Middle East: US and Russia call for de-escalation of tension

Hamas announced on Wednesday (12/05) a new rocket storm from the Gaza Strip to Israel, a move that continued to keep… in the red the tension in the Middle East, as Tel Aviv continues bombing against it Palestine.

In general, both sides do not show a willingness to retreat, with the victims constantly increasing. The great powers see the situation escalating and their representatives made moves, through which they demand the de-escalation of the tension.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, called today for the urgent convening of the Quartet for the Middle East to resolve the escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians that has been raging in recent days.

“The most urgent task is to convene a Quartet of international mediators – Russia, the United States, the United Nations and the European Union,” Lavrov said in a joint news conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Moscow.

Guterres, for his part, stressed that the UN is fully committed to strengthening the Quartet’s work.

Almost at the same time, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken He reiterated his call for an “end to violence” between the two sides in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The Secretary of State reiterated his call on all parties to reduce tensions and end the violence,” the State Department said in a statement.

He added that there was a need for Israelis and Palestinians to be able to live in security and “enjoy freedom, security, prosperity and democracy”.

Earlier, French Foreign Minister Clement Bonn said the United States should be involved. in order to stop the new outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

“We need American involvement. “It is clear that these remain the main diplomatic levers today, although Europe needs to be more present,” he told France 2 television.

“There is a dramatic escalation and Joe Biden, the US government, needs to get involved with us,” he said. “Europeans and Americans need to get involved with Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find a solution in the coming years. days “.

Israel’s chief rabbi calls for restraint

One of Israel’s two top rabbis today called for restraint as media reported a spate of street attacks by Jews against members of the country’s Arab minority, some of whom have staged violent demonstrations in solidarity with the West.

“We must not resort to provocative actions and damage people or property,” said Yitzhak Youssef, Israel’s senior Sephardic rabbi. “The Torah of Israel does not give any permission to take the law into its own hands and act violently,” he said, according to the APE-MPE.

US Airlines cancels flights from US to Tel Aviv

United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have canceled their flights from the United States to Tel Aviv for today Wednesday and tomorrow Thursday, according to the FlightAware website.

Representatives of United and Delta confirmed the cancellations and said airlines were monitoring the situation in Israel, where violence has escalated this week amid clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.

Delta “has not decided to repeat this connection,” a spokesman said.

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