The Jordanian government announced that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed to de-escalate tensions, shortly after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in the occupied West Bank.
late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded in what appeared to be the strongest outburst of settler violence in decades.
The U.S. is so far empty-handed in dealing with Israel’s radical government and dysfunctional Palestinian leadership. The rampage occurred shortly after the Jordanian government, which hosted Sunday’s talks at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, said the sides had agreed to take steps to de-escalate tensions and would meet again next month ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The West Bank is home to a number of hard-line settlements whose residents frequently vandalize Palestinians’ land and property. But rarely is the violence so widespread.Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler leader who lives in the area and has been put in charge of much of Israel’s West Bank policy, called for “striking the cities of terror and its instigators without mercy, with tanks and helicopters.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said the representatives agreed to work toward a “just and lasting peace” and had committed to preserving the status quo at Jerusalem’s contested holy site. Netanyahu’s national security advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi, who led the Israeli delegation, said there were “no changes” in Israeli policies and that plans to build thousands of new settlement homes approved last week would not be affected.The Jordanian announcement had said Israel pledged not to legalize any more outposts for six months or to approve any new construction in existing settlements for four months.
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