Ban: Arab leaders have responsibility to calm violence

UN head Ban Ki-moon has met with Jordan’s King Abdullah to brief him on his recent meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas.

“The Secretary-General noted the responsibility of Arab leaders to encourage calm and to ensure that this crisis does not get out of control,” a UN spokesperson says in a statement.

Ban also urged to hold to the status quo at the Temple Mount and “reiterated the importance of reducing tensions at the holy places in Jerusalem.”

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