Around sixty people have been killed in the violence, which erupted over concerns that Israel was planning major changes to the visiting rights for Palestinians to the sacred Al Aqsa compound, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews. The majority of those killed so far are Palestinian, many of them carrying out knife attacks.
Ombi la kufanyika kwa kikao hicho maalumu limetolewa na Marekani na kuungwa mkono na nchi wanachama 16 wengi wakiwa kutoka muungano wa Ulaya. Kikao hicho kitafanyika kukiwa na ongezeko la hofu kubwa juu ya msako unaoambatana na ghasia dhidi ya waandamanaji wanaopinga serikali, ambapo inadaiwa mamia ya watu wameuawa na vikosi vya serikali.