21.   Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arieh Mekel suggested that the blast would not derail truce efforts, but demanded that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat try harder to prevent bombings.

22.   Israel acknowledges that preventing bombings is very difficult.

23.   Israel says the Palestinian Authority has done nothing to prevent suicide bombings in Israeli cities and shooting attacks on Israeli motorists.

24.   It would not prevent suicide bombings.

25.   Lawyers for the state cited cases in which they said the methods used by the Shin Bet prevented suicide bombings, saving many lives.

26.   Most Israelis recognize that they cannot prevent suicide bombings.

27.   Noble, who heads the law enforcement division at Treasury, said the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue was intended to prevent bombings, not fence jumpings.

28.   Police suggested they could do little else to prevent bombings.

29.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin complained Thursday that Israeli agents trying to prevent suicide bombings by Muslim militants were hampered by too many legal restrictions.

30.   Revell, who retired in August, said the FBI was able to prevent the bombing of a theater in Seattle and forestall other acts of terrorism.