UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged an end to spiralling violence as he
met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, saying all recent
killings must be thoroughly investigated.
Aljazeera was there:
Ban’s visit on Wednesday was aimed at calming three weeks
of deadly unrest in which 50 Palestinians and eight Israelis were
killed across Israel and the Palestinian territories. “We will continue
to support all efforts to create the conditions to make meaningful
negotiations possible,” Ban told journalists after meeting Abbas in the
West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday.
“But ultimately it is for Palestinians and Israelis to choose peace.
Our most urgent challenge is to stop the current wave of violence and
avoid any further loss of life.” Ban, who met Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, said that “the only way to end the
violence is through real and visible progress toward a political
solution, including an end of the occupation”.
“I have stressed to both Israeli and Palestinian leaders the urgent
need to reaffirm through words and deeds that they are partners for
peace,” he said. Abbas called on Israel to strictly respect rules
governing East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the
Temple Mount. Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters
at the compound in September preceded the current wave of violence.
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