21.   Palestinian sources noted that the detainees have threatened to rebel against Arafat and wage a campaign against his autonomy government if they are not released.

22.   Regev said he did not necessarily see the offer as a Palestinian gesture of peace, but as a good source of income for the Palestinian autonomy government.

23.   Since taking the reins of the autonomy government last July, Arafat had conducted business from his Gaza Strip base and only visited the Jericho region once.

24.   The autonomy government has already taken charge of tax collection, health, education, tourism and welfare for Palestinians in the West Bank.

25.   The accord set the stage for Israeli troop withdrawals from most Arab-populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza and their replacement by an autonomy government.

26.   The Germans want to divert the money to regional projects involving the Palestinian autonomy government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank town of Jericho.

27.   The negotiations would determine Israeli withdrawal from population centers in the West Bank so that the Palestinians could hold elections for the autonomy government.

28.   The Israeli jeep was part of a convoy escorting Jewish settlers through the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Palestinian autonomy government except for areas around settlements.

29.   The jeep was part of a convoy escorting Jewish settlers through the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Palestinian autonomy government except for areas around settlements.

30.   The Palestinians want to have most of the West Bank under their autonomy government by then, believing this will aid creation of a Palestinian state.