1.   An Israeli public convinced that Yasser Arafat is not a reliable peace partner sees a physical barrier as a necessary defense against terror attacks.

2.   Arafat, no longer a peace partner, resumed his pre-Oslo role in Israel as the butt of jokes.

3.   Arafat, currently in Jerusalem, has condemned the building project, but said he has no choice but to press ahead with Netanyahu as a peace partner.

4.   At one point, Barak even called President Clinton and proclaimed that he and Arafat would become the ultimate Israeli-Palestinian peace partners.

5.   Bibi struck important deals that legitimized Arafat as a peace partner, but he still runs against him in this election.

6.   But an opinion poll published Friday suggested that most Israelis accepted the Palestine Liberation Organization as a peace partner.

7.   By then Husseini, accused by right-wing Israelis of being a life-long terrorist, had become a full-fledged peace partner.

8.   Even some Labor Party members, in a significant shift to the right, conceded that Arafat may no longer be a viable peace partner.

9.   Instead of building trust with the Palestinians as peace partners, his attitude has been imperious and demeaning.

10.   Israeli officials cited the findings as evidence that Arafat is an unsuitable peace partner.