TEHRAN, JUNE 27, SPA -- FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI HAS URGED THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO SETTLE THEIR DISPUTE THROUGH DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATIONS. IN MESSAGES TO HEAD OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PALESTINIAN PREMIER ISMA'IL HANEYA, KHATAMI SAID THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES HAVE CAUSED THE ANXIETY OF ALL MUSLIMS. KHATAMI, WHO WORKS AS THE HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DIALOGUE OF CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS, CALLED FOR EXTINCTION OF SEDITION AND PUTTING AN END TO THE EXISTING TRAGEDY THROUGH DIALOGUE. THE ISRAELI ENTITY EXPLOITS THE EXISTING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE PALESTINIANS TO FURTHER SUPPRESS AND REPRESS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, HE ADDED.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/462814