11.   Both sides have made important additional commitments, setting a target date of next September for reaching agreement on a final peace treaty.

12.   A final peace plan that did not grant Palestinian independence would be doomed on the Palestinian street.

13.   A final peace agreement would probably require Netanyahu to go into a national unity government with his Labor opponents.

14.   A final peace agreement was supposed to have been completed by May.

15.   A possible scenario would include the declaration of a Palestinian state even before the terms of a final peace agreement are reached, US officials and diplomats say.

16.   A State Department source, speaking on condition of anonimity, said a final peace agreement may deprive Milosevic of control over Kosovo.

17.   After elections, Bush promised international support for a provisional Palestinian state until a final negotiated peace settlement can be achieved.

18.   But at the least, they hope he will secure a long cease-fire that would provide a backdrop for negotiations toward a final peace settlement.

19.   But in fact the final peace talks are turning out to be more explosive and shocking then either anticipated.

20.   But neither the Tenet nor Mitchell plans propose final peace settlement - only steps to start political talks.