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(26 Feb 1997) T/I: 10:43:11 Hundreds of Palestinians took part in a sit-in strike on Wednesday (26/2) in the West Bank town of Tulkarem to protest the confiscation of land by the Israeli government. Faisal Husseini, the Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, visited Israel's parliament and made a last-minute appeal for the scrapping of a plan to build a new Jewish neighbourhood in Arab east Jerusalem. He warned it could disrupt the Middle East peace process. Husseini's visit came hours before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to approve a plan to build 6,500 homes for Jews in the Har Homa area of east Jerusalem. Israeli supporters of the leftwing Peace Now movement demonstrated outside the Prime Minister's office building in a protest against the new construction plan. In Gaza City, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat declined to comment on the lastest Israeli expansion move. SHOWS: TULKAREM, WEST BANK Palestinian demonstrators with banners in field; VS of rally in progress; JERUSALEM, ISRAEL ENGLISH SOT, Faisal Husseini, Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, inside the Knesset: "The building of the settlement can hurt deeply the peace process. The situation in Jerusalem is tense. Everybody is tense. It is on the edge of explosion. All it needs is a small spark. Such a move will be that spark."; GVs "Peace Now" demonstration outside Prime Minister's office, chanting "Netanyahu and (Ariel) Sharon will bring disaster!"; ENGLISH SOT, Yossi Sarid, left wing Knesset MP: "The decision which might be taken by the government in a few minutes is a very very grave mistake. It might lead to a very unfortunate and probably tragic consequences and we call upon the Israeli government to refrain from taking such a decision."; WS demonstration; Israeli ministers' vehicles entering Prime Minister's office compound; GAZA Palestinian President Yasser Arafat leaving his office, refusing to comment; Arafat driving off to attend the graduation ceremony of his body guards GVs body guards performing karate and climbing a wall; CU Arafat applauding. 2.37 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...