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At latest UN Security Council session, Israel faces continued scrutiny, despite coming under increasing terror attacks

Mike WagenheimMarch 23, 2022

With regional tensions simmering and the potential for everything to boil over with the approach of Passover, Easter and Ramadan, U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland led off by summarizing the work of planning committees to prepare for the possible construction of 3,400 homes in Israel’s capital.

A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Tor Wennesland (on screen), Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit:
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

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US, UN condemn terror attack in southern Israel that killed four people

March 22, 2022

These incidents “highlight the volatility of the situation and the urgent need for leaders to work together against the spiral of violence,” said U.N. Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Tor Wennesland.

U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland, Jan. 26, 2021. Credit: UNSCO Photo by Daniela Penkova.

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