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The Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific told the Security Council that the UN is “concerned about the events of this past week in Jerusalem and the broader ongoing tensions and violence in the occupied West Bank.” UNIFEED

Cycle of violence, bloodshed between Israelis, Palestinians untenable, delegate stresses at Security Council briefing on Middle East.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said that in 2022 to date, over 150 Palestinians and more than 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel, “the highest numbers of fatalities in years.” UNIFEED

Adopting 5 Middle East texts, General Assembly calls for credible talks on final status issues, Israel to cease actions aimed at altering occupied Palestinian territory.

Adopting 5 Middle East texts, General Assembly calls for credible talks on final status issues, Israel to cease actions aimed at altering occupied Palestinian territory.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict “is again reaching a boiling point.” UNIFEED

Special Coordinator, briefing Security Council, appeals for urgent action as Israel-Palestinian conflict Nnars boiling point once again.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said, “the security situation in the occupied West Bank is caught in a downward spiral. Too many people, overwhelmingly Palestinian, have been killed and injured in daily violence. Mounting hopelessness, anger and tension have once again erupted into a deadly cycle of violence that is increasingly difficult to contain.” UNIFEED

“This week saw further violence in the occupied West Bank, raising concerns about the possible resumption of unlawful targeted killings by Israeli security forces,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said. UNTV CH

After presenting the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem ad in Israel to the General Assembly, the Chair of the Commission, Navanethem Pillay, told reporters in New York that “the policies and actions by Israeli governments may amount international crimes.” UNIFEED