As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat spent his first day traveling freely in the West Bank since the siege of his compound ended, Palestinian negotiators appealed Thursday for international intervention to end the standoff at the Church of the Nativity, saying people inside the holy site were starving. The people who have been inside the church during the month-long standoff need aid, the Palestinian negotiating team said, and called on the United States and "Christians worldwide" to help. "The situation is desperate," the negotiating team said in a statement. "Those in the church are starving. Their faith in the success of our efforts is in jeopardy."

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