61.   The syndicate said it would stage a strike as well as a sit-in at the Palestinian legislature on Monday.

62.   A decision by Chirac to address the Palestinian legislature but not the Israeli Knesset also drew fire from members of the governing coalition.

63.   Chirac and Arafat arrived from the West Bank town of Ramallah where the French president became the first foreign leader to address the elected Palestinian legislature.

64.   The Palestinian legislature met in Hebron for the first time on Wednesday and quickly heard protests over Israeli restrictions on Palestinian sovereignty in the divided West Bank city.

65.   The Palestinian legislature protested Tuesday after Israel barred deputies from leaving the Gaza Strip for a meeting in the West Bank following two alleged bombing attempts against Jewish settlers.

66.   Yasser Arafat is expected to unveil his new self-rule cabinet on Wednesday when the Palestinian legislature meets in the Gaza town of Rafah, senior Palestinian officials said Monday.

67.   It also has to be ratified by the Palestinian legislature.

68.   Palestinian officials protested angrily after Israeli troops refused to let the speaker of the Palestinian legislature, Ahmed Korei, enter Jerusalem from the West Bank on Thursday.

69.   President Yasser Arafat clashed Wednesday with members of the Palestinian legislature in disputes over use of the official Palestinian media, security services and emerging democratic institutions.

70.   President Yasser Arafat won a vote of confidence from the Palestinian legislature Thursday and immediately called for the start of negotiations with the new rightwing government in Israel.