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will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The
following article by Ben White was published by Middle East Monitor on 30 October 2015.
“When all was ‘calm’: a typical month for Palestinians under Israeli occupation”
When US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Middle East last week, for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the senior diplomat had one clear stated goal: to restore ‘calm’ after several weeks of violence.
Speaking last Thursday, Kerry stressed the need to “defuse the situation”, and spoke of the need for “parties…to move to a de-escalation.” Other recent diplomatic efforts, and media reports, have used a similar kind of language.
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