91.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has agreed in principle, but only if Israel first freezes all settlement building.

92.   Palestinian officials said they would present Ross with several conditions for the resumption of peace talks with Israel which would include the immediate halt to Jewish settlement building.

93.   Palestinian officials insisted Wednesday they would demand a total freeze on Israeli settlement building when they visit Washington this week for crisis talks on saving the Mideast peace process.

94.   Palestinians are increasingly angry about the gathering pace of Jewish settlement building on the West Bank and around Jerusalem.

95.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin set up the committee on Sunday to control new settlement building, raising the ire of Jewish settlers.

96.   Peres also committed Israel to no new land confiscations, no new Jewish settlement building and no state money for construction.

97.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to give US President Bill Clinton a pledge that he would freeze settlement building during his visit to Washington last week.

98.   The Cairo summit called on Israel to halt settlement building.

99.   The Palestinian Authority insists it will not reopen talks until Israel stops all settlement building.