21.   The top Palestinian delegate, Saeb Erekat, complained that Israel had offered no new proposals on holding the elections.

22.   A Palestinian delegate to talks said earlier the PLO has agreed to an Israeli demand that hardliners opposed to peace be barred from standing in elections.

23.   A Palestinian delegate at the Cairo-based Arab League hoped Libya would treat the refugees well.

24.   A Palestinian delegate to talks said the PLO had agreed to an Israeli demand that hardliners opposed to peace be barred from standing in elections.

25.   Amin Hadad, a Palestinian delegate to negotiations on the economic aspects of autonomy, blamed Israel for the delay.

26.   The Palestinian delegate at the Cairo-based Arab League, Mohammad Sobeih, hoped Libya would reserve a warm welcome for the refugees.

27.   There was also a message from the Palestinian general delegate to Britain, Afif Safieh.

28.   Palestinian delegates to the conference are opposed to the Israel-PLO autonomy accords which launched Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho last May.

29.   Palestinian delegates here do little privately to hide their satisfaction at the weakening of the summit.

30.   Palestinian delegates had been sent to Germany, South Africa, France and the Dominican Republic to observe elections.