11.   The trip has been criticized at home as a bid by Netanyahu to improve his image while tensions mount in the Palestinian territories amid a crumbling peace process.

12.   The trip has been criticized at home as a bid by Netanyahu to improve his image while tensions mount in the Palestinian territories amid the crumbling peace process.

13.   Israel ruled out making major gestures to repair the crumbling peace process ahead of a summit on Tuesday between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli President Ezer Weizman.

14.   Opposition Labor party members charged Netanyahu was making the trip to improve his image while tensions mounted in the Palestinian territories amid a crumbling peace process.

15.   Palestinian workers saw little to celebrate for May Day on Thursday and instead looked angrily at a crumbling peace process which has brought them only unemployment and economic decline.

16.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday again warned the Palestinians that another anti-Israeli attack would have dire consequences for the crumbling peace process.