91.   Labor leader Shimon Peres has said he was ready to join if Netanyahu softened his hard-line positions toward the Palestinians.

92.   Labor meanwhile was softening its position.

93.   Labor leader Shimon Peres has said he was ready to join if Netanyahu softened his positions vis-a-vis the Palestinians.

94.   Meanwhile, Yeltsin spoke with U.S. President Bill Clinton for an hour on Sunday, but there were no indications afterward that Russia was softening its position.

95.   Neither side has shown any recent inclination to soften their positions.

96.   Netanyahu said he would not succumb to what he described at Palestinian attempts to use the threat of violence in order to pressure him into softening his positions.

97.   New government softens Golan Heights position.

98.   Netanyahu blamed Palestinian leaders for inciting the violence and said he would not be pressured into softening his positions.

99.   Netanyahu hinted Monday that he was softening his position, saying he was ready to discuss an additional withdrawal with the Palestinians.

100.   On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres softened his position, saying he was resigned to the continued visits by foreign leaders to the Orient House.