Senior Palestinian and Israeli security representatives got engaged this Sunday in a rare meeting Jordan with a “de-escalation on the ground”, After the recent escalation of violence West Bankafter an Israeli operation last week in which a dozen Palestinians were killed.
“Both sides, Palestine and Israel, commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace alongside all previous agreements between them“, according to the final communiqué published at the end of the meeting, Representatives of the USA, Egypt and Jordan participated as mediators.
The identities or locations of these representatives, who gathered in the town of Aqaba on the Red Sea coast, were not disclosed in the note.
In addition, the Israeli government and Palestinian National Authority (PNA) secured their “joint willingness and commitment” tora “suspend unilateral measures for three to six months.”
Moreover Israel He promised to “suspend discussions on the establishment of any new settlements for four months”also “any approval for the establishment of new settlements for six months.”
However, a senior Israeli political source told EFE, “Israel stressed that there will be no change in its decision to regularize nine irregular settlements and build 9,500 new homes in the West Bank.”
of course explained Agreed to “no further action on settlements” over the next few months.
Likewise, the whistleblower added that agreement was reached on “the establishment of a joint security committee to review the renewal of security coordination” and the ANP’s “will and capacity to undertake the fight against terrorism”. West Bank.
New meeting in Egypt
In this sense, and to follow up on the agreements reached this Sunday between the Israelis and Palestinians and the mediating parties,They agreed to hold a new meeting next month in the Egyptian spa town of Sharm el-Sheikh. in the Sinai Peninsula.
The meeting took place at a time when tensions were rising between the parties. This Sunday, two Israelis were killed in an armed attack in the north of the occupied West Bank, in a high-tension environment as violence has escalated for weeks in the region.
The current increase in violence has led to the most violent start of the year in the region since 2000.. In less than two months, 62 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in large part due to Israel’s nearly daily detention operations in Palestinian towns for nearly a year, often resulting in armed clashes with Palestinians.
By contrast, with Israelis killed in this Sunday attack, The death toll on the Israeli side this year rose to 13After several deadly attacks by Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem in recent weeks.