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‘Rough and Confrontational Days Ahead’, Palestinian Ambassador Tells Rights Committee, Urging Greater Efforts by World Community to Avoid Bloodshed
The United Nations must step up its efforts to avoid further bloodshed following an escalation of violence and increased civilian casualties in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a senior Palestine diplomat said today.
“Israel is trying to drag us into religious confrontation,” Riyad Mansour, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, told the Palestinian Rights Committee, warning that the situation on the ground was “extremely dangerous”… more