Ramallah, West Bank, Jan 7, SPA -- Palestinian presidentialcandidate Mahmoud Abbas canceled a campaign stop planned inAl-Quds city, saying Israeli security arrangements would haveembarrassed him, a campaign official said Friday. Abbas had been tentatively scheduled to travel toAl-Quds city on Friday to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque, hold arally and tour the Old City. The Associated Press quoted an unidentified campaign official as saying that Israel wanted to provide Abbas a large securitydetail, concerned that Jewish extremists might attack him. Abbas decided Wednesday that being surrounded by Israelisecurity forces during a stop in front of his own peoplewould have been embarrassing, the official said. Instead, Abbas planned a campaign stop in Beir Naballah, aPalestinian town on the outskirts of Al-Quds city.--SPA1442 Local Time 1142 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/230661