11.   Relatives of prisoners also demonstrated at the inauguration of the new Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip last Tuesday, waving black flags.

12.   Sidr said the Palestinian Authority had just signed a contract with an Italian company to build a second Palestinian airport several miles north of the city.

13.   The Israeli authorities responded by shutting down the Rafah crossing and the adjacent Palestinian international airport.

14.   The Israelis also closed the Palestinian airport in Gaza, the Rafah border crossing into Egypt and the Karni cargo terminal with Israel.

15.   The use of a new Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip which Arafat says is vital to the economy but Israel views as a security risk.

16.   Palestinian airport opens.

17.   Palestinian negotiators said the talks focused on the scope of the pullback, as well as the opening of a Palestinian airport and industrial zone in the Gaza Strip.

18.   A negotiating committee of Israelis and Palestinians have been wrangling for several months on the details of opening a Palestinian airport.

19.   Aides to Santer said he would discuss with Netanyahu delays in the opening of the Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip.

20.   Also on the agenda is the opening of a Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip.