1.   He has not consulted his security cabinet for three weeks, which has concerned several members of his broad coalition government.

2.   He convened his security cabinet amid demands from hard-liners that Arafat be expelled from the West Bank.

3.   In a five-hour session Wednesday, the security cabinet of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon affirmed the policy of picking out targets for killings.

4.   In fact, Sharon had not even raised the issue of releasing Arafat with his security cabinet, and it was on the agenda only for Wednesday.

5.   Netanyahu told a meeting of his inner security cabinet after the attack that he would press ahead with the housing project next week, Israel Channel Two television said.

6.   Oren said the operations are conceived by intelligence officers and approved first by the army chief, then the defense ministry, and finally Sharon and his security cabinet.

7.   Sharon convened his security cabinet for five hours Wednesday to discuss the results of the Nablus attack.

8.   Sharon met with his security cabinet Wednesday night to decide on an official response.

9.   Sharon convened a meeting of top security officials immediately after his visit to the scene of the bombing and met again with his security cabinet Tuesday night.

10.   Sharon security cabinet almost sure to approve big increase in operations against Palestinians.