1.   American officials say they want the meeting to focus on anti-terrorist measures in the wake of the recent Palestinian bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

2.   At a lower level in New York, it led to representatives of the Rabin-Peres government being jostled and denounced as murderers after Palestinian terrorist bombings.

3.   Blair pointedly denounced Palestinian bombings and shootings.

4.   A spate of Palestinian terrorist bombings earlier this year also inflicted serious psychic damage, said Judy Goldstein, an administrator at the Israel Museum.

5.   Israeli officials said that the strikes were meant more as a political message than a physical threat, in response to the Palestinian bombings.

6.   The Israelis say their attack, part of a wider West bank offensive, was launched to eliminate the militant networks responsible for Palestinian bombings against Israelis.

7.   The transfer had originally been scheduled for March, but was suspended after a series of Palestinian bombings in Israel.

8.   After a pause of a few days, the Palestinian bombings resumed, and Israel moved back into Palestinian areas it had just evacuated.

9.   But he has also had harsh words for Arafat and has not criticized the recent Israeli military incursions carried out in response to Palestinian bombings in Israel.

10.   But he also sharply criticized Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for not doing more to end Palestinian bombings and warned Syria and Iran against fomenting more violence.