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RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) called on a UN rapporteur Saturday to investigate the Israeli killing of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as the growing violence is consuming more lives day by day.
The secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, Saeb Erekat, addressed a letter to the UN rapporteur, Christopher Heinz, asking for an investigation in those killings.
"The photos and videos taken over the past three weeks are clearly showing how Israelis executed the Palestinians in cold blood, and this is a clear evidence for the humiliation that the Palestinian wounded are facing," Erekat said, adding the international community should condemn these measures.
Erekat also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for deceiving the international community and tricking it by justifying the illegal policy of escalation and violence against Palestinians.
Erekat's remarks came as Palestinians' stabbing attacks against Israeli forces and Jewish settlers continued on Saturday, in the latest of which at least three more Palestinians lost their lives to Israeli responsive firing.
In the West Bank city of Hebron, an 18-year-old Palestinian man and a young Palestinian woman were shot dead after allegedly trying to stab an Israeli settler and Israeli soldiers respectively. Another 16-year-old boy also died of Israeli shooting in east Jerusalem in similar stabbing attempt.
On Friday, two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and three in the Gaza Strip in the ongoing flaring tension.
Since early October when the violence started, the Israeli army and settlers have killed 39 Palestinians and injured more than 1,500, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, while on the Israeli side, seven died and more than 92 were injured, Israeli radio said.
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Friday blamed increasing tensions at holy sites in Jerusalem for the recent upsurge in deadly violence and warned of a possible religious fight that could have "catastrophic consequence" on both Israelis and Palestinians.
"I call on all sides to respect the sanctity of all holy sites and reject the extremist elements that are pursuing a political agenda seeking to transform the current situation from a national to a religious struggle," UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Taye-Brook Zerihoun told an emergency session of the Security Council requested by Jordan. "If they (extremists) are successful in their efforts it could have catastrophic consequence for Palestinians and Israelis alike." Full Story
