UN calls emergency meeting amid escalating Middle East violence

[Jonathan Fairfield]

UN calls emergency meeting amid escalating Middle East violence

There appears to be no end in sight to the upsurge in violence engulfing the Middle East.

Fresh clashes in the West Bank and Gaza have killed at least three Palestinians, according to local reports.

Two people died as a result of confrontations with Israeli troops on the Gaza border.

A third was shot dead in the West Bank after he stabbed and injured an Israeli soldier, while posing as a journalist.

In the first half of October alone there have been near-daily stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians.

Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), blamed the attacks on posters distributed to Palestinian children, which he says incite hatred of Jews.

“This picture you see here is an example of the kind of text that Palestinian children are being exposed to day in and day out,” he said. “In school, after school. The pictures gives children elaborate instructions on how to stab a Jew. We talk a lot about incitement here in the U.N. You can see, with this picture, what incitement looks like.”

At least seven Israelis and 37 Palestinians have died as a result of the spiralling violence in the region, prompting the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on Friday, October 16.

The unrest escalated in September, 2015, when rumours emerged suggesting Israel was planning changes to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa compound. The holy site carries great importance to both Muslims and Jews.

Rizadh Mansour, the Palestinian envoy to the UN, referred to this, saying:

“We come to you today asking you to urgently intervene to end this aggression against our defenceless Palestinian people and against our shrines. They are subjected to violations by the Israeli military occupation and Israeli settlers and by extremists”.

The UN welcomed Israeli assurances that it would not change the status quo at the site, but acknowledged the state’s “heavy-handed approach” to security has played a role in escalating tensions.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/17/un-calls-emergency-meeting-amid-escalating-middle-east-violence/

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-17

[JetsetBkk]

"We come to you today asking you to urgently intervene to end this aggression against our defenceless Palestinian people"

What a joke.

[ezzra]

One thing Israel should have done back in the 1967 war to demolish and raze this mosque that has no connection or lineage to the Palestinians people whatsoever..

The Al aqsa mosque is not mentioned even one time in Quran, and has no other literatures connecting it to Muhammad whatsoever, only myth and urban legend and old folks stories,

From Wikipedia

The mosque was originally a small prayer house built by the Rashidun caliph Umar, but was rebuilt and expanded by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE. After an earthquake in 746, the mosque was completely destroyed and rebuilt by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 754, and again rebuilt by his successor al-Mahdi in 780. Another earthquake destroyed most of al-Aqsa in 1033, but two years later the Fatimid caliph Ali az-Zahir built another mosque which has stood to the present day.

During the periodic renovations undertaken, the various ruling dynasties of the Islamic Caliphate constructed additions to the mosque and its precincts, such as its dome, facade, its minbar, minarets and the interior structure.

Edited October 18, 2015 by Scott
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[connda]

In the first half of October alone there have been near-daily stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians.

So how many Palestinians get killed on a near-daily basis by Isrealis?

At least seven Israelis and 37 Palestinians have died as a result of the spiralling violence in the region.

Let's see 37 / 7 = 5.3, so Palestinians are about 530% more likely to get killed on a daily basis than Israelis. Sounds about right.