41.   Ramos has denied any links to the move to change the charter but his critics say some of his close aides were involved in the signature campaign.

42.   Supporters of the mayor have been circulating a petition to force the City Council to call a special election on changing the charter.

43.   The PLO leadership agreed in April to change the charter, but Netanyahu said the actual changes have not yet been made.

44.   The PLO leadership had convened in April and agreed to change the charter, as promised, but Netanyahu claims that the actual changes have not yet been made.

45.   IOC director general Francois Carrard said if necessary they would change the charter to stop a repetition.

46.   Israel has called on the PLO to change its charter, scrapping clauses calling for the destruction of Israel, ahead of an agreement on redeployment and elections.

47.   Among exiled PLO leaders, however, opposition to changing the charter remains strong.

48.   But he also warned that Israel will not go ahead with planned negotiations on the final status of the Palestinian territories unless the PLO charter is changed.

49.   The PNC is the only body capable of changing the charter, which requires a two-thirds majority.

50.   The PNC is the only Palestinian body empowered to change the charter.