UAE calls for emergency UNSC meeting on West Bank escalation

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Friday, December 29, to discuss the escalating situation in the West Bank.In a statement on X, on Thursday, December 28, UAE spokesperson Shahad Matar wrote, “UAE has called for an urgent UNSC meeting tomorrow [Friday] on the rapidly escalating situation in the West Bank and its impact on the viability of the two-state solution.”

Matar added, “Extremist settler violence and reports of Israeli raids put a political horizon for Israel & Palestine at severe risk.”