21.   Arafat has said he would not sign an autonomy accord unless Israel dropped its demand to retain control over all of Hebron.

22.   As a member of the opposition, Netanyahu staunchly opposed the autonomy accords.

23.   Begin recently wrote that any party that backed the autonomy accords was unfit to govern.

24.   Blasts were set off by two suicide bombers from the militant Islamic Jihad group which has threatened more strikes against Israel to derail the Israel-PLO autonomy accord.

25.   Both the Hebron pullback and the arming of a police force are key components to earlier autonomy accords.

26.   Both sides also agreed to step up talks on stage two of the autonomy accord -- an Israeli troop pullout from West Bank towns and Palestinian general elections.

27.   But a spokesman for PLO chief Yasser Arafat rejected the proposal as a violation of the autonomy accord.

28.   But it could also fuel criticism of the Israel-PLO autonomy accords.

29.   But it is a marked departure from the autonomy accord, which preserved economic interdependence between Israel and the Palestinian areas for a five-year interim period.

30.   But Israel decided to bring forward the transfer following Palestinian complaints that it was dragging its feet in implementing the PLO-Israel autonomy accord.