UN Security Council to hold week’s third session on Israel, Gaza violence

By Jacob Magid

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and AFP 13 May 2021, 6:48 am

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Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, at the UN headquarters in New York, July 20, 2015. (AP/Seth Wenig, File)

NEW YORK — Tunisia, Norway and China have requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting be scheduled for Friday on the worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, diplomatic sources say.

The session would be public and would include participation by Israel and the Palestinians, diplomats say.

The Council has already held two closed-door videoconferences since Monday, with the United States — a close Israel ally — opposing adoption of a joint declaration, which it said would not “help de-escalate” the situation.