KHARTOUM, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said here Wednesday that he expected that there could be nothing new in Israel's policy toward the Palestinians after the centrist Kadima party won the general election.

   Speaking to reporters before its second day session of the 18th Arab summit, Moussa expressed pessimism about the prospect of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

   Moussa's remarks came after Israel's electoral authorities announced early Wednesday that the Kadima party headed by acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won the Tuesday general elections.

   With 99.7 percent of ballots counted, official results showed that Kadima had won 28 seats in the 120-seat Knesset (parliament), followed by the Labor Party with 20 seats and Shas party with 13 seats, said the Central Election Commission.

   Olmert has said that Israel would quit all the settlements beyond the separation wall in the West Bank if Kadima won.

   In an article published by Israel's leading Yediot Ahronot daily on Tuesday, Olmert wrote, "Israel will determine the route of the security fence and then make sure that no Jewish settlements will be left on the other side of the fence."

   In a reaction to the Olmert remarks, Algerian Minister of State Abdelaziz Belkhadem said that Arab countries oppose any Israeli unilateral step, because such a move could not improve but worsen the situation on the ground.

   "The summit approved a resolution which is supportive of the Palestinian struggle," he said. Enditem