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John Kerry confirms meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas John Kerry confirms meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
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John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has announced talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a belated US attempt to prevent two weeks of deadly violence from escalating further.John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has announced talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a belated US attempt to prevent two weeks of deadly violence from escalating further.
Kerry said he would meet Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Germany this week, before meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.Kerry said he would meet Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Germany this week, before meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
It is the first time Kerry has confirmed media reports of a meeting with both Netanyahu and Abbas. He did not say where he planned to meet Abbas other than that it will be in the Middle East, but the meeting is widely expected to take place in Jordan.It is the first time Kerry has confirmed media reports of a meeting with both Netanyahu and Abbas. He did not say where he planned to meet Abbas other than that it will be in the Middle East, but the meeting is widely expected to take place in Jordan.
More than 40 Palestinians and seven Israelis have died in the recent street violence in occupied E ast Jerusalem and the West Bank, triggered in part by Palestinians’ anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound. More than 40 Palestinians and seven Israelis have died in the recent street violence in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, triggered in part by Palestinians’ anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
On Sunday, Israeli police started constructing a concrete fence between Palestinian and Jewish neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, in addition to the concrete blocks placed on roads creating checkpoints.Police say the fence erected between Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighbourhood, and Armon Hanatziv, a Jewish one, are to stop rock throwing and fire bomb attacks. The fence resembles the West Bank separation wall.Residents in Armon Hanatziv have complained about feeling unsafe and about violent attacks since the death of motorist Alexander Levlovich, who lost control of his car after, police say, Palestinians threw rocks at his vehicle as he drove in the neighbourhood. On Sunday, two Arab attackers opened fire in a bus station in southern Israel, killing one Israeli and wounding six others in the latest incident in a month-long wave of violence.
The attack came as Israeli police started constructing a concrete fence between Palestinian and Jewish neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, in addition to the concrete blocks placed on roads creating checkpoints.
Police said the two assailants entered the central bus station in the southern city of Beersheba and began shooting and stabbing people. They said an Israeli man was killed and six other people, including four police officers, were wounded to varying degrees.
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Doron Ben-Hamo, a police spokesman, told Channel 2 TV that one of the attackers appeared to have stabbed a civilian and then stolen his weapon.
One of the attackers was shot and killed, while the second was shot and wounded. Details on his condition were not immediately known.
Police say the fence erected between Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighbourhood, and Armon Hanatziv, a Jewish one, are to stop rock throwing and fire bomb attacks. The fence resembles the West Bank separation wall.Residents in Armon Hanatziv have complained about feeling unsafe and about violent attacks since the death of motorist Alexander Levlovich, who lost control of his car after, police say, Palestinians threw rocks at his vehicle as he drove in the neighbourhood.
While in Europe Kerry said he would also hold meetings on Syria. He has been pressing Russia to agree on a political transition in the country that would see Bashar al-Assad leave power.While in Europe Kerry said he would also hold meetings on Syria. He has been pressing Russia to agree on a political transition in the country that would see Bashar al-Assad leave power.
Kerry’s comments came as Israel and the US resumed talks in Jerusalem on future military aid that Netanyahu suspended in protest against the Iran nuclear deal.Kerry’s comments came as Israel and the US resumed talks in Jerusalem on future military aid that Netanyahu suspended in protest against the Iran nuclear deal.