White House spokesman urges ‘cooler heads’ to prevail, ‘restoration of status quo’ on Temple Mount

The White House expressed “deep concern” over a spate of violence that has gripped Israel Wednesday, calling on both sides to work to calm tensions that has led to a string of terror attacks and clashes across the West Bank, Jerusalem and elsewhere.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the US “condemns in the strongest possible terms violence against Israeli and Palestinian civilians.”

He called on “all parties to take affirmative steps to restore calm and refrain from actions and rhetoric that would further inflame tensions in that region of the world.”... Read More: Times of Israel