US Urges Restraint Ahead of Gaza Protests

Washington, MINA – The US “strongly urges” protest leaders to tell protesters to march peacefully and abstain from all forms of violence in Gaza, said Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt.

Protestors should also “remain outside the 500-meter buffer zone; and should not approach the border fence in any way or any location,” said Greenblatt in a statement on Thursday on the eve of a second wave of protests along the eastern borders of Gaza Strip.

“We condemn leaders and protestors who call for violence or who send protestors – including children – to the fence, knowing that they may be injured or killed,” he asserted.

“Instead, we call for a renewed focus by all parties on finding solutions to the dire humanitarian challenges facing Gazans,” he added (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)