Arafat seeks Muslim funding

Marrakesh - The Palestinian President, Mr Yasser Arafat, appealed yesterday for Muslim funds to save Arab East Jerusalem from…

Marrakesh - The Palestinian President, Mr Yasser Arafat, appealed yesterday for Muslim funds to save Arab East Jerusalem from what he called a "cancerous Judaisation" by Israel.

"Palestinian-Israeli [peace] negotiations are revolving in a vicious circle manufactured by the Israeli government," Mr Arafat told a meeting of Beit Mal al-Quds (Jerusalem Fund) in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.

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