Jerusalem – The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. says he has urged the Security Council president to hold an emergency meeting on the latest tensions with Israel.
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Riyad Mansour told The Associated Press that the recent actions by the Israeli military are “disgraceful.” Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian demonstrators along the Gaza border on Friday, killing five.
Recent days have seen a series of stabbing attacks by young Palestinians who have targeted Israeli soldiers and civilians at random.
Mansour says the Palestinians would like to see a draft Security Council resolution that would condemn what he calls the “Israeli aggression” and demand a halt to it.
The ambassador says a resolution also should provide “protection” for Palestinians, especially in east Jerusalem and at the Al-Aqsa mosque, a holy site at the heart of the recent clashes.
Gaza-based Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh applauded the recent Palestinian stabbing attacks across Israel at a speech at Friday prayers, labeling it as an intifada.
Israeli officials have said the violence is not on that scale for now, but rather is of the kind unleashed periodically over the decades.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called it a “terror wave.” He and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas have tried to lower tensions in recent days but both appear unable to contain the unrest.
I know this is the same old news. However, if you didn’t know any better you’d think it was a joke.
Yes how dare the Israeli army “disgracefully” react to the terror actions by “young” Palestinians who are only venting their anger through hurling boulders and firebombs, and sometimes getting really frustrated and having to resort to knifing so and shootings! Let those poor young Pali upstanding citizens vent their anger. After all, who could get hurt? Only Jews….
As long as Obama is in the White House I don’t know if we can put a stop to this terror. In his heart and soul he sides with the Arabs. He has been completely silent. If he was asked and didn’t have to be politically correct, he would say that this is happening because Israel stole their land. We are in trouble for another year. We have to get someone who knows the difference between right and wrong back into the White House.
This piece of human garbage should drop dead along with all his fellow trashmen. There is no possible excuse for randomly targeting innocent civilians. Kill em all !! By the way there are many many palistinians who want peace. Kill these idiots and let the good ones live in peace.