1.   The report maintained that human rights continued to be violated in the territories, and cited house demolitions, deportations and collective restrictions.

2.   Friday, officials said widespread arrests for long periods, house demolitions and shutdowns of Hamas institutions were all possible soon.

3.   Palestinians accused Israel of trying to sabotage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks by stepping up house demolitions.

4.   PLO complains to UN about house demolitions by Israel.

5.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that the house demolitions in Jerusalem are part of what he called Israeli aggression against Palestinians.

6.   Palestinians complain that Israel uses house demolitions as a political tool, while Israel says it is only enforcing the law.

7.   Palestinians say it is almost impossible to obtain building permits in Jerusalem, and house demolitions are an Israeli policy to reduce the Palestinian population in the city.

8.   Boucher said he had heard reports that Israel had decided to end house demolitions.

9.   But Jerusalem city spokesman Hagai Elias denied Tuesday that Israel was using house demolitions as a tool for population control.

10.   David Ziso, a spokesman for Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak, would not say whether the new government would adopt a different policy on house demolitions.