Kerry says 'senseless' Mideast violence must end, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that a proposed all-embracing attendance at the Jerusalem angelic website at the centermost of ascent Israeli, Palestinian astriction and abandon is not needed.
Instead, he said what is bare is accuracy over pledges by Israel to advance the cachet quo at the acropolis admixture admired by Jews as the Temple Mount and home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest altar and a key civic attribute for the Palestinians.
"We don't contemplate any change, but nor does Israel," Kerry told reporters at a account appointment in Madrid. "Israel understands the accent of that cachet quo. What is important is to accomplish abiding everybody understands what that means. We are not gluttonous some new change. We are not gluttonous outsiders or others to appear in."
"We charge to accept clarity," he said.
France has proposed activity at the United Nations that could see an all-embracing attendance to ensure the cachet quo at the site, breadth Jews are accustomed to appointment but not pray.
Kerry acclaimed that not alone are the U.S. and Israel against to the move, so is Jordan, which governs the acceding apropos the site.
The accepted beginning of abandon was fueled by rumors that Israel was acute to yield over the area. Israel has adamantly denied the allegations, adage there are no affairs to change the cachet quo and accuses the Palestinians of activation by overextension the rumors.
Kerry will be affair this anniversary with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah and he said they would be searching "to be able to acquisition a way of authoritative assertive that everybody is bright with what is accident with account to the Temple Mount."
He said it is acute that all abandon yield burning activity to end the "senseless" abandon demography abode in Israel and the West Bank.
Kerry, who affairs to see Netanyahu in Berlin after this anniversary and accommodated with Abbas in Jordan over the weekend, alleged on all abandon to exercise abstemiousness and burden from accomplishments that could amplify the situation.
He aswell pushed aback on suggestions that address should yield a aback bench to the actual ambition of abating stability.
"Security and address go duke in hand," Kerry said. "There is not a time for one and again the other. There is an accent to both."
In accession to his affairs with Abbas and Netanyahu, Kerry aswell said he would be affair this anniversary in Europe with the adopted ministers of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Russia to altercate the crisis in Syria and the charge for a political alteration to end the conflict.
"We don't contemplate any change, but nor does Israel," Kerry told reporters at a account appointment in Madrid. "Israel understands the accent of that cachet quo. What is important is to accomplish abiding everybody understands what that means. We are not gluttonous some new change. We are not gluttonous outsiders or others to appear in."
"We charge to accept clarity," he said.
France has proposed activity at the United Nations that could see an all-embracing attendance to ensure the cachet quo at the site, breadth Jews are accustomed to appointment but not pray.
Kerry acclaimed that not alone are the U.S. and Israel against to the move, so is Jordan, which governs the acceding apropos the site.
The accepted beginning of abandon was fueled by rumors that Israel was acute to yield over the area. Israel has adamantly denied the allegations, adage there are no affairs to change the cachet quo and accuses the Palestinians of activation by overextension the rumors.
Kerry will be affair this anniversary with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah and he said they would be searching "to be able to acquisition a way of authoritative assertive that everybody is bright with what is accident with account to the Temple Mount."
He said it is acute that all abandon yield burning activity to end the "senseless" abandon demography abode in Israel and the West Bank.
Kerry, who affairs to see Netanyahu in Berlin after this anniversary and accommodated with Abbas in Jordan over the weekend, alleged on all abandon to exercise abstemiousness and burden from accomplishments that could amplify the situation.
He aswell pushed aback on suggestions that address should yield a aback bench to the actual ambition of abating stability.
"Security and address go duke in hand," Kerry said. "There is not a time for one and again the other. There is an accent to both."
In accession to his affairs with Abbas and Netanyahu, Kerry aswell said he would be affair this anniversary in Europe with the adopted ministers of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Russia to altercate the crisis in Syria and the charge for a political alteration to end the conflict.
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