NEW YORK, May 13 ― Tunisia, Norway and China have requested another emergency UN Security Council meeting be scheduled tomorrow on the worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, despite ongoing US resistance for the body to take a role in the conflict. The session would be public and...
Thursday, 13 May 2021 11:55 AM MYT
The Council has already held two closed-door videoconferences since Monday, with the United States ― a close Israel ally ― opposing adoption of a joint declaration, which it said would not “help de-escalate” the situation. Israel has refused to allow the Security Council to get involved in the conflict, a demand Washington has so far agreed to, diplomats told AFP.
But in a sign of frustration after the US move to block a Security Council statement, four Council members from Europe ― Norway, Estonia, France and Ireland ― issued their own joint statement later yesterday. “We call on Israel to cease settlement activities, demolitions and evictions, including in East Jerusalem,” they wrote.
UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland had warned yesterday's meeting that the “situation has deteriorated since Monday... there is a risk of a spiral of violence,” according to a diplomatic source.
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