11.   He said the various Palestinian factions should begin organizing themselves for elections.

12.   Imad Falouji, a minister in the Palestinian Authority who negotiates among the various Palestinian factions, denied that American pressure had played any part.

13.   Leaders of the Palestinian factions in Jenin, including Fatah, met late Wednesday night and for hours again Thursday in hopes of calming the tumult.

14.   Leaving Arafat defeated would clear the field for more radical, rejectionist Palestinian factions.

15.   Meanwhile, Arafat faces opposition from Hamas, which opposes the peace talks and seeks the elimination of Israel, and other Palestinian factions.

16.   Not one Palestinian political faction, no matter how militant, claims that it encourages children to participate in the clashes.

17.   Nusseibeh was joined by local representatives of several Palestinian factions.

18.   Palestinian factions say they will soon turn their rage on these settlements.

19.   Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat condemned the bombing and announced that armed groups of all Palestinian factions were now outlawed in the self-rule territories.

20.   Rival Palestinian factions skyjacked airliners and murdered civilians.