1.   And a Hamas spokesmen, quoted in the Israeli media Wednesday night, said the attack was intended to undermine the summit meeting.

2.   And the courteous and soft-spoken Meridor has been pilloried in the Israeli media as too weak to force tough choices.

3.   Army officials, according to Israeli media reports, have recently begun investigating increasing reports of soldiers demanding gifts or money at checkpoints.

4.   Barak, who had initially indicated a positive response to the US proposal in the Israeli media, later stepped back after Arafat did.

5.   Bar-Illan and others are also quick to assign some of the blame for the downward spiral of political debate to the Israeli media.

6.   According to Israeli media, American officials pressed for the late-Monday meeting between security officials.

7.   But more recently the Israeli media have chosen to compare him to another American president, Richard Nixon.

8.   But Israeli media reports and Israeli and American sources said a possible compromise was emerging.

9.   But Uri Avneri, a founder of the Israeli peace movement, said the Israeli media has failed to prompt Israelis to reflect on their treatment of the Palestinians.

10.   David Bedein, an Israeli media analyst, created the institute in the wake of a meeting he had with Yasser Arafat last November in Bethlehem.