The White House expressed its “serious concerns” over the weekend to Israel’s government about a series of clashes in east Jerusalem between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters that continued in the contested city on Monday
National security adviser Jake Sullivan listens during a meeting with President Joe Biden. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan addressed the situation in a phone call on Sunday with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, during which Sullivan “highlighted recent engagements by senior U.S. officials with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials and key regional stakeholders to press for steps to ensure calm, deescalate tensions, and denounce violence,” according to a White House readout of the conversation.
In his call with Ben-Shabbat, Sullivan “encouraged the Israeli government to pursue appropriate measures to ensure calm during Jerusalem Day commemorations,” the White House said. Sullivan also “expressed the administration’s commitment to Israel’s security and to supporting peace and stability throughout the Middle East, and assured Mr. Ben-Shabbat that the U.S. will remain fully engaged in the days ahead to promote calm in Jerusalem.
Exacerbating the unrest in east Jerusalem are the efforts of Jewish settlers in the city’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood who several Palestinian families — a matter that similarly merited “serious concerns” in the White House, Sullivan told Ben-Shabbat.in Washington, D.C., late last month to discuss diplomacy toward Iran, as the U.S. works to rejoin the 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran that former President Donald Trump abandoned. Israel remains hesitant about restarting the pact.
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