1.   On Thursday, Jewish groups that called a news conference to say they had been harassed had their remarks drowned by shouts from Arab delegates.

2.   Also, the participants haggled over the exact text on peace in the Mideast and how to achieve it with Arab delegates insisting on a denunciation of Israel.

3.   Arab delegates have stressed repeatedly during the gathering that peace and political stability are necessary if investors are to bring in the money needed for sustained development.

4.   Arab delegates returned to the meeting Monday night and Tuesday, although a group photo session was canceled.

5.   Arab delegates, who had considered pushing for a specific mention of the Palestinians in the final document, planned instead to release a separate statement later Thursday.

6.   Arab delegates returned in the evening for dinner but on Tuesday a group photo was canceled.

7.   Arab delegates, reportedly with U.S. backing, have made Israeli confiscations of Arab land in Jerusalem a topic at a Mideast peace conference that opened Wednesday.

8.   Arab delegates kept hammering away at Israel, however, insisting that elderly Palestinians especially were suffering under Israeli occupation.

9.   Arab delegates returned to the meeting Monday night and Tuesday, although a family photo session was canceled.

10.   Arab delegates walked out of the Valencia meeting when Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior spoke Monday.