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Jordan, Egypt urge Palestinian factions to put aside differences

By The Associated Press

Jordan and Egypt urged the Palestinians on Wednesday to cast aside their differences to make way for peace and statehood.

The joint call by Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came in a closed-door meeting in the Jordanian capital.

Abdullah and Mubarak - both key U.S. allies whose countries have signed peace treaties with Israel - implicitly referred to the power struggle between bitter enemies, the moderate Fatah and the militant Hamas.

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Both factions have been at loggerheads since heavily armed Hamas militiamen seized Gaza in mid-June after thrashing pro-Fatah security forces.

Abdullah and Mubarak said in a joint statement that they urged the Palestinians to adopt unified stances that would conform with the current challenges and enable them to establish their independent state and restore their national legitimate rights.

The statement said the two leaders also reiterated that a U.S.-sponsored international peace conference, slated to be held in the United States in November, was an important opportunity for achieving tangible results in Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking.

But they both repeated their call for adequate preparations to precede the meeting, which they said must tackle crucial issues that have tormented Mideast negotiators, such as the status of refugees, East Jerusalem and the borders of a future Palestinian state.

U.S. President George W. Bush in July called for the conference to break a deadlock in the Mideast peace process, but the lack of an official agenda, location and exact timing for the meeting has been a cause for concern in the region.

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1.	They should ask the quisling to stop his treasonous policies	02:28	\|	lakshmi	27/09/07

2.	hamas is nothing but a murderous bunch of thugs and thieves,their	05:10	\|	terrornator	27/09/07

3.	Terronator gives perfect definition of Zionists	05:49	\|	Jon Jaye	27/09/07

4.	If you want peace, invite Hamas to the peace conference	06:28	\|	Kevin	27/09/07

5.	# 4 Kevin	12:54	\|	Lynn	27/09/07

6.	Trying to cope with reality	13:27	\|	Mark Lincoln	27/09/07

7.	JORDAN AND ERGYPT ARE THE PROBLEM: THEY SHOULD OPEN BORDERS NOW	17:23	\|	Kokonot	27/09/07

8.	#7 Kokonot - Excellent point	18:41	\|	Chick	27/09/07

9.	When Abbas fails	18:56	\|	Jasmine Murphy	27/09/07

10.	It will be CATASTROPHIC IF the NOV-15 agreement doesn`t bring...	19:23	\|	J.M.Jordan	27/09/07

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