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Fierce clashes begin in Hebron

Arafat urges Islamic leaders to rescue Jerusalem from Israel
ISLAMABAD. Mar 23: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat warned Sunday that the Middle East peace process was on the verge of collapse and issued a plea to Islamic leaders worldwide to rescue" Jerusalem from Israel, report AP.
In a passionate 10-minute speech to the Organisation of Islamic Conference, Arafat accused Israel of reneging on the terms of the peace agreement and warned that time was running out to save the peace pro-
"Very serious events and developments concerning the peace process ... have led us almost to a dead end that threatens the whole process and could undermine the achievements and the hopes that were raised because of that process.' said Arafat, referring to. Israeli plans to construct Jewish settlements in Arab east Jerusalem.
Without saying what he ex-
pectect from the Islamic world, Arafat said it was the "duty" of all Muslims "to rescue Jerusalem from the settlements. from the danger of Judaism... I urge you to act rapidly and seriously to save it."
Before Arafat spoke. Pakistan s President opened Sunday's summit of Islamic leaders with a plea for Islamic unity and a scathing attack on the construction of Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem.
President Farooq Leghari also assailed the west for what he called its "hostile view of Islam."
Arafat made a late-hour arrival in Pakistan to speak at the one-day summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
The meeting, which coincides with Pakistan's celebration of 50 years of independence from Britain, is intended to underline the nation's solidarity with the rest of the Muslim
world and to target problems facing Muslims as they moves into the 21st century.
The fact that Islamic leaders have come is evidence that Pakistan has done a lot for the Islamic world." President Fa rooq Leghari said before a military parade marched through thecapitals tree-fined streets.
Reuter adds, fierce clashes flared along an Israeli-Palestinian confrontation line in the West Bank town of Hebron on Saturday, putting more strain on the Middle East peace process a day after a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Palestinian security forces in Gaza rearrested Ibrahim al-Makadmeh. a recently freed leader of the Islamic group Hamas that claimed responsibility for the Tel Aviv cafe at tack on Friday that killed three Israeli women, a Hamas source said.
Israeli soldiers in Hebron fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and teargas at hundreds
of Arab protesters shouting the name of the Palestinian suicide bomber and throwing petrol bombs and rocks.
Hospital officials said at least 20 Palestinians were shot and another 80 treated for other injuries or teargas Inhalation tn some of the most serious Israeli Palestinian violence in months. One protester lost an eye.
Yousef Sharawi, Director of Alia Hospital, said it was not yet clear how many of the gunshot wounds were caused by live bullets, which an Israeli military spokesman told Reuters troops fired on several occasions "when their lives were in danger."
The Israeli army said four soldiers and three paramilitary border policemen were lightly injured by rocks in the second day of street battles along what has become a battle line dividing the Palestinian and Israeli-controlled sections of the city.