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Russia calls on Israel to halt settlement activities in Palestinian territories

Published: 12 May 2021 - 06:28 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 02:59 am
A Palestinian man reacts at the scene where a house was hit by an Israeli air strike, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A Palestinian man reacts at the scene where a house was hit by an Israeli air strike, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Reuters

Moscow: Sergei Vershinin, a Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, called on Israel on Wednesday to "immediately" stop all settlement activities in the Palestinian Territories, RIA news agency reported.

Vershinin also said that Moscow called for the "status quo of Jerusalem's sacred sites" to be respected, RIA reported.