31.   Before the meeting, top Palestinian officials said they would ask Israel to lift its military blockade of Palestinian self-rule areas in accordance with a specific schedule.

32.   Education minister Naim Abulhommos, accompanying Arafat, stressed the many obstacles faced by students and teachers alike to get to schools in time of military blockade.

33.   The subsequent civil war has dragged on behind a military blockade.

34.   Many Palestinians regularly try to by-pass the military blockade of the self-rule territories to get to jobs in Israel.

35.   Many Palestinians regularly try to by-pass the military blockade of the self-rule territories to work in Israel.

36.   Successive PNG governments have refused to negotiate on succession, mounting instead a military blockade and engaging in an endless round of guerrilla clashes.

37.   Successive PNG governments have refused to negotiate on secession, mounting instead a military blockade and engaging in an endless round of guerrilla clashes.

38.   Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been thrown out of work by an extended Israeli military blockade of the Palestinian territories.

39.   The government rejected that demand but did order troops to lift military blockades in Chiapas, and to redeploy in non-populated areas.