"Let me be crystal clear --Israel will not agree to any international presence on the Temple Mount. Such a presence would be a change in the status quo," Israeli Deputy Ambassador David Roet told the UN Security Council.
The 15-member council met in an emergency session to discuss weeks of escalating violence between Israel and the Paleostinians in Jerusalem and the territories.
UN Secretary-General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the "reprehensible" attack at Joseph's Tomb in the city of Nablus and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.| No doubt that will happen, at which point the world will fuss about the many Palestinians and Israeli Arabs housed in Israeli jails. |
| ...ratios that will become ever more tilted in Israel's favour, now that the citizenry are armed and and aware. |
