21.   Israel periodically moves against Palestinian offices and operations in Jerusalem, citing the interim accords.

22.   Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has suggested that the most hotly disputed issues be resolved through long-term interim accords that would defer a final arrangement.

23.   It has an interim accord with the Palestinians and is negotiating with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Algeria.

24.   Japan was vital for any interim accord to succeed without the United States.

25.   Netanyahu has sought to eliminate further pullbacks under the interim accord, preferring to include additional withdrawals in a final status agreement with the Palestinians.

26.   Netanyahu has sought to eliminate further pullbanks under the interim accord, preferring to include additional withdrawals in a final status agreement with the Palestinians.

27.   Netanyahu froze the U.S.-brokered Wye interim accord in December, charging that the Palestinians were not doing enough to halt anti-Israel activity.

28.   Netanyahu and Arafat are haggling over the dimensions of a pullout from West Bank rural areas which Israel has pledged as part of the current interim accords.

29.   Sharon has said that if negotiations do resume, they would focus on a long-range interim accord and not a comprehensive peace agreement.

30.   Sharon and Barak have already agreed on the outlines of a peace program, aiming at another interim accord with the Palestinians, instead of a full peace treaty.