11.   After the speech, she rejected Israeli accusations that Arab states were trying to divert attention from real issues affecting elderly.

12.   Also on Tuesday the State Department said it had no evidence to support Israeli accusations that Arafat gave the go-ahead for violent attacks to protest the project.

13.   But teachers and administrators denied the Israeli accusations.

14.   But Radwan Abu Ayyash, head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp., rejected the Israeli accusation.

15.   But Radwan Abu Ayyash, the head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp., rejected the Israeli accusation.

16.   Countering Israeli accusations, Palestinian officials on Sunday denied any involvement in an attempt to smuggle two boatloads of weapons from Jordan across the Dead Sea.

17.   He charged that the Israeli accusation was part of a campaign to destroy the reputation of the Palestinian Authority and undermine world support of the Palestinians.

18.   It has been blamed for a number of bombings in Israel, exposing Arafat to Israeli accusations that he is to blame for the stalemate in the peace process.

19.   Jabali declined to comment on the Israeli accusations.

20.   Netanyahu timed his announcement as Arafat was scrambling to defend himself against Israeli accusations that his Palestinian Authority had let four suicide bombers slip away.