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| The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has flown into Jerusalem for talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders amid mounting international efforts to end weeks of violence. | The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has flown into Jerusalem for talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders amid mounting international efforts to end weeks of violence. |
| Tuesday’s visit, during which Ban warned of the danger of further escalation, came as a 50-year-old Israeli was reported to have died after being hit by a car during a stone-throwing incident near Hebron. | Tuesday’s visit, during which Ban warned of the danger of further escalation, came as a 50-year-old Israeli was reported to have died after being hit by a car during a stone-throwing incident near Hebron. |
| Three Palestinians were killed in incidents, including one during an alleged stabbing, another after allegedly driving his car into two Israelis. A third Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire during a protest at the Gaza border. | Three Palestinians were killed in incidents, including one during an alleged stabbing, another after allegedly driving his car into two Israelis. A third Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire during a protest at the Gaza border. |
| During a press conference with Israel ’s president, Reuven Rivlin, and before a meeting with the country’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ban underscored the urgency of bringing the current violence to an end. | During a press conference with Israel ’s president, Reuven Rivlin, and before a meeting with the country’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ban underscored the urgency of bringing the current violence to an end. |
| “If we do not act fast the dynamics on the ground may only get worse, with serious repercussions in and beyond Israel and Palestine,” he said. “Violence only undermines the legitimate Palestinian aspirations for statehood, and of the longing of Israelis for security and peace. | “If we do not act fast the dynamics on the ground may only get worse, with serious repercussions in and beyond Israel and Palestine,” he said. “Violence only undermines the legitimate Palestinian aspirations for statehood, and of the longing of Israelis for security and peace. |
| “My visit reflects the sense of global alarm at the dangerous escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians ... I am here to encourage and support all efforts to lower tensions and prevent the situation from spinning out of control.” | “My visit reflects the sense of global alarm at the dangerous escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians ... I am here to encourage and support all efforts to lower tensions and prevent the situation from spinning out of control.” |
| Ban issued a video message late on Monday calling for calm on both sides. He said he understood the Palestinians’ frustrations, but that violence would only harm their legitimate aspirations. | Ban issued a video message late on Monday calling for calm on both sides. He said he understood the Palestinians’ frustrations, but that violence would only harm their legitimate aspirations. |
| “I know your hopes for peace have been dashed countless times. You are angry at the continued occupation and expansion of settlements,” he said. “I am not asking you to be passive, but you must put down the weapons of despair.” | “I know your hopes for peace have been dashed countless times. You are angry at the continued occupation and expansion of settlements,” he said. “I am not asking you to be passive, but you must put down the weapons of despair.” |
| Related: The terror in Jerusalem is based on a lie | Gilad Erdan | Related: The terror in Jerusalem is based on a lie | Gilad Erdan |
| Ban, whose trip was announced in Israel only hours before his expected arrival, is scheduled to meet Netanyahu on Tuesday evening and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday in Ramallah. | Ban, whose trip was announced in Israel only hours before his expected arrival, is scheduled to meet Netanyahu on Tuesday evening and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday in Ramallah. |
| His mediation efforts came amid reports that the US secretary of state, John Kerry – who will meet Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday, and Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman on Saturday – is pushing for a clarification of the so-called status quo at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount site via a written agreement and a complaint-resolution mechanism. | His mediation efforts came amid reports that the US secretary of state, John Kerry – who will meet Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday, and Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman on Saturday – is pushing for a clarification of the so-called status quo at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount site via a written agreement and a complaint-resolution mechanism. |
| The initial outbreak of violence was fuelled by rumours that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, a hilltop compound revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and home to al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine and a key national symbol for the Palestinians. | The initial outbreak of violence was fuelled by rumours that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, a hilltop compound revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and home to al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine and a key national symbol for the Palestinians. |
| Kerry has said Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of the Jerusalem compound – which is home to the al-Aqsa mosque – to help stem the current bloodshed. | Kerry has said Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of the Jerusalem compound – which is home to the al-Aqsa mosque – to help stem the current bloodshed. |
| The recent violence has been stoked partly by Palestinian anger at what they see as increased Jewish visits to the Jerusalem holy site, also revered in Judaism as the location of two destroyed biblical temples. | The recent violence has been stoked partly by Palestinian anger at what they see as increased Jewish visits to the Jerusalem holy site, also revered in Judaism as the location of two destroyed biblical temples. |
| Under longstanding arrangements, Islamic religious authorities administer al-Aqsa; Israel allows Jews to visit but not pray in the compound in Jerusalem’s walled Old City that it captured, with other parts of east Jerusalem and the West Bank, in a 1967 war. | Under longstanding arrangements, Islamic religious authorities administer al-Aqsa; Israel allows Jews to visit but not pray in the compound in Jerusalem’s walled Old City that it captured, with other parts of east Jerusalem and the West Bank, in a 1967 war. |
| Responding again to claims that Israel has encroached on the status quo, Netanyahu told the World Zionist Congress meeting in Jerusalem that Israel had no intention of changing the situation. “ That is one huge lie,” he said. | Responding again to claims that Israel has encroached on the status quo, Netanyahu told the World Zionist Congress meeting in Jerusalem that Israel had no intention of changing the situation. “ That is one huge lie,” he said. |
| But Muslim suspicions over Israel’s intentions were stoked by the recent visit of a senior Israeli minister, Uri Ariel, and the decision by Israel to ban Islamic volunteer watch groups from gathering at the site. | But Muslim suspicions over Israel’s intentions were stoked by the recent visit of a senior Israeli minister, Uri Ariel, and the decision by Israel to ban Islamic volunteer watch groups from gathering at the site. |
| Eight Israelis have been killed in recent stabbings and shootings by Palestinian and Arab-Israeli attackers in Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank. An Eritrean, mistaken for an assailant during an Israeli Bedouin gunman’s assault, also died after being shot by a security guard and kicked by angry crowd. | Eight Israelis have been killed in recent stabbings and shootings by Palestinian and Arab-Israeli attackers in Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank. An Eritrean, mistaken for an assailant during an Israeli Bedouin gunman’s assault, also died after being shot by a security guard and kicked by angry crowd. |
| Israeli security forces have killed at least 42 Palestinians, including 20 assailants and demonstrators, one of whom, police said, fired a gun at them. Israeli security forces have been tasked with clamping down on unrest without provoking a further escalation of violence. | Israeli security forces have killed at least 42 Palestinians, including 20 assailants and demonstrators, one of whom, police said, fired a gun at them. Israeli security forces have been tasked with clamping down on unrest without provoking a further escalation of violence. |
| Checkpoints in Palestinian areas of annexed East Jerusalem, where many of the attackers have come from, and measures such as home demolitions have provoked further anger. | |
| In an interview published on Tuesday in the pro-Netanyahu newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli leader – who has publicly said there was no “quick fix” to the worst Palestinian street violence in years – voiced confidence that the conflict would not widen. | In an interview published on Tuesday in the pro-Netanyahu newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli leader – who has publicly said there was no “quick fix” to the worst Palestinian street violence in years – voiced confidence that the conflict would not widen. |
| “Proper management has ensured that there will not be a mass conflagration in the name of religious war, including a flare-up in terms of missiles from Gaza and Lebanon,” said Netanyahu, who has been accused by some of his cabinet ministers of not doing enough to keep Israelis safe. | “Proper management has ensured that there will not be a mass conflagration in the name of religious war, including a flare-up in terms of missiles from Gaza and Lebanon,” said Netanyahu, who has been accused by some of his cabinet ministers of not doing enough to keep Israelis safe. |