21.   Egypt has played a key mediation role between the two sides and hosted the signing of the agreement in May last year which launched self-rule in Gaza and Jericho.

22.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak played a key role between Israel and the Palestinians.

23.   The premier, who has not yet been named, will have a intermediary role between the presidency and the government.

24.   The United States has also taken the dominant mediating role between Israel and Syria, whose peace talks have been frozen since February.

25.   King Hassan is acting chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and has played a key mediating role between Israel and the Palestinians.

26.   King Hussein is acting chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and has played a key mediating role between Israel and the Palestinians.

27.   NATO troops will be arriving quickly and the division of roles between peacekeepers and NATO troops is being worked out, the expert said.

28.   Shara will surely raise the latter issue with his hosts in Washington, who have played an internmediary role between Israel and Syria.