Palestine to approach UN to stop Israeli *****down
 

Ramallah, June 22 (IANS) The Palestinian leadership plans to approach the United Nations Security Council in a bid to stop Israel's offensive against the Palestinian territories, that surged following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers June 12 near the West Bank. The leadership, in a press statement Sunday, said it has made intensive contacts for the convening of an urgent session of the UN Security Council to discuss putting an end to what it described as 'Israel's ongoing brutal offensive' against the Palestinians, Xinhua reported. The Palestinian leadership comprises of members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's executive committee and members of the Fatah party's central committee. "The Israeli escalation in the West Bank, which left five people killed and 400 others arrested, means that the Israeli government is pushing the situation towards explosion," the leadership warned.

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