectory of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict urgently” in order to counter the “rising spectre of violence and the threat of regional escalation.” UNIFEED

The United Nations (UN) today urged maximum restraint following reports of Israeli drones in Lebanon and other recent activity across the region. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The US Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, told the Security Council that there was “no international consensus about Jerusalem” adding that no “interpretation of international law will persuade the United States or Israel that a city in which Jews have lived and worshipped for nearly 3,000 years and has been the capital of the Jewish State for 70 years, is not — today and forever — the capital of Israel.” UNIFEED

With Palestine refugee agency approaching funding shortage, 23 donors step in, announcing contributions at pledging conference.

Speaking at the opening of the 2019 pledging conference for UNRWA, officially the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UN Chief António Guterres said, “given what is at stake at the human level, at the political and security level, and at the multilateral level, we must rise to the challenge and empower UNRWA to continue its important and impressive work.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Informal comments to the media by Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), on the Pledging Conference for UNRWA.