21.   Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Zinni must set a firm timetable for mutual gestures, including a freeze of Jewish settlement construction proposed by the Mitchell commission.

22.   Palestinian officials have suggested that a partial pullback would be acceptable only if Israel agreed to a firm timetable for its withdrawal from other cities.

23.   But Beijing has yet to offer a firm timetable for capital-account convertibility, which includes transactions in equity and direct investment.

24.   But Palestinian officials say Arafat wants Egypt to intervene to convince Israel to adopt a firm timetable for future troop redeployment.

25.   Erekat said Zinni must set a firm timetable for the mutual gestures.

26.   Erekat said Zinni must set a firm timetable for the mutual gestures, including a freeze of Jewish settlement construction proposed by the Mitchell commission.

27.   He gave no firm timetable for the commission of inquiry.

28.   He has intimated recently that he was in favor of that idea, although he has not yet come to us with a firm timetable.

29.   However, this angered pro-democracy activists, who demanded that he set a firm timetable for the ballot.

30.   However, the Palestinians are calling for a firm timetable to establish a permanent state on all of the West Bank and Gaza, along with east Jerusalem.