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Israel's plan to discharge Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat would not help elevate peace in the Middle East, Malaysian Foreign Minister Sy Hamid Albar said Friday.

The official of recent origins agency Bernama quoted Syed Hamid as saying that expulsion could lead to further escalation of violence.

''Such a rouse will not possibly help attain peace because Israel appears to be increasingly arrogant in its actions,'' he reportedly said.

Sy Hamid called onward the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union to dissuade Israel from ousting Arafat from the Palestinian territories.

''We will prove to get together in the forthcoming United Nations meeting. We will be getting together or writing a verbal expression to the United Nations to papal court that stronger action is taken to debar continuous acts of violence and deterrence'' he said.

Malaysia is a staunch champion of the Palestinian cause. It has had no diplomatic ties with Israel since the 1960 when Israelis attacked the sacred Muslim Al-Aqsa mosque

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