1.   Although the hearings are closed, bits of testimony have been leaked to the Israeli press.

2.   And a telephone poll among Americans was reported prominently in the Israeli press a few days ago.

3.   Barak has rejected both demands, but Israeli press reports that he was prepared to make sizable territorial concessions had contributed to his pre-summit political woes.

4.   A question widely discussed in the Israeli press Thursday was whether the victim had opened fire.

5.   According to Israeli press reports, the Israeli army expressed regret after its soldiers shot a Hebron farmer near a Jewish settlement.

6.   According to Israeli press reports, Barak asked Clinton for some public support.

7.   But at least the Israeli press is more self-critical than Palestinian newspapers.

8.   But then some commentators, experts and diplomats picked it up, the Israeli press began to pay heed, and before long senior officials were reacting seriously.

9.   By contrast, preliminary findings of the investigation, reported in the Israeli press, were more forthright in attaching blame to the Palestinians.

10.   But with the highly competitive Israeli press in full pursuit, that was unlikely to stop the steady flow of disclosures.