91.   They also want Israel to stop expansion of Jewish settlements, ease the closure of Palestinian areas, release Palestinian prisoners and resolve other outstanding issues.

92.   Top security officials including the minister of police have recommended that Israel significantly ease a closure barring Palestinian workers from jobs in the Jewish state, reports said Tuesday.

93.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday to reduce tensions by easing the closure of Palestinian territories.

94.   Under the restrictions, most Palestinians still cannot enter Israel, though the closure was partially eased on Monday.

95.   Yishai said he would recommend easing the closure to allow more Palestinian workers into Israel instead.

96.   Further measures to ease the closure are among the issues being discussed in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks which resumed Monday after a four-month break.

97.   Harish promised to work to ease the closure to let more goods through to the Palesitnians, Israeli officials said.

98.   He promised nonethless to work to ease the closure to let more goods through to the Palestinians.

99.   Israel eased the closure of the autonomous Gaza Strip Friday, permitting the transfer of farm produce into Israel and towards the West Bank, the army announced.

100.   Israeli authorities on Sunday eased the closure of the Palestinian territories imposed after the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, an army spokesman said.