The Palestinian leadership will hold on Monday an emergency meeting upon the arrival of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat froma brief visit to Amman, reported Al-Jazeera satellite channel.
The report said that the meeting comes amidst escalation of the violence in the West Bank and Gaza.
In Amman, Jordan's King Abdullah and Arafat expressed support for an "urgent" Arab summit amid a spiral of bloody clashes between Palestinians and Israelis, reported AFP.
"King Abdullah and President Arafat welcomed (calls for) an urgent Arab summit," during a meeting at the Raghadan royal palace in Amman, a palace official said.
Earlier in Cairo, Presidents Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Bashar al-Assad of Syria had called for an urgent Arab summit but suggested no date, said the agency.
The King and Arafat also called for the creation of an Israeli-Palestinian-US committee to "immediately investigate" the four days of clashes that have left more than 40 Palestinians and others dead, the official said.
According to Reuters, both leaders also called on Israel to pull out its troops from positions occupied since the violence broke out Thursday after a visit by Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon to Islam's Haram al-Sharif.
At the end of nearly two hours of talks the two leaders also "strongly denounced the violence, the provocation and the killings" perpetrated by Israeli troops against Palestinian civilians.
Arafat then returned home after thanking Abdullah for granting medical assistance to Palestinians injured in the clashes, including ordering hospitals to admit several serious cases for surgery, said AFP.
Palestinian diplomat Atallah Khairy told AFP that Arafat had "briefed his majesty on the latest developments surrounding the massacres and both called for a unified Arab position to face this Israeli arrogance."
"King Abdullah also expressed Jordan's readiness to provide all the necessary assistance to the Palestinian people," he added.
Arafat flew into Amman earlier Monday in a military helicopter and immediately went into talks with Abdullah.
According to AFP, state television later showed Arafat unfolding a sheet of white paper and showing it to Abdullah as they discussed its content. Abdullah frowned and shook his head.
The Palestinian ambassador to Jordan Omar al-Khatib told AFP earlier that the visit will provide the two leaders with a chance "to hold consultations and to coordinate" their positions.
On Sunday Abdullah denounced the violence as Israeli provocation, ordered hospitals in the kingdom to be on standby to receive Palestinians injured in the fighting and called for a campaign to collect funds and medical aid for the Palestinians.
The Palestinians have said Sharon's "provocative" visit to Haram al-Sharif -- Islam's third holiest site -- triggered the violence.
Jordanian officials have said the Arab summit's successful outcome hinges on preparatory work to ensure a common stance on the peace process rather than widening existing rifts, reported Reuters - (Several Sources)
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