German flag. (Credit: David Gannon/AFP)
Germany said Monday it is "urgent" that a tense situation in the occupied West Bank is not further inflamed, following deadly violence and arson by Israeli settlers targeting a town where two Israeli brothers were killed.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Berlin welcomed weekend talks in Jordan, adding it was "urgent that agreements to de-escalate the situation are respected, and that everyone now works to prevent the already very tense situation from becoming further inflamed."
Germany said Monday it is "urgent" that a tense situation in the occupied West Bank is not further inflamed, following deadly violence and arson by Israeli settlers targeting a town where two Israeli brothers were killed.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Berlin welcomed weekend talks in Jordan, adding it was "urgent that agreements to de-escalate the situation are respected, and that everyone now works to prevent the already very tense situation from becoming further inflamed."
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