31.   Ana Azari, minister-counselor at the Israeli embassy in Moscow, told a news briefing.

32.   An Israeli embassy official said Sharansky would sign an agreement on easing the flow of Jordanian products to Israel.

33.   An Israeli embassy official traveled to this central French city Tuesday to decorate six French people who hid Jews from the occupying Nazi forces during World War II.

34.   At Israeli embassies and consulates around the world, staff was reduced to the minimum, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Yaffa Ben-Ari.

35.   Calls to the Israeli embassy went unanswered Sunday.

36.   Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai of Israel will visit Turkey next week as part of efforts to improve military ties with this country, the Israeli embassy said Thursday.

37.   Downtown Oslo was largely sealed off for most of the day and several police vehicles with screens in front of their windshields were posted outside the Israeli embassy.

38.   For years, hundreds of Jews have flocked to the Israeli embassy in Katmandu to attend the annual Seder celebrations, considered to be the biggest meeting outside Israel.

39.   Gadi Baltiansky, spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington, told The Associated Press last week that the Syrians approached Baker in an effort to spur negotiations.

40.   Gadi Baltiansky, spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington, told The Associated Press Thursday that the Syrians approached Baker in an effort to spur negotiations.