21.   Peres has said he favors a confederation between Jordan and a Palestinian entity.

22.   Peres has said he preferred a confederation between a Palestinian entity and Jordan in a permanent peace agreement.

23.   Peres has said he preferred a confederation between a Palestinian entity and Jordan in a final peace settlement.

24.   A final peace agreement would draw the final border between Israel and the Palestinian entity and determine the status of Jerusalem, Jewish settlements and Palestinian refugees.

25.   A Palestinian entity next to Israel should not have the full rights of a sovereign state, he said.

26.   Arafat is seeking to unify Palestinian ranks ahead of the expected negotiations with Israel on the final status of a Palestinian entity.

27.   Arafat will need broad international support for Palestinian statehood when he enters negotiations with Israel on the final borders and nature of the Palestinian entity.

28.   By that time, the two sides are to have negotiated a permanent peace accord that would determine the nature and borders of the Palestinian entity.

29.   Do we agree that this Palestinian entity could make military pacts with Saddam Hussein?

30.   Earlier this month, the Cabinet began debating rival proposals on where the final borders between Israel and the Palestinian entity should run.