War is not the solution
Palestine has got the full membership of UNESCO. But unfortunately, the USA angrily stopped funding UNESCO amid criticisms throughout the world. And Israel speeded up constructing settlements and froze the transfer of Palestinian tax funds to punish Palestine for joining the UNESCO. It may be mentioned that every month Israel transfers tens of millions of dollars to the Palestinian authority in customs duties levied on goods destined for Palestinian markets that transit through Israeli ports and the money constitutes a large percentage of the Palestinian budget. Moreover, it's a matter of anxiety that Israel is chalking out plans for attacking Iran. So, it seems that everything that is happening now is going to destroy the peace process. However, we urge the Quartet - a body comprising the United Nations, European Union, the United States and Russia - to bring peace by resuming the talks between Palestine and Israel, which have been on hold since 2008, to convince Israel to be considerate towards Palestinians. Of course, war is not the solution.
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