21.   And Ahmad Tibi, an adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, accused Netanyahu of seeking pretexts to renege on the accord.

22.   And Albright also telephoned the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to express her condolences over the dead and wounded, American officials said, while counseling restraint.

23.   And House majority whip Tom Delay of Texas called on Bush to come down harder in favor of Israel and against the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

24.   And at a rally in Gaza, a militant Palestinian leader, Abdallah al-Shami of the Islamic Jihad movement, pledged that bombing attacks would continue.

25.   And in a conciliatory gesture, Israel permitted militant, Damascus-based Palestinian leaders to attend the session.

26.   And Sharon has refused to withdraw from Bethlehem and Ramallah, where Israeli troops have kept Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pinned down in his compound.

27.   And many said a public call for calm from the Palestinian leader would not have the impact that Israeli and American officials anticipated.

28.   And it was what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded of the Palestinian leader.

29.   And Palestinian aides said that if substantive progress was made, both Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Barak might join the discussions later in the week.

30.   And two days ago, Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, as he greeted the pope in Bethlehem, called Jerusalem the Palestinian capital.