21.   Dore Gold, a Sharon adviser, did not say whether Israel also considered the test period had started.

22.   Dore Gold, a Sharon adviser interviewed by The Associated Press on Friday, did not say whether Israel also considered the test period to have started.

23.   Gissin said Israel opposed dropping the test period.

24.   Haaretz did not specify the length of the test period.

25.   If there is violence during the seven-day test period, both Israeli and U.S. officials said the countdown to the cooling-off period would start again.

26.   In February, the mayor launched a test period to see if grass in the parks could withstand the strain of being sat on regularly.

27.   Israel reportedly wants a staged withdrawal, with a test period of two months between the pullout from each city.

28.   It did not explain why the test period was cut short, but Typhoon Faye was approaching the area.

29.   Israel is demanding a test period of peaceful relations with Syria before it completes any withdrawal from the Golan Heights, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Sunday.

30.   Israel proposes a nine-month test period.