21.   Ahern was scheduled to fly into the newly opened Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip and then confer with Arafat.

22.   Arafat also said Israel undermined the Palestinian economy by preventing construction of a Palestinian airport and harbor and closing its Gaza Strip and West Bank borders.

23.   Arafat and Netanyahu will have to deal with several unresolved issues, including the release of Palestinian prisoners and security arrangements for a Palestinian airport and seaport.

24.   Arafat and Netanyahu will have to deal with several unresolved issues, including the release of Palestinian security prisoners and security arrangements for a Palestinian airport and seaport.

25.   As a police marching band played bagpipes, Palestinian airport workers, policemen and Cabinet ministers held each other by the hand and danced in a circle.

26.   As a police marching band played bagpipes, Palestinian airport workers, policemen and Cabinet ministers held each other by their hands and began dancing in a circle.

27.   At the Palestinian airport in Gaza, near the Egyptian border, Israeli and Palestinian officials drilled security procedures for checking passengers.

28.   But by Wednesday, Israel had opened the Palestinian international airport, a passenger crossing into Egypt and a truck route into Israel.

29.   Erekat said said officials at the meeting discussed safe passsage between the West bank and Gaza and a Palestinian airport in Gaza.

30.   Flags, honor guards and brass bands at an Israeli airport one day and at the new Palestinian airport the next.