21.   The Palestinians have the weight of United Nations resolutions that say, in broad terms, that occupied land should be returned.

22.   The protest was defused when Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai, whose ministry is responsible for authorizing any settlements on occupied Palestinian lands, agreed to meet with the settlers.

23.   The right-wing and religious parties also want the government to incorporate a ring of Jewish settlements built on occupied land in the West Bank into Jerusalem.

24.   There was heavy coverage on television of Kofi Annan, the U.N. secretary general, advising Israel to stop its attacks and withdraw its forces from occupied land.

25.   They say Israel must pull out of posts on occupied lands in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

26.   This does not go over well with Russian voters, who generally take a more hard-line position on negotiations with the Palestinians and the return of occupied land.

27.   When I ask if that means the closing down of all Jewish settlements on occupied Arab land and the return of East Jerusalem, her voice sharpens.

28.   Palestinians view any physical barriers as a land grab and an attempt to prejudice negotiations on the final status of the occupied lands.

29.   A Jordanian minister warned Israel on Wednesday that expanding Jewish settlements on occupied Arab land endangers the entire Mideast peace process.

30.   Abdullah also called on Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab land.