The Times of Israel reports: Envoys from the US, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations — the so-called Middle East Quartet — met in Jerusalem on Thursday for the first time since the election of US President Donald Trump.
In a statement released by the Quartet, they “expressed serious concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and discussed current efforts to resolve the crisis.” The four also agreed to “meet again and to continue their regular engagement with Israelis and Palestinians, and key regional stakeholders.”
Trump’s peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, currently visiting Israel, represented the US. The other delegates were European Union envoy Fernando Gentillini, the United Nation’s Nikolay Mladenov and a Russian delegate. Unlike the last meeting of the Quartet in September, there was no condemnation of Israel’s West Bank settlement construction, and the group did not issue a call for a two-state solution.
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