1.   And a breakthrough on that issue might make agreement on an Israeli pullback easier.

2.   An Israeli pullback before elections and reforms in the authority seems unlikely.

3.   Another Israeli pullback is about to begin, and Wallerstein has shifted his concern to roads, power lines, water plants and security systems.

4.   According to the Israeli-PLO accord signed last year, the elections must be preceded by an Israeli pullback in the West Bank.

5.   Chances of an extension of self-rule here, as part of an Israeli pullback from West Bank towns, seem dim.

6.   Most important is the further Israeli pullback from the West Bank.

7.   Powell said the Israeli pullback from two West Bank towns, Kalkilya and Tulkarem, on Monday was not enough.

8.   Powell is not alone, of course, in demanding an Israeli pullback.

9.   The dispute over the timetable is holding up an agreement on a partial Israeli pullback from Hebron, which officials say is virtually complete.

10.   The improvements are supposed to be made parallel with the Israeli pullbacks.