DAKAR, Dec 8 (AFP) - Senegal will back proposals for an extraordinary summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on the Palestinian question, the foreign ministry in Dakar announced Saturday. The west African country is also calling for a "special summit of the United Nations" on the violence in the Middle East, said a foreign ministry statement. "While rejecting suicide attacks as a form of political struggle, (the government) could not begin to accept a disproportionate Israeli response by the state of Israel by way of murderous raids against the Paliestinian people and an attempt, with serious consequences, aimed at harming the life of President Yasser Arafat," the statement said. "This is why Senegal asks the Israeli government to halt violence against the Palestinian Authority and invites the international community to mobilise further to put an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people," it said. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade had in July suggested "a major African initiative to restore peace in the Middle East," added the communique. Senegal chairs the United Nations committee for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. The statement said that in that capacity Senegal is working for a settlement which would see the "establishment of a Palestinian state alongside an Israeli state within safe and internationally recognised borders." <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>