RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on the U.S. to compel Israel, to stop its violations against the Palestinians, in the Palestinian territories.
Abbas made the appeal in a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said an official press statement.
During their conversation, Abbas briefed Blinken on “the Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people in cities, villages, and camps, including sieges, killings, house demolitions, and settlements’ expansion.”
For his part, Blinken told Abbas that his administration “is exerting efforts and holding contacts to calm down the current tension between Israel and the Palestinians, mainly in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.”
The statement also said, Abbas and Blinken agreed to continue their contact in the future.
The phone call between the two men came, following mounting tension between the Palestinians and the Israeli army in the West Bank.
On Thursday, four Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, including Farouk Salameh, an Islamic Jihad militant, whom Israel accused of being behind the killing of an army officer several months ago.
The incident came amid dramatic political changes in Israel, after the right-wing bloc, led by former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu won the parliamentary elections.
