WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Saturday released the following statement on the recent violence in Jerusalem:

“I am deeply concerned by the recent violence in Jerusalem and encourage all parties to exercise restraint. Evictions of Palestinian residents, who have lived in homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah for a generation, are unjustified and must stop. So must Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians, Palestinian attacks on Jewish Israelis, and Hamas rocket and mortar launches. I am also concerned about the Israeli forces’ militarized approach to this unrest, which is escalating, rather than deescalating, the situation.” said Murphy.

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