1.   Their other purpose was apparently to bring Israel into the war, in the expectation that no Arab government could risk fighting on the Israeli side.

2.   On the Israeli side Itamar Rabinovich, the rector of Tel Aviv university, was appointed to lead the negotiations with Syria.

3.   During the recess, the Israeli side expressed optimism over the progress of talks with Syria.

4.   And for many Arab intellectuals, this has become a good reason to reach out to those on the Israeli side who may indeed want to make peace.

5.   Arafat has reason to suspect that all that has changed on the Israeli side is public relations.

6.   A group of Druze from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights arrived at the border fence from the Israeli side to shre the moment with the Lebanese.

7.   A group of Druze from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights arrived at the border fence from the Israeli side to share the moment with the Lebanese.

8.   After Netanyahu and Albright traveled south from Jerusalem by helicopter, the three-way meeting began Wednesday morning on the Israeli side of the Erez checkpoint.

9.   But doing away with that pretense would probably doom the plan on the Israeli side, Peres acknowledged.

10.   But on the Israeli side, Wednesday brought a change in tone as well as a relaxing of punishment.