  {"id":213395,"date":"2001-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=213395"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:36:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:36:29","slug":"auto-insert-213395","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-213395\/","title":{"rendered":"Escalation of violence in Israel and Palestinian territories &#8211; SecGen statement &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; CALLS FOR URGENT RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; 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