1.   Israel imposed the crippling closure after a series of suicide bombings in February and March.

2.   The West Bank and Gaza have been under a crippling closure since terrorist attacks in Israel last spring.

3.   Together with the crippling closure that keeps Palestinians from working in Israel, the measures were imposed after the recent suicide bombings.

4.   He would also urge an end to the crippling closure of the territories.

5.   Arafat will also press Levy to lift the five-month crippling closure of the territories which has thrown tens of thousands of Palestinians out of work.

6.   Arab League head Esmat Abdel Meguid asked Russia on Sunday to pressure Israel to lift its crippling closure of the Palestinian territories.

7.   Egypt is doing everything in its power to press Israel to end its crippling closure of the Palestinian territories, President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday.

8.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lift the crippling closure of the autonomous Palestinian territories, he told journalists Friday.

9.   Mubarak urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to lift the crippling closure of the autonomous Palestinian territories.

10.   Mubarak urged Netanyahu on Friday to lift the crippling closure of the autonomous Palestinian territories.