ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA U.S. calls for restraint on all sides in Jerusalem violence

Record ID: 139894

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA U.S. calls for restraint on all sides in Jerusalem violence
  • Date: 14th September 2015
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, DC, USA (SEPTEMBER 14, 2015) (STATE TV) U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN WALKS TOWARDS PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYING: "The United States is deeply concerned by the increase in violence and escalating tensions surrounding the (al-)Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, We strongly condemn all acts of violence. It is absolutely critical that all sides exercise restraint, refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric and preserve unchanged the historic status quo on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. in word and in practice" JOURNALISTS AT BRIEFING KIRBY CONCLUDES BRIEFING
  • Embargoed: 29th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAN1EYL0QC7AU9L2GMA5AZYNKD
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  • Story Text: The U.S. State Department on Monday (September 14) voiced concern about violence at the compound surrounding Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount.
    "The United States is deeply concerned by the increase in violence and escalating tensions surrounding the (al-)Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount," said State Department spokesman John Kirby. "We strongly condemn all acts of violence. It is absolutely critical that all sides exercise restraint, refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric and preserve unchanged the historic status quo on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount."
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