
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, May 9, 1993                   TAG: 9305090142
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: AMMAN, JORDAN                                LENGTH: Short

PALESTINIAN RIFT WITH ARAFAT WIDENS

A powerful Islamic fundamentalist group widened a growing rift with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat on Saturday, accusing him of selling out the Palestinian cause.

In a harshly worded letter to Arafat, the Muslim Brotherhood demanded the Palestinians withdraw from the U.S.-backed Middle East peace process and resort to "jihad," or holy war, against Israel.

The fundamentalists accused Arafat of making too many "concessions on fundamental Palestinian demands and rights" in the peace talks, which resumed last month in Washington.

The brotherhood is Jordan's most influential political party and holds 22 of the seats in the 80-member parliament.

- Associated Press

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