(Amman) Israeli and Palestinian delegations will meet in Jordan on Sunday to try to restore calm in the Palestinian territories after several days of deadly violence, according to a Jordanian government official.
The “politico-security” meeting will be held in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, attended by representatives of the United States and Egypt, which is linked like Jordan by a peace treaty with Israel, the AFP this official who requested anonymity.
According to him, the talks aim to “build confidence” between Israel and the Palestinians and achieve measures of calm.
“This meeting comes at a very critical time and is a necessary step by Jordan to try to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to end the escalation of violence,” he said. he still added.
The talks are part of ‘intensified efforts by Jordan in coordination with the Palestinian Authority and other parties to end unilateral measures [d’Israël] and a deterioration in security, which could fuel more violence…”, added the same government source.
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed 11 Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy, and, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, wounded more than 80 people during this operation in Nablus (north). This toll is the heaviest since 2005.
Since the beginning of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 61 Palestinians (including members of armed groups and civilians including minors) and nine civilians (including three minors) and one Israeli policeman as well as a Ukrainian, according to an AFP tally compiled from official Israeli and Palestinian sources.
Wednesday’s raid, the latest in a series of deadly Israeli military operations in the West Bank, comes nearly two months after the inauguration of a new government in Israel, one of the most right-wing in history. of the country and which is notably made up of supporters of a hard line vis-à-vis the Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu traveled to Amman in January for a rare meeting with King Abdullah II, who insisted on “the need to maintain calm and cease all acts of violence”, the royal palace said at the time. .