Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that continued Israeli incursions into Palestinian towns will lead to “dire and intolerable consequences,” official PA mouthpiece WAFA reports.
Abbas complained to Blinken, who called to discuss rising tensions, about Israelis “storming” the Temple Mount and calls for the return of a system under which Jordan has the power to ban all non-Muslims from the holy site.
According to WAFA, Blinken agreed with Abbas that Israel should stop carrying out raids in Area A of the West Bank, where Palestinians exercise the greatest control.
Israeli forces have carried out dozens of anti-terror raids in the West Bank in recent weeks to stanch a rash of attacks that claimed the lives of 14 people in Israel over the course of two weeks.
There is no confirmation of the call from US officials, but it comes amid an international effort to calm tensions.
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