11.   Israel sealed off the Gaza Strip Thursday after reportedly receiving warnings that Muslim militants would try to carry out new attacks in Israel to undermine autonomy talks.

12.   Meanwhile, autonomy talks continued in Belgrade.

13.   Officials close to Flosse said autonomy talks were to begin immediately, though no date was announced.

14.   Sending mixed signals, a majority of Palestinians support autonomy talks with Israel, but doubt they will produce lasting peace, according to a survey released Wednesday.

15.   Such a step would remove a major obstacle in the Israel-PLO autonomy talks.

16.   The autonomy talks have passed the point of no return and Rabin was adamant that attacks would not halt the peace making.

17.   The crackdown came only two days before a crucial Rabin-Arafat summit in which the two leaders will try to bring the stalled autonomy talks back on track.

18.   The Palestinians briefly suspended autonomy talks Monday to protest Israeli travel restrictions on a senior PLO negotiator.

19.   He also rejected calls to suspend autonomy talks with the PLO.

20.   He then returned to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba where he earlier met PLO leader Yasser Arafat for three hours to press on with autonomy talks overnight.