1.   This could last several years and might eventually lead to more talks to determine the final status of the occupied territories.

2.   And he appointed Oded Eran, ambassador to Jordan and a veteran diplomat, to head the final status negotiations with the Palestinians.

3.   And he promises that he will not even consider such final status issues as Jerusalem and refugees.

4.   And he said he would pursue at the same time the so-called final status negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.

5.   And meanwhile, as they see it, Israel acts to foreclose the discussions on Jerusalem that are supposed to be part of the final status talks under Oslo.

6.   And the final status may not be decided until Milosevic is no longer in charge in Yugoslavia.

7.   Another divisive question concerns the final political status of the Kosovo region.

8.   Arafat is flying to the United States this week, too, to meet with President Clinton and to present him with the Palestinian outline for the final status.

9.   At Camp David, Ben-Ami said, the Israelis discovered very late in the game how differently the two sides perceived the final status talks.

10.   At the moment, there is a general agreement that the issue will be handled by the borders committee set up under the final status talks.