
The Middle East Quartet has said it is "deeply concerned" over Israel's growing settlements in Palestinian territories and ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. Envoys of the group, which comprises the UN, US, EU and Russia, issued a joint statement on Thursday after a meeting in Norway's capital, Oslo, earlier this week. "The Envoys remain deeply concerned by developments in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, including ongoing acts of violence in the West Bank, the advancement of new settlement units, the untenable fiscal crisis within the Palestinian Authority and threats of violence from the Gaza Strip," read the statement. They underlined the "urgent need for all parties to take additional steps to […]
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