Ramallah, November 11, SPA -- The upcoming international conference on theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict was a "historic opportunity" to open anew chapter in the Middle East, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbassaid Sunday, according to dpa. Speaking in Ramallah at a ceremony marking the anniversary of thedeath of Yasser Arafat, Abbas said the opportunity would be based onthe establishment of East Jerusalem as the capital of the independentPalestinian state that would be set up on land Israel captured fromEgypt and Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War. The international conference is slated to take place in Annapolis,Maryland, toward the end of the month.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/498809
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