Arab interior ministers have ended a two-day conference in Beirut, saying they will fight global terrorism and continue to support the Palestinians against what they called state terrorism practiced by Israel.

In a closing statement Wednesday, the ministers condemned all forms of terrorism and stressed the need to discriminate between terrorism and a peoples' right to struggle, through all means, to liberate their lands.

The Arab ministers spoke out against the U.S. placement of groups resisting Israel on a worldwide terrorism list. The ministers called for a United Nations international conference to define terrorism. The Arab ministers also discussed ways to combat crime in their region.

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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