41.   Among the issues on which Bishara received a commitment from Barak were to work on solutions for certain disputed Arab lands and improving infrastructure in Arab communities.

42.   Arafat has refused to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Israel would first have to stop building Jewish settlements on disputed land.

43.   Arafat sent a letter to Clinton saying that any U.S. initiative must include an Israeli pledge to stop construction on disputed land.

44.   Any U.S. peace initiative must contain a pledge by Israel to stop Jewish settlement construction on disputed land, the Palestinian Cabinet said Saturday.

45.   Arafat complained that Israel had failed to live up to its promise to make further troop withdrawals in the West Bank and had built Jewish settlements on disputed land.

46.   Arafat complained that Israel had failed to live up to its promise to make further troop withdrawals in the West Bank and had built settlements on disputed land.

47.   Arab leaders have repeatedly called for a halt to building on disputed land.

48.   Arafat sent a letter to Clinton saying that any U.S. initiative must include a pledge by Israel to stop construction on disputed land.

49.   As Washington tried to salvage its Mideast peace mission, tensions rose over Israeli construction plans on disputed land in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.

50.   Ariel Sharon seeks to cement Israeli control over disputed lands.