31.   The hardline government of Benjamin Netanyahu has said it would expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

32.   The letter nonetheless alarmed some members of the hardline government.

33.   The neighborhood was built by the hardline government of Yitzhak Shamir as part of a campaign to populate the West Bank with settlers.

34.   The separatists have drawn their inspiration from hardline Islamic governments in Iran and Afghanistan and the independence of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia.

35.   The two said they discussed the Israel-PLO peace talks, effectively stalled since a new hardline Israeli government was elected in May.

36.   The withdrawals apparently reflect public jitters after the May election of a hardline Israeli government that has slowed down the peace process with the Arabs.

37.   The withdrawals reflect public jitters after the May election of a hardline Israeli government that has slowed down the peace process with the Arabs.

38.   But senior US officials have speculated that the hardline communist government, facing severe food and fuel shortages, could be close to collapse.

39.   US officials have expressed concern that a prolonged food shortage could prompt the hardline government in Pyongyang to take desperate measures.

40.   Netanyahu has so far given only vague promises that his new hardline government will respect the accords signed between the Palestinians and the previous Labour-led administration.