41.   The gap between Peres and Netanyahu narrowed in the past week, according to polls published in the Israeli press yesterday.

42.   The Israeli press, less restrained than ever by censors, seize on accidents as symptoms of deteriorating standards.

43.   The Israeli press Sunday was full of leaks and speculation over the shape of the new government.

44.   The Israeli press corps was waiting inside the house to snap the handshake, and the Washington press corps was in the motorcade.

45.   The Israeli press is rife with quotes from unidentified high-level associates of Mordechai saying they cannot persuade him to throw in the towel.

46.   The only dispute, according to accounts in the Israeli press, was over long-term strategy.

47.   The question of how long the Israeli operation could continue despite American pressure has become a major subject of speculation in the Israeli press.

48.   The same disconnection creeps into the Israeli press and, of course, into the foreign media.

49.   They were reported Wednesday in the Israeli press and translated from the Hebrew by The New York Times.

50.   While the break-in caused only mild ripples Wednesday in the Israeli campaign, it was headline news in the Israeli press.