11.   Israeli sovereignty over that territory has never been endorsed by the international community.

12.   Israeli officials said that Barak opposes swapping land because it would encroach on the notion of Israeli sovereignty.

13.   It means that New York accepts Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, which is not something the U.S. government does.

14.   It started in late September when Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon toured a Jerusalem holy site sacred to both Jews and Muslims and asserted Israeli sovereignty there.

15.   Last week a similar reception was blocked, and Nusseibeh was detained for questioning on the grounds that the gathering challenged Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem.

16.   Moreover, the Palestinian Authority is theoretically barred from carrying out arrests in East Jerusalem, which is under Israeli sovereignty.

17.   Muslims in the Arab countries, Iran, Pakistan, central and southeast Asia and Africa may accept a compromise, but not total, permanent Israeli sovereignty.

18.   Netanyahu charged that they were run by the Palestinian Authority in violation of Israeli sovereignty over the city.

19.   Palestinians regard east Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state while Israelis vow it will remain undivided under Israeli sovereignty.

20.   Some suggest giving Arab neighborhoods local control, but keeping them formally under Israeli sovereignty.