1. Israeli officials reacted angrily to the suggestion, claiming that a UN presence in the territories would only serve to inflame the situation. 2. Soon after the invasion Israeli officials made it clear that they were fully prepared to carry out pre-emptive action to halt a potential Iraqi attack. 3. After visiting the USA Mubarak produces a list of Palestinians to enter into preliminary pre-election negotiations with Israeli officials. 4. Publicly, Israeli officials criticized the resolution, but privately many declared it to be tolerable in that it did not recommend any concrete UN steps against Israel. 5. Israeli officials indicated that they did not oppose the concept of the peacekeeping force. 6. Israeli officials denied any knowledge of such pressure. 7. The decision to expedite reviews of deportation cases will be announced in a low-key way, if at all, a senior Israeli official said. 8. Also Sunday, Israeli officials continued to delay any attack on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. 9. Al-Sarsour, the only person in custody, confessed hours after the attack, according to Israeli officials. 10. Also, six Palestinians, mostly members of security forces, died Monday in an explosion that Israeli officials said was a bomb-making accident. |