41.   Also, Muslim worshippers raised a Palestinian flag atop the Al Aqsa Mosque in direct challenge to Israeli sovereignty claims over the compound.

42.   An earlier Israeli proposal would have left the Temple Mount under overall Israeli sovereignty while relinquishing the day-to-day religious administration of the mosques to the Palestinians.

43.   Barak, who has not counted out a Palestinian state, has said he would keep most settlements under Israeli sovereignty.

44.   Barak wants to place blocs of West Bank Jewish settlements under Israeli sovereignty.

45.   Barak insists that Jerusalem would remain united under Israeli sovereignty.

46.   Barak says large blocks of settlements would remain under Israeli sovereignty, but that small, isolated communities could be dismantled.

47.   Barak suggested Sunday that he was willing to consider less than full Israeli sovereignty over the site, provided it was not handed to sole Palestinian control.

48.   But Israel did not seek their approval to avoid any doubts of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, he said.

49.   Challenging Israeli sovereignty, a Palestinian legislator opened an office in Jerusalem on Thursday.

50.   Faisal Husseini, the PLO official responsible for Jerusalem affairs, said he opposes such court battles because they imply recognition of Israeli sovereignty over east Jerusalem.