91.   To avoid landing at an Israeli airport, the pilgrims will travel to the newly opened Palestinian airport, Gaza International and then go by land to Jerusalem.

92.   Troops blocked major roads and closed the Palestinian airport, as well as crossings into Egypt and Israel blocked.

93.   A senior Israeli official met Yasser Arafat Sunday for talks on controversial plans to build a Palestinian airport and other simmering disputes between the two sides.

94.   And Israeli forces continued to dig up the runway at the Palestinian airport near Rafah, an operation begun a day earlier.

95.   This would include measures to further ease the closure of the Palestinian territories and efforts to make progress in negotiations on a Palestinian airport and seaport in Gaza.

96.   These include further transfers of power in the West Bank, the creation of free passage corridors between self-rule areas and the opening of a Palestinian airport in Gaza.

97.   Negotiations were underway with potential donors, including the European Airbus manufacturer, to finance the Palestinian airports and airliners, Zaydan said.

98.   Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met Thursday to discuss security disputes which have held up the opening of the first Palestinian airport for several months.

99.   Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met Thursday in a bid to resolve security disputes which have held up the opening of the first Palestinian airport for several months.

100.   Spring also referred to plans to build a port in the Gaza Strip, access to a Palestinian airport and other measures capable of lifting the Palestinian economy.