International Desk: Palestinian youths burnt tires during a recent protest near the Israel-Gaza border, east of Jabalia refugee camp. Photo: AFP via Arab News
\nJordan will host a meeting on Sunday between top Israeli and Palestinian security and political officials with US participation to halt a recent surge in violence that has stoked fears of a wider escalation ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, officials said.<\/p>\n
They said the one-day meeting in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, to be attended by US President Joe Biden\u2019s adviser on the Middle East, Brett McGurk, will bring top Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs together for the first time in many years, along with representatives of key regional parties.<\/p>\n
The discussions are part of Jordan’s stepped-up diplomatic engagement with Washington and regional partner Egypt to restore calm in Israel and the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank and trust between the two sides, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
The meeting is aimed at giving Palestinians hope for a political future, a senior Jordanian official told Reuters. If its objectives are achieved, “it will be reflected on the ground,” he said.<\/p>\n
The meeting offers a chance to halt a surge in Israeli-Palestinian clashes in recent months that has sparked Arab anger and international concern about a slide back to a wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n
“Such a meeting has not happened in years… It’s a major achievement to get them together,” said the Jordanian official, who also requested anonymity.<\/p>\n
In previous years, clashes have erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians around Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque at the height of the Ramadan fasting month that coincided with Judaism’s Passover and Christian Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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