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UN Pushes Palestinians to Keep Cease-Fire Alive
(Reuters) Irwin Arieff - The PA must do more to ensure all Palestinian factions keep alive a fragile cease-fire and end all violence, UN undersecretary-general for political affairs Kieran Prendergast told the Security Council on Friday. The world body was particularly concerned over a serious escalation by Palestinian militants in rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli targets in recent weeks, he said. "We expect the Palestinian Authority to exert greater efforts to impose its authority on all Palestinian groups - including the militants - to establish law and order, to ensure the endurance of the current cease-fire, and to guarantee an end to all violence," he said.