11.   The Israelis stayed with the occupation, they confiscated more land, they cointinued to build more settlements. . .

12.   The land is confiscated without Palestinian consent.

13.   Their lands were confiscated.

14.   Why is Israel confiscating our land?

15.   Yes, some Palestinian lands were confiscated, some building began in the settlements and some Arab leaders grumbled.

16.   Peres said Finance Minister Avraham Shohat, who approved the initial decision last month to confiscate the land, would suspend the move.

17.   Or having land confiscated to build bypass roads for settlers, or a house demolished for lacking a building permit.

18.   Otherwise, he said, no Palestinian land has been confiscated in two decades.

19.   Palestinians in the West Bank, meanwhile, held small protests Friday claiming Israel was confiscating land owned by Palestinians.

20.   President Arnoldo Aleman has begun honouring one of his campaign promises by granting property titles to those who had land confiscated by the Sandinistas.