25-05-2016 20:47 via salon.com

UN envoy says radically more must be done for Mideast peace

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s top Mideast envoy says Palestinians in Gaza are growing ever more desperate and unless “radically more” is done to address the situation, it is only a matter of time before there is another escalation of violence.
Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council on Wednesday that May saw the biggest escalation of violence in Gaza since 2014 and that those incidents threaten the current ceasefire.
He said the Quartet of Mideast mediators —
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