71.   Netanyahu visited West Bank settlements Tuesday and promised more construction and government aid despite the U.S. criticism of the settlement expansion.

72.   Netanyahu infuriated the Palestinians after taking office in June by announcing he supported settlement expansion.

73.   Opposition parties on Thursday condemned Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and urged Jordanians to stop making peace with the Israelis.

74.   Palestinian Cabinet Minister Hassan Tahboub warned that settlement expansion could lead to renewed violence among Palestinians.

75.   Palestinian fear settlement expansion erodes their chances of someday establishing a state in the West Bank and Gaza.

76.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat denounced the settlement expansion in an area where the Palestinians hope to establish their state and said the construction was negatively affecting peace talks.

77.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has demanded a halt in building at Har Homa and stop all Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank.

78.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat raised his concerns about accelerated settlement expansion with President Bill Clinton in their meeting Tuesday at the White House.

79.   Palestinian leaders denied Tuesday they organized the protests, saying people were taking to the streets in anger over Israeli policies, such as Jewish settlement expansion.

80.   Palestinians are clearly worried about settlement expansion.