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UN Mid-East envoy warns that Israelis and Palestinians are 'on the brink'

Tor Wennesland calls for international diplomacy to prevent further violence

February 5, 2023 13:42
Tor Wennesland
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The United Nation’s Middle Peace envoy has called for “firm” diplomatic intervention to prevent further bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians.

In the past months, 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the West Bank to prevent terrorist operations, while seven Israelis died in a Palestinian attack on a synagogue in East Jerusalem.

In a BBC interview, Tor Wennesland, the Norwegian appointed in.2020 as the UN’s special co-ordinator for the Middle East peace process, warned that the situation was “on the brink”.

He said the USA was now involved “active diplomacy” with Israeli and Palestinian officials.