Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’

Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’

According to news reports, as yet unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets across the border, forcing Israeli civilians to seek shelter, and wounding at least two people. Avoid unilateral action “Concerning the situation between Lebanon and Israel, I can tell you that we condemn the multiple rockets being fired from Lebanon into northern Israel today”,…

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Giving Ukraine uranium-enriched munitions will increase tensions, Russia

Giving Ukraine uranium-enriched munitions will increase tensions, Russia

Russia has warned that Britain’s plans to supply Ukraine with uranium-enriched munitions will escalate tensions. Russian President Putin has also said that Russia will retaliate in case of British action. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the British move will further escalate tensions, with the use of uranium-enriched munitions rapidly reducing Ukraine’s ability to produce…

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Back channel communication between Israel and Palestine to reduce tensions

Back channel communication between Israel and Palestine to reduce tensions

September 2010: Mahmoud Abbas and Netanyahu shake hands. Secret talks between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s senior adviser and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been ongoing for the past two months to reduce tensions in the West Bank. According to foreign media, there were no reports about these talks before. These are high-level contacts between Israel’s…

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Amid ‘ominous’ surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence, top UN officials call on parties to swiftly reduce tensions

Amid ‘ominous’ surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence, top UN officials call on parties to swiftly reduce tensions

“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly 20 years,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). “We have seen ominous signs of what awaits if we fail to address the current instability.” Raising concerns that developments on the ground are continuing along…

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An invitation to Palestinian leaders to visit Egypt to reduce tensions with Israel

An invitation to Palestinian leaders to visit Egypt to reduce tensions with Israel

Border entry point to enter Egypt from Palestine, file photo Egypt has invited Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders to Cairo to ease tensions with Israel. Secretary General of the Palestinian Organization of Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhlah met with the head of Egypt’s intelligence agency in Cairo. The leader of Islamic Jihad discussed the latest…

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