Syria's ruling Baath party newspaper voiced concern that Monday's Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt will put an end to the Palestinian uprising against Israel.
"The masses of the nation are justified when they look with suspicion at the Sharm el-Sheikh meeting as it comes in the wake of a series of US positions backing blindly the aggressive policy of Israel," said Al-Baath.
"The fear, all the fear, is that one of the results of the meeting will be to put an end to the Intifada," it added in an editorial.
"This would abort what our people in Palestine have achieved with the blood of their martyrs. A continuation of the Intifada would change the current situation in favor of the Arabs and the rights they want to recover."
The Sharm el-Sheikh summit is hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, US President Bill Clinton, Jordan's King Abdullah II, UN chief Kofi Annan and top European Union diplomat Javier Solana attending – DAMASCUS (AFP)
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