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Palestinians, Israelis pledge to avoid violence at Jordan meeting
Palestinian and Israeli representatives pledged, this Sunday (26), to “avoid further acts of violence” and seek ways to calm the situation after several bloody days in the region, according to a joint statement published after a meeting in Jordan. frank”, the participants of the meeting in the city of Aqaba, “reaffirmed the need to commit to a detente on the ground and to avoid new acts of violence”, says the final document, which contains eight points. between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as restoring calm in the region, a Jordanian government source told AFP on condition of anonymity. 1967, stronghold of armed Palestinian groups.On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinians and wounded more than 80 people with shots in an operation in Nablus (north), according to the m Palestinian Ministry of Health. It is the deadliest swing since 2005. The meeting in Jordan is the first of its kind held in several years. Senior Jordanian, Egyptian, Palestinian and American officials participated in the meeting, according to the statement. 3 to 6 months. The agreement includes a commitment by Israel to stop discussing the establishment of new settlements for four months and not to legalize so-called “wild” settlements (without government authorization) for six months, according to the text. – “Mutual trust” -In the communiqué, the participants also agreed to help the two parties to “establish mutual trust” so that a “direct dialogue” can be produced. The Palestinian and Israeli parties “will work in good faith to assume their responsibilities “, adds the document. In a statement, the National Security Adviser of the White House, Jake Sullivan, welcomed the meeting with satisfaction, but added that “there is still much work to be done in the coming weeks and months to build a stable and prosperous future for Israelis and Palestinians alike”. The participants will meet again in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh in March. Among them were the head of the Palestinian intelligence services, Majed Faraj, the head of the Israeli interior intelligence service (Shin Beth), Ronen Bar, and the coordinator of the US National Security Council for the Middle East, Brett McGurk. II, from Jordan, highlighted to McGurk “the importance of intensifying efforts in favor of calm and distension”, according to the Royal Palace. The dialogues coincide with a moment of strong tension. While the meeting was taking place, two Israelis were killed in a Palestinian “attack” in the northern West Bank, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinian, comes from a will to put an end to the bloodshed”, informed the Fatah party, of the Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas, by Twitter. Other Palestinian factions, as the Islamist group Hamas, denounced the participation of the Palestinian Authority in the meeting. “Breach with the consensus” -In a note, the Islamist group that governs the Gaza Strip considered “the meeting with the Zionists a rupture with the Palestinian national consensus, a contempt for the blood of the martyrs, a declared attempt to hide the crimes of the occupation “.Wednesday’s incursion into Nablus was the latest in a series of bloody interventions by Israel in the West Bank, two months after the inauguration of the new Israeli government, considered the most to the right of the country’s history, and in which there are many hard-line supporters against the Palestinians. Since the beginning of the year, the conflict has claimed the lives of 61 Palestinians (both members of armed groups and civilians, including minors), of ten Israelis (one policeman and nine civilians, including three minors) and one Ukrainian citizen, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli and Palestinian sources.kt/feb/bfi/sag/zm/fp/mvv