111.   The cabinet was due to debate settlement policy in and around the disputed city of Jerusalem later in the day.

112.   The cabinet was due to meet at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv during the morning.

113.   The cabinet was meant to create more confidence among Afghans.

114.   The cabinet was to discuss a plan for separating the Jewish state from the Palestinian territories.

115.   The cabinet was to have an emergency meeting, Prime Minister Shimon Peres said.

116.   The cabinet was to hold an emergency meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who automatically becomes acting head of government.

117.   The cabinet is his first since he was voted president in historic Palestinian general elections in January.

118.   The closure has prevented tens of thousands of Palestinians from working in Israel, but the cabinet is to consider a gradual lifting at its regular Sunday meeting.

119.   The Israeli cabinet is to meet soon to reassess it ties with the Palestinian Authority.

120.   The Israeli cabinet was later to vote on the declaration, which was leaked to the press, and then publish it officially.