1.   Palmor, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Israeli consuls around the world routinely visited Israelis jailed in foreign countries.

2.   Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard cut short a prison meeting with an Israeli consul because he felt the visitor was not high-ranking enough, an Israeli newspaper said Monday.

3.   Rachel Feinmesser, Israeli consul in Philadelphia, said Barak and Butbul called her after being detained.

4.   The contacts with the Swiss government are being conducted by the Israeli ambassador in Berne, Yitzhak Meir and the Israeli consul Stella Rapp, the radio said.

5.   Israeli consul Gabbay Joshua is due to return Sunday from Israel and will meet Azzam, said Gil Yaacov, second in charge at the Israeli embassy in Cairo.

6.   The Israeli consul in Cairo, Gabay Joshua, said his government had made no official request to free Azzam but that contacts were continuing.

7.   The Israeli consul in Egypt, Joshu Gabbay, Sunday visited Azzam Azzam, the Israeli citizen arrested here for spying, an Israeli embassy spokesman told AFP.

8.   The Israeli consul in Egypt, Joshua Gabbay, met Azzam Sunday in Tora prison south of Cairo to see whether he was being treated well during his detention.