1.   An Israeli offer of compensation to the families of the victims is laudable, but not sufficient.

2.   But in the end, Goksel says the Israeli offer should not be taken lightly.

3.   Israeli military officials said the fire was put out by Palestinians in the compound, who refused Israeli offers of assistance and hastily organized themselves into a brigade.

4.   Leaders of the new government, composed of two staunchly anti-Communist parties, have opposed the Israeli offer.

5.   Political analysts in Cairo said Mubarak was testing the waters with Crown Prince Abdullah on the Israeli offer of partial Palestinian self-rule in the city.

6.   Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said the Palestinian Authority had received no official Israeli offer on a withdrawal.

7.   Saudi officials Tuesday rebuffed initial Israeli offers of direct talks, possibly because of the sensitivities of the Palestinian leadership on that issue.

8.   A pullback was to have taken place in March, but was never carried out because the Palestinians rejected the Israeli offer as insufficient.

9.   After choosing the Israeli offer in October, Poles have been pressing for tests of the prototype missile in Polish weather and environment conditions.

10.   Also Monday, Palestinian envoy Nabil Shaath met separately with Moussa and reiterated the Palestinian rejection of the Israeli offer.