21.   However, the agreement is not binding and banks will not be penalized for breaking ranks and offering higher rates.

22.   Leo Moggie dismissed the possibility of a review of the PPAs as the contractual agreements were binding to both parties.

23.   Legal expert Moshe Negbi said such agreements are not binding until they are ratified by parliament.

24.   Netanyahu has said that he was not bound by agreements reached between Palestinians and the previous government of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

25.   Officials said the agreement is binding.

26.   Russia wants the agreement to be binding, he said later in a speech at a ceremony where he was awarded a prize by the German media.

27.   Some committee members are also concerned that the agreement binds the PLO to drop references in its charter calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.

28.   Some committee members are also concerned that the Taba agreement binds the PLO to dropping references in its charter calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.

29.   The agreement also binds Algeria to modernizing legislation in economic fields such as antitrust policy and protection for copyrights and patents.

30.   The agreement was not binding, but the negotiators said they would meet in three weeks to discuss how they might implement autonomy.