Biden administration calls violence in Jerusalem ‘unacceptable’

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States has “serious concerns” about the violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem.

Sullivan told Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat U.S. officials will “press for steps to ensure calm, deescalate tensions, and denounce violence,” adding that the launching of rocket attacks from Gaza toward Israel “is unacceptable and must be condemned.”

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