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Arab League chief Amr Moussa urged Israel to scrap plans to build 1,600 new homes for settlers in annexed east Jerusalem before indirect talks with the Palestinians can resume. Indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks depend on freezing settlements and especially on cancelling plans by Israel to build 1,600 settlements in (east) Jerusalem, he said on the eve of an Arab summit in the Libyan city, due to be dominated by Israel's vow to pursue settlements expansion.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was among the first Arab leaders to arrive amid deadly clashes in the occupied territories that killed six people - four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, including an officer. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would be the only Western leader at the summit to address the opening session. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the plan of settlement would not be withdrawn.
