31.   Ministers in the Palestinian self-rule government said Monday the PLO should suspend talks with Israel until it stops expanding settlements.

32.   Ministers in the Palestinian self-rule government said Monday that the PLO should suspend talks with Israel until it stops expanding settlements.

33.   Most residents pay little attention to the Palestinian protests over expanding settlements.

34.   Nabil Shaath, the top Palestinian negotiator, told a Gaza City news conference that the Israeli assurances were not satisfying because they did not limit expanding existing settlements.

35.   Netanyahu has pledged to continue expanding settlements, putting him in conflict with the United States and the Palestinians.

36.   Netanyahu also has said his country will continue expanding Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories.

37.   Netanyahu favors expanding Jewish settlements to thwart Palestinian hopes of establishing an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

38.   Netanyahu directed huge budgets toward expanding settlements and economic projects in the West Bank and Gaza.

39.   Netanyahu has pledged to continue expanding settlements, putting him in conflict with both the United States and the Palestinians.

40.   Netanyahu has said Israel would keep expanding settlements to accommodate what he said was natural population growth.