31.   PLO chief negotiator Nabil Shaath said Monday he will raise attempts to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank during the Israel-Palestinian peace talks reopening in Cairo.

32.   A defiant Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he would expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip despite pressure on Israel to halt construction.

33.   A Jordanian minister warned Israel on Wednesday that expanding Jewish settlements on occupied Arab land endangers the entire Mideast peace process.

34.   A decision to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank worsened the tension.

35.   After protests by Palestinians and Israeli leftists turned violent, the government reviewed the decision to expand the settlement.

36.   After protests by Palestinians and Israeli leftists turned violent, the government reviewed its decision to expand the settlement.

37.   Almost daily, settlers move new trailers onto rocky West Bank hilltops, seeking to expand existing settlements.

38.   And it is likely that as the parties inch toward the final status of the negotiations, Israel would have considerably expanded their settlements.

39.   Arafat was also to press for further troop pull backs in the West Bank and seek an Israeli promise not to expand Jewish settlements there and in Gaza.

40.   The Israeli government recently announced it would expand settlements around Jerusalem and near Jericho, the West Bank town already turned over to the Palestine Liberation Organization.