ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘Amid rising violence in Jerusalem, UN and diplomatic partners urge maximum restraint on all sides’, UN News Centre, 23 July 2017

Expressing deep concern about the escalating tensions and violent clashes in and around the Old City of Jerusalem, the UN and its diplomatic partners in the Middle East peace process have called on all to demonstrate maximum restraint and work towards de-escalating the situation.
The envoys of the so-called Middle East Quartet - the UN, Russia, the United States and the European Union - strongly condemned acts of terror, and expressed regret for all loss of innocent life caused by the violence, and hope for a speedy recovery to the wounded. 'Amid rising violence in Jerusalem, UN and diplomatic partners urge maximum restraint on all sides', UN News Centre, 23 July 2017