U.S. President Barack Obama is set to start a three-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan on Tuesday night.
The death of a Palestinian inmate in Israeli jails on Saturday and the ongoing hunger strike of thousands of prisoners angered Palestinians and triggered growing violence and protests. However, observers said that it won't lead to a third Intifada (popular uprising) following the first one in 1987 and the second in 2000.
A strike, rallies and protests on Sunday dominated the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in support of a hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons which protested against a Palestinian inmate's death one day ago.
Israel's recent airstrike on a Syrian military research center has complicated the Syria crisis that has been protracted for nearly two years with no signs of an end in sight.
The Palestinian leadership refused Monday Israel's objection of using the words "State of Palestine" instead of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) after its status upgrade in the United Nations.
Head of Islamic Hamas movement's government accused Israel not committed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, which was reached in November and it is subjected to collapse. Zaza said the Israeli government regretted pledges it had made when the ceasefire that Egypt had sponsored was reached on Nov. 21, mainly easing more than five years of an Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007.
Israel's intensified bombardment on the Gaza Strip and a threat of ground assault have met with strong objections from the international community, including the West.
The resolution, which was introduced by prime minister Najib Razak, condemned Israel's attack as a violation of international rights law, an unjustified brutality and a crime against humanity that breached the Fourth Geneva Convention 1949 on the protection of civilians in time of war.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu here on Tuesday evening that Washington will make great efforts to help Israel and the Palestinians find a sustainable solution to their long-running conflict.
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