11.   Palestinians had expected to gain three times as much territory in the first of three planned troop pullbacks.

12.   Palestinians had hoped Clinton would use the opportunity to castigate Israel for failing to agree to a larger troop pullback from the West Bank.

13.   Palestinians were confined to their homes for fear new violence could erupt if the summit ends in failure and no target date for an Israeli troop pullback is announced.

14.   Peres has said he might delay the troop pullback in Hebron, scheduled for late March, unless Arafat complied.

15.   Palestinians had hoped Clinton would use the opportunity to castigate Israel for failing to agree to a double-digit troop pullback from the West Bank.

16.   Palestinians officials on Monday dismissed the proposal as another attempt by Netanyahu to win time and wriggle out of promises for substantive troop pullbacks in the West Bank.

17.   Palestinians officials on Monday dismissed the proposal as another attempt by Netanyahu to wriggle out of promises for substantive troop pullbacks in the West Bank.

18.   Palestinians, frustrated over the long delays in a troop pullback promised by Israel, hurled vegetables at Israeli soldiers who beat protesters with rifle butts.

19.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he is suspending an Israeli troop pullback in the West Bank until the Palestinians drop plans to declare unilateral independence in May.

20.   Peres has suggested that he might delay the troop pullback.