ARAB LEAGUE WARNS AGAINST ISRAELI HOSTILITIES AGAINST PALESTINIANS     KUN0070 4 GEN 0275 KUWAIT /KUNA-UBM1   POL-LD LEAGUE-SESSION   ARAB LEAGUE WARNS AGAINST ISRAELI HOSTILITIES AGAINST PALESTINIANS     CAIRO, SEPT 18 (KUNA) -- ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE MOUSSA TUESDAY   WARNED AGAINST THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S ASSAULTS AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN   PEOPLE.   "THE GOVERNMENT OF (ISRAELI PREMIER ARIEL) SHARON IS EXECUTING A DANGEROUS   ESCALATION AND IS POURING FUEL ON FIRE," MOUSSA TOLD REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING   OF ARAB PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES.   HE SAID THE ISRAELI HOSTILITIES IN THE OCCUPIED AREAS WERE DERAILING   INTERNATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS.   SHARON IS EXPLOITING THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WAS BUSY IN THE AFTERMATH OF   LAST TUESDAY'S ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. BY KILLING MORE PALESTINIANS, HE SAID.   BY THE TIME PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT WAS ORDERING A   CEASEFIRE, SAID MOUSSA, SHARON WAS INTENSIFYING MILITARY ACTIONS AND   TIGHTENING SIEGE AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS.   MOUSSA ADDED THAT THE PERMANENT REPRESENATIVES DISCUSSED THE ISRAELI   ESCALATION AND AGREED TO CONTINUE THEIR FINANCIAL, POLITICAL AND MEDIA SUPPORT   FOR THE PALESTINIAN INTIFADA AND RESISTANCE, AS WELL AS URGING THE ARAB   SATELLITE CHANNEL TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ISRAELI HOSTILITIES AGAINST THE   PALESTINIANS.   FIRST, MOUSSA WENT ON, THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION SHOULD END BECAUSE IT WAS ONE   OF THE KEY DEPRESSING FACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.   ON THE ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN THE US-LED INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TERRORISM   COALITION, MOUSSA SAID THE COALITION WOULD FAIL IF ISRAL JOINS IT.   "ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE AND IS PRACTICING A STATE TERRORISM, ISRAEL   CANNOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF JOINING THIS COALITION," SAID MOUSSA. (PICKUP   PREVIOUS)   MFM.BS         KUNA 181628 Sep 01NNNN