1.   Labour fully supported a settlement freeze.

2.   Arafat reiterated his demand for a settlement freeze.

3.   A settlement freeze is clearly necessary.

4.   But they objected to the call for a settlement freeze, which is a central element.

5.   Emerging from the sidelines, Avraham Burg, a leading candidate to capture the Labor Party leadership next fall, advocated a settlement freeze on Tuesday.

6.   If the cease-fire can hold, the negotiating process is supposed to turn toward political issues, such as the settlement freeze.

7.   If Sharon were to commit himself to a settlement freeze, they say, Arafat would commit the Palestinians to bringing the violence to an end.

8.   Israel, in particular, has refused to accept the call for the settlement freeze.

9.   Israelis leaders say that a settlement freeze now would just reward the Palestinians for their uprising.

10.   Recent initiatives that aim to rekindle dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians suggest a settlement freeze as a precondition.