1.   Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League, toured Arab capitals to gauge attitudes in advance of the Arab summit meeting.

2.   Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, toured Arab capitals to gauge attitudes in advance of the Arab summit meeting.

3.   An Arab summit would probably call for a brake on establishing and normalizing ties with Israel and would be seen as a major setback to Israel.

4.   Arafat, who had been attending an Arab summit in Jordan, was not in the house, which suffered extensive damage after apparently being hit by a missile.

5.   Arafat wants to attend the Arab summit meeting in Lebanon later this month but has been restricted to the West Bank and Gaza.

6.   Arab states have condemned the violence and called for an urgent Arab summit to address the crisis.

7.   Arab summit meeting are supposed to be all about Arab unity and brotherhood.

8.   Assad expressed scorn for Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who on Friday announced that he might turn away from further peace talks with the Palestinians after the Arab summit.

9.   A lot about the Arab summit suggests theater.

10.   A subject was the Saudi peace initiative expected to be put before an Arab summit meeting this month in Beirut.